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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region.

National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluation

Location: UNFPA Liberia Country Office
Category: ECOWAS International Volunteer
Type of Contract: ECOWAS Volunteers Programme. Non-Family Position
Expected start date: 15tHSeptember 2018
Duration: One (01) year, renewable (depending on budget availability and satisfactory performance)

Preamble

  • The ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC), was created by the Decision A/DEC.13/01/05 of 19th January 2005 at Accra, Ghana as a specialized Agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
  • At the 32nd session of the ECOWAS Summit held in June 2007, the Heads of States and Government adopted a new approach to regional integration by approving a new global vision called the ECOWAS Vision 2020. The principal objective of this vision is to move the Community from an «ECOWAS of States» to an «ECOWAS of Peoples» by the year 2020.
  • Consequently, the EYSDC implements her policies, activities and strategic action plans, as well as the ECOWAS vision in the areas of youth and sports, including the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme. The EYSDC’s objective is to initiate, develop, coordinate and implement youth and sports programmes within the Community. To this end, it works to:
    • Mobilise the different segments of the population to ensure their integration and effective participation in the social development of the region, as well as the promotion of youth organisations and professional associations to ensure maximum participation in the activities of the Community;
    • Provide a permanent institutional framework within ECOWAS through which issues related to Youth and Sports activities in the sub-region can be developed and promoted.

Organizational Framework of the Centre

  • The Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC) is one of the Directorates under the Social Affairs and Gender Department of the ECOWAS Commission. It is based in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) under the headquarters agreement signed between the Burkina Faso authorities and the ECOWAS Commission.
  • Decision N° A/DEC 13/01/2005 of 19th January 2005 had adopted the organizational structure comprising of four Divisions (Youth, Sports, Administration and Finance, and TIC). However, since 2008, the Centre has undergone some structural modifications following the transfer of the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP) from the Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department of the Commission (CPAPS) to the EYSDC, under the Social Affairs and Gender Department.
  • The EVP is centralized in organisation, but decentralized in its application to allow for flexibility and adaptation to the current realities of each country. The strategic directions, including the formulation of the overall vision, goals and objectives of the Programme, is the responsibility of the Regional Coordination Council (RCC), whose role, among others, is to ensure that the EVP becomes a genuine voluntary arm of ECOWAS.
  • Being a cross-cutting programme, the ECOWAS Volunteers Regional Coordination Council (RCC) includes representatives of relevant departments of the ECOWAS Commission. The RCC is chaired by the Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender of the ECOWAS Commission. She is assisted by the Director of the ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC), as Alternate Chairman of the RCC.
  • The executive arm of the RCC is the Regional Office, provided by the EYSDC in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The programme’s regional coordination activities are coordinated by a Regional Coordinator under the supervision of the EYSDC Director. Although the EVP is under the Youth Division of the EYSDC, it is directly supervised by the EYSDC Director for effectiveness.
  • At the National level, the National Coordination Council (NCC) serves as the national body through which national policy guidelines for the Programme are given. This Council works towards the understanding and entrenchment of the Volunteer Programme in the national environment. It also serves as advisor to the country office, which is responsible for the coordination of the Programme at national level. The NCC is chaired by the Head of the ECOWAS National Office in the country. It is made up of Focal Points/Representatives of the various ministries, Civil Society Organisations, United Nations Agencies and local youth associations involved in the implementation of the Programme at the National level.

