Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is seeking a qualified professional for the program “Strengthening of Urban Resilience in the Areas of Supply Infrastructure and Housing” to fill the position: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (full-time, Kyiv)

The program “Strengthening of Urban Resilience in the Areas of Supply Infrastructure and Housing” (SUR), initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is dedicated to rebuilding essential urban infrastructure in Ukraine's war-affected regions.

The program's primary objectives include the reconstruction of basic infrastructure, enhancing digital and planning competencies in local administrations for efficient damage assessment and infrastructure planning, and implementing disaster risk management strategies to bolster resilience against current and future crises. Measures of the program focus on restoring critical services such as drinking water, electricity, heating, and housing in cities severely impacted by the conflict.

In alignment with the EU's 2030 urban, climate, and energy policies, the SUR program contributes to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that focus on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all (SDG 7), building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation (SDG 9), and making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable (SDG 11). It works in synergy with other GIZ initiatives like ISU II, U-LEAD, and FEER to enhance urban resilience and essential services across Ukrainian municipalities.

Core tasks:

   The project is implemented through two components: one focusing on advising municipalities and partner institutions (Component 1), and the other leading construction activities (Component 2). The Heads of Components work together with the Program Director and project management team in Germany.

The M&E Specialist will be responsible for the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation activities of both components of the SUR project. The M&E specialist will be a part of the M&E team of the project and shall support the development, the maintenance and required adaptations of SUR’s results- based monitoring system. Jointly with the technical advisors of the projects, she/he will constantly provide relevant data to measure results and impact of the projects.       

  

Main areas of activity:

The M&E specialist plays an important role in supporting project internal and GIZ wide monitoring obligations. The key responsibilities encompass:

  • Maintaining of the monitoring and evaluation system of the projects according to GIZ standards.
  • Monitoring of projects’ result and output indicators.
  • Support of reporting obligations on project level.
  • Improving of the baseline, collection, entering and presentation of data out of surveys.
  • Provides advice to the project on all issues relating to data collection, management and reporting.
  • Creating and maintaining the Ukraine geo-databases on the basis of the official administrative specifications.
  • Collecting, evaluating and interpreting of baseline data.
  • Support in setting up, maintaining, and applying the impact-oriented monitoring system regarding measuring the achievement of the project objectives.
  • Supporting the international M&E specialist and colleagues in all matters relating to data management.
  • Support the regular data collection for regular reporting for the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
  • Technical support for interim and final evaluations of the project.
  • Supporting the content preparation of the report formats for BMZ in close coordination.
  • Contributing to financial management of activities in the SUR program (maintenance of the onSITE Operation System for planning and contract management of project activities).

Qualification requirements:

The ideal candidate for the M&E Specialist position possesses the following qualifications:

  • Graduate of Social Studies, Economics or in a related field or equivalent training or experience.
  • At least 3 years professional experience in a comparable position.
  • Proven experience in development and management of monitoring and reporting in an organization in a similar international context.
  • Expertise on qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and their implementation, expertise in data aggregation, data management and data analysis, expertise in statistics.
  • Proven experience in processing and presentation tools.
  • Proven experience in operational data protection management.
  • Proven experience in reporting for donor and co-financing organizations.
  • Proven experience in the presentation of monitoring data and project results; Asset: Basic knowledge of and interest for the Ukrainian government’s reform agenda, in the field of good governance, EU Association, urban planning and development, public finances.
  • Very good working knowledge of IT technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office, especially MS Excel to calculate indicators).
  • High competencies of communication and interaction.
  • Willingness to take responsibility.

We offer:

  • Official employment.
  • Salary fixed in EUR.
  • Performance-related bonuses and 13th salary.
  • Medical insurance.
  • 29 vacation days annually.
  • Language classes.
  • Hard and soft skills trainings.
  • Individual and group psychological support.
  • Possible remote and flexible work.
  • Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.

Employment conditions

Full-time position with 40-hours working week. The place of assignment is Kyiv. The contract duration is until 31.12.2026. Starting as soon as possible.

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.

Application

Application comprising of the candidate’s CV and a cover letter in the English language explaining the motivation to apply for the job is to be sent to recruitment-ua@giz.de until COB November 12, 2024, Tuesday.

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