Strategic Planning and Evaluation Manager

3 weeks ago


Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa UNICEF Full time

UNICEF is committed to promoting the rights of every child in South Africa. As a strategic planning and evaluation manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our programs are effective and sustainable.

The salary for this position is approximately $75,000-$100,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Job Description

As a Strategic Planning and Evaluation Manager, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to planning, monitoring, and evaluation within the office. You will also provide technical support in planning, monitoring, and evaluation for programming by all sections.

Your key functions will include:

  • Developing and implementing a results-based program plan;
  • Leading the development of the Country Program Document (CPD), Country Program Management Plan (CPMP), Results Framework, Programme Strategy Notes (PSNs), and Country Office Programme Workplans;
  • Providing technical assistance for the planning and establishing major research, monitoring, and evaluation objectives, priorities, and activities in UNICEF's multi-year and annual IMEPs;
  • Situational monitoring and assessment, including monitoring of socio-economic trends and the country's wider policy, economic, or institutional context;
  • Programme performance monitoring and reporting, including coordination of analysis of quality information collected and disseminated with the participation of all concerned partners;
  • M&E Capacity Building, including enhancing the monitoring and evaluation capacities of Country Office staff and national partners;
  • Networking, Knowledge Management and Sharing, including collaborating with Regional M&E Advisers and HQ Evaluation Office for overall coordination of priority research, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
Required Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • An advanced university degree in social sciences, statistics, planning, development, or a related field;
  • At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in programme planning and monitoring;
  • Practical experience in emergency programming, including preparedness planning and active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme;
  • Fluency in English is required, knowledge of another official UN language is considered an asset.
Benefits

As a UNICEF employee, you will enjoy a range of benefits, including:

  • A competitive salary;
  • Comprehensive health insurance;
  • A retirement plan;
  • Opportunities for professional development and training;
  • A supportive and inclusive work environment.
Location

This position is based in South Africa, one of the most beautiful and diverse countries in Africa.



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