Description of the Host

  • With the collaboration agreement signed between ECOWAS and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Office, this recruitment will be for UNFPA Liberia.
  • The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the United Nations Reproductive Health and rights Agency. The mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA works in Liberia cut across different thematic areas including Sexual and Reproductive Health, Young people, Human rights and Gender, and Population matters.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the UNFPA Representative and the direct supervision of the Assistant Representative, The ECOWAS Volunteer National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluationwill be responsible for the coordination and operationalization of strategic planning, results-based monitoring, evaluation and reporting in the areas of population, gender, and reproductive health and rights, at Country Office, organizational and national levels. To this end, The ECOWAS Volunteer National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluationwill perform the following functions:

  • Coordinates efforts to establish a results-based culture within the CO, and to build the capacity of staff, national counterparts and the UNFPA expert consultant team in strategic planning, results-based monitoring, evaluation and reporting, through a focused learning programme, including causality and problem analysis, strategic thinking, teamwork, monitoring and evaluation methodologies.
  • Identifies and participates in knowledge building networks and partnerships, and shares RBM approaches and tools with CO staff, national partners and consultants.  Establishes and maintains an M&E area on the UNFPA Country Office website
  • Builds an effective system for results-based monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the implementation of the UNFPA-supported Country Programme, ensuring an iterative process whereby lessons learned are fed into the revision of programming strategies to better achieve planned results.
  • Participates in the UNFPA Evaluation Network (EVALNET), ensuring knowledge sharing between the CO and other units in the Fund.  Contributes to the design and implementation of high quality evaluations, ensuring that evaluation reports are analyzed and discussed among CO staff and national counterparts to extract lessons learned and good practices.
  • Coordinates the CO’s contribution to the implementation of the four-year organizational strategic plan, the 2017-2020 Multi-Year Funding Frameworks, including high quality and timely annual reporting through the Country Office Annual Report.  Integrates feedback from reporting into improving CO performance
  • Ensures that the design and review of the Country Programme builds on a solid situation analysis that captures key changes in the national and global environment, and contributes to the achievement of national outcomes, as outlined in the PRS, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Collaborates closely with UN counterparts to ensure the alignment, simplification and harmonization of strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting tools, while also building UN capacity to address population, reproductive health and rights and gender issues in national and SDG reporting. Assists in the design and implementation of the joint strategy and programming activities.
  • Supports national efforts to analyze, disseminate and use population-related data from all sources, including the production of sex and age disaggregated data, and the integration of these data into national and local planning processes.
  • Identifies and uses experiential knowledge, research and evaluation findings to build a solid evidence base for UNFPA engagement in national policy dialogue.
  • In collaboration with governmental, non-governmental, bilateral and multilateral development partners identifies strengths and weaknesses in strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation within national frameworks and approaches, and supports efforts to fill these capacity gaps

Qualifications and Experience Required

  • Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, preferably in Public Health, Population, Management, Demography, Economics or Public Administration.
  • At least 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in development, including the reproductive health/ population field, preferably with gender focus.
  • Recognized expertise in monitoring and evaluation;
  • Practical programming and strategic planning experience
  • Proficiency in current office software applications
  • Must be fluent in English.  Knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.
  • Familiarity with the UN and its policies and principles will be an advantage.
  • Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with persons of different backgrounds
  • Ability to organize work effectively and to meet planned deadlines
  • Knowledge of volunteerism is an asset

Conditions of Service

  • An initial contract for 12 months will be offered with a total Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance of 1112.50 USD or its equivalent in local currency.
  • This allowance covers both basic MLA and other subsistence/utilities allowances.
  • At the beginning of the assignment, and only where applicable, a settling-in grant will be paid, and a resettlement grant will be provided at the end of the assignment. Where applicable, air transport from home country to the duty station and return at end of mission is also provided.
  • A life and health insurance cover for the incumbent of the position will be provided.
  • Other conditions of service as stipulated in the EVP Management and Administration Manual and Handbook of Conditions of Service shall apply.

Other Conditions:

  • The position is open to nationals of ECOWAS Member States, aged not more than 38 years by the date of recruitment.
  • This position is considered a non-family ECOWAS International Volunteer position.
  • An international ECOWAS Volunteer cannot serve in their own country of origin.
  • ECOWAS is committed to promoting gender equality and equity. To this end, female candidates are strongly encouraged.

Method of Application

Applicants should Click Here (MS Word) to download the Job Application Form, fill it and send it as an e-mail attachment together with the required documents listed below, to: [email protected] with the title: Application for the Post of National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluationon the subject line.

Composition of Application

  • A signed letter of application/motivation addressed to the EYSDC Director;
  • A detailed Curriculum Vitae highlighting specific skills and experiences of the candidate;
  • Certified copies of certificates, diplomas and work certificates;
  • A criminal/police record of less than 6 months

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Before the creation of ECOWAS, the collective territory known as West Africa, from a regional point of view, was made up of an aggregation of states that had emerged from different colonial experiences and administrations which largely defined the boundaries of the 15 states domiciled in the area.

 Even though member states of the community, today make use of three different imported official languages (English, French and Portuguese), there are well over a thousand existing local languages including cross-border native tongues such as Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Mandingo, Wolof, Yoruba, Ibo, Ga, etc. that constitute its over 300 million people tucked in a vast land of about 5.1 million square kilometres.

 Prior to colonialism, the area played host to many proud empires and kingdoms that spanned centuries some of which included Ghana, Mali Songhai, Wolof, Oyo, Benin and Kanem Bornu.

 The region’s cultural, linguistic and ecological diversity presents both opportunities and challenges for the integration process. The longing to combine forces politically and economically has always been recognised as a step forward in the desire to engender co-prosperity in the area.

 In this regard, the first effort at integration dates back to 1945 with the creation of CFA franc that brought the francophone countries of the region into a single currency union. Then in 1964, Liberian president William Tubman proposed an economic union for West Africa leading to an agreement which was signed in 1965 by the four states of Cote d’Ivore, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

 However, nothing concrete emanated from these until 1972 when Nigerian head of state Gen Yakubu Gowon and his Togolese counterpart Gnassingbe Eyadema toured the region in support of the integration Idea. Thanks to the drafts that emanated from their efforts as they formed the basis for the emergence of the treaty of Lagos in 1975 which birthed ECOWAS. The treaty of Lagos was initially limited to economic policies but emerging political events led to its revision and therewith the expansion of scope and powers in 1993.

 ECOWAS is meant to foster interstate economic and political cooperation. History is on its side in this regard. Dating back to pre-colonial times, West Africans have been among the world’s most mobile populations although much of the migration had been intra-regional. About 7.5 million West African migrants (3 percent of the regional population) are living in ECOWAS countries other than their own. The 1.2 million other migrants are dispersed mainly in North America and Europe. Estimated at about 149 million in 2013, women constitute over 50 percent of the region’s population. The cross-border migration of women as traders and business persons places them as potential champions for promoting integration, even though this is a reality that is yet to be fully exploited.

 Over the last few years, West Africa’s population witnessed strong growth, increasing from 70 million to nearly 300 million inhabitants between 1950 and 2010. By the end of 2014, it represents nearly 40% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa. According to the projections of the United Nations, the population of West Africa should reach between 550 and 600 million by 2050. It is the youngest region of the world. Also, with about 5 percent of the world’s population, with an area covering over 40 percent of sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa is the most densely populated on the continent.

 The diverse socio-cultural dimension of development should be a necessary building block for establishing peace and security in the region. Drawing strength from its past, leaders of the community have been making sacrifices to keep the shape of the political structure of the region. In 1976, Cape Verde, one of the two Lusophone countries in the region joined ECOWAS, and in December 2000 Mauritania withdrew its membership, having a

At all times, ECOWAS chief executive officers presiding either as Executive Secretaries or Presidents, deferred to the supreme organ of the community-the Authority of the Heads of State of Government for guidance. This body is usually headed by a Chairman. There have been 28 such Chairmen between 1978 to 2015.

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0 USD Liberia CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region.

National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluation

Location: UNFPA Liberia Country Office Category: ECOWAS International Volunteer Type of Contract: ECOWAS Volunteers Programme. Non-Family Position Expected start date: 15tHSeptember 2018 Duration: One (01) year, renewable (depending on budget availability and satisfactory performance)Preamble

  • The ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC), was created by the Decision A/DEC.13/01/05 of 19th January 2005 at Accra, Ghana as a specialized Agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
  • At the 32nd session of the ECOWAS Summit held in June 2007, the Heads of States and Government adopted a new approach to regional integration by approving a new global vision called the ECOWAS Vision 2020. The principal objective of this vision is to move the Community from an «ECOWAS of States» to an «ECOWAS of Peoples» by the year 2020.
  • Consequently, the EYSDC implements her policies, activities and strategic action plans, as well as the ECOWAS vision in the areas of youth and sports, including the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme. The EYSDC’s objective is to initiate, develop, coordinate and implement youth and sports programmes within the Community. To this end, it works to:
    • Mobilise the different segments of the population to ensure their integration and effective participation in the social development of the region, as well as the promotion of youth organisations and professional associations to ensure maximum participation in the activities of the Community;
    • Provide a permanent institutional framework within ECOWAS through which issues related to Youth and Sports activities in the sub-region can be developed and promoted.

Organizational Framework of the Centre

  • The Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC) is one of the Directorates under the Social Affairs and Gender Department of the ECOWAS Commission. It is based in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) under the headquarters agreement signed between the Burkina Faso authorities and the ECOWAS Commission.
  • Decision N° A/DEC 13/01/2005 of 19th January 2005 had adopted the organizational structure comprising of four Divisions (Youth, Sports, Administration and Finance, and TIC). However, since 2008, the Centre has undergone some structural modifications following the transfer of the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP) from the Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department of the Commission (CPAPS) to the EYSDC, under the Social Affairs and Gender Department.
  • The EVP is centralized in organisation, but decentralized in its application to allow for flexibility and adaptation to the current realities of each country. The strategic directions, including the formulation of the overall vision, goals and objectives of the Programme, is the responsibility of the Regional Coordination Council (RCC), whose role, among others, is to ensure that the EVP becomes a genuine voluntary arm of ECOWAS.
  • Being a cross-cutting programme, the ECOWAS Volunteers Regional Coordination Council (RCC) includes representatives of relevant departments of the ECOWAS Commission. The RCC is chaired by the Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender of the ECOWAS Commission. She is assisted by the Director of the ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC), as Alternate Chairman of the RCC.
  • The executive arm of the RCC is the Regional Office, provided by the EYSDC in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The programme’s regional coordination activities are coordinated by a Regional Coordinator under the supervision of the EYSDC Director. Although the EVP is under the Youth Division of the EYSDC, it is directly supervised by the EYSDC Director for effectiveness.
  • At the National level, the National Coordination Council (NCC) serves as the national body through which national policy guidelines for the Programme are given. This Council works towards the understanding and entrenchment of the Volunteer Programme in the national environment. It also serves as advisor to the country office, which is responsible for the coordination of the Programme at national level. The NCC is chaired by the Head of the ECOWAS National Office in the country. It is made up of Focal Points/Representatives of the various ministries, Civil Society Organisations, United Nations Agencies and local youth associations involved in the implementation of the Programme at the National level.

Description of the Host

  • With the collaboration agreement signed between ECOWAS and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Office, this recruitment will be for UNFPA Liberia.
  • The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the United Nations Reproductive Health and rights Agency. The mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA works in Liberia cut across different thematic areas including Sexual and Reproductive Health, Young people, Human rights and Gender, and Population matters.

Duties and Responsibilities Under the overall guidance of the UNFPA Representative and the direct supervision of the Assistant Representative, The ECOWAS Volunteer National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluationwill be responsible for the coordination and operationalization of strategic planning, results-based monitoring, evaluation and reporting in the areas of population, gender, and reproductive health and rights, at Country Office, organizational and national levels. To this end, The ECOWAS Volunteer National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluationwill perform the following functions:

  • Coordinates efforts to establish a results-based culture within the CO, and to build the capacity of staff, national counterparts and the UNFPA expert consultant team in strategic planning, results-based monitoring, evaluation and reporting, through a focused learning programme, including causality and problem analysis, strategic thinking, teamwork, monitoring and evaluation methodologies.
  • Identifies and participates in knowledge building networks and partnerships, and shares RBM approaches and tools with CO staff, national partners and consultants.  Establishes and maintains an M&E area on the UNFPA Country Office website
  • Builds an effective system for results-based monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the implementation of the UNFPA-supported Country Programme, ensuring an iterative process whereby lessons learned are fed into the revision of programming strategies to better achieve planned results.
  • Participates in the UNFPA Evaluation Network (EVALNET), ensuring knowledge sharing between the CO and other units in the Fund.  Contributes to the design and implementation of high quality evaluations, ensuring that evaluation reports are analyzed and discussed among CO staff and national counterparts to extract lessons learned and good practices.
  • Coordinates the CO’s contribution to the implementation of the four-year organizational strategic plan, the 2017-2020 Multi-Year Funding Frameworks, including high quality and timely annual reporting through the Country Office Annual Report.  Integrates feedback from reporting into improving CO performance
  • Ensures that the design and review of the Country Programme builds on a solid situation analysis that captures key changes in the national and global environment, and contributes to the achievement of national outcomes, as outlined in the PRS, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Collaborates closely with UN counterparts to ensure the alignment, simplification and harmonization of strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting tools, while also building UN capacity to address population, reproductive health and rights and gender issues in national and SDG reporting. Assists in the design and implementation of the joint strategy and programming activities.
  • Supports national efforts to analyze, disseminate and use population-related data from all sources, including the production of sex and age disaggregated data, and the integration of these data into national and local planning processes.
  • Identifies and uses experiential knowledge, research and evaluation findings to build a solid evidence base for UNFPA engagement in national policy dialogue.
  • In collaboration with governmental, non-governmental, bilateral and multilateral development partners identifies strengths and weaknesses in strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation within national frameworks and approaches, and supports efforts to fill these capacity gaps

Qualifications and Experience Required

  • Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, preferably in Public Health, Population, Management, Demography, Economics or Public Administration.
  • At least 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in development, including the reproductive health/ population field, preferably with gender focus.
  • Recognized expertise in monitoring and evaluation;
  • Practical programming and strategic planning experience
  • Proficiency in current office software applications
  • Must be fluent in English.  Knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.
  • Familiarity with the UN and its policies and principles will be an advantage.
  • Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with persons of different backgrounds
  • Ability to organize work effectively and to meet planned deadlines
  • Knowledge of volunteerism is an asset

Conditions of Service

  • An initial contract for 12 months will be offered with a total Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance of 1112.50 USD or its equivalent in local currency.
  • This allowance covers both basic MLA and other subsistence/utilities allowances.
  • At the beginning of the assignment, and only where applicable, a settling-in grant will be paid, and a resettlement grant will be provided at the end of the assignment. Where applicable, air transport from home country to the duty station and return at end of mission is also provided.
  • A life and health insurance cover for the incumbent of the position will be provided.
  • Other conditions of service as stipulated in the EVP Management and Administration Manual and Handbook of Conditions of Service shall apply.

Other Conditions:

  • The position is open to nationals of ECOWAS Member States, aged not more than 38 years by the date of recruitment.
  • This position is considered a non-family ECOWAS International Volunteer position.
  • An international ECOWAS Volunteer cannot serve in their own country of origin.
  • ECOWAS is committed to promoting gender equality and equity. To this end, female candidates are strongly encouraged.

Method of Application

Applicants should Click Here (MS Word) to download the Job Application Form, fill it and send it as an e-mail attachment together with the required documents listed below, to: [email protected] with the title: Application for the Post of National Programme Officer- Monitoring and Evaluationon the subject line.Composition of Application

  • A signed letter of application/motivation addressed to the EYSDC Director;
  • A detailed Curriculum Vitae highlighting specific skills and experiences of the candidate;
  • Certified copies of certificates, diplomas and work certificates;
  • A criminal/police record of less than 6 months
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