This position is located in the Operational Quality Section (OQS) of the Strategic Planning and Operational Quality Division (SPOQD) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
Under the overall guidance of the Director of the Division, the incumbent will report directly to the Chief of the Section.
Responsibilities
• Contributes to the preparation of an UNECA Quality Assurance (QA) framework, including a Quality Assurance policy, methodological and procedural guidance and QA Plan, aimed at enhancing the quality of UNECA’s Policy Research and Knowledge Delivery in response to programmatic focal areas as they relate to the efficient and effective implementation of the Commission’s work programme;
• Contributes to maintain information exchange on relevant QA issues and best practices and the design and planning of tailored training programmes and joint initiatives to ensure that QA management in UNECA is strengthened in general and that UNECA’s capacity for self-evaluations is enhanced, in particular through systematic needs-assessment for capacity development;
• Contributes to OQS oversight in the implementation of QA review policy and guidelines in accordance with UN and international standards and best practices, including methodological and procedural guidance on QA standards, checklist and formats;
• Provide, through the Section Chief, administrative and technical backstopping to the work of the established QA panels; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
• Assist with the coordination of internal and external QA assessments of UNECA Policy Research and Knowledge Delivery interventions, review and help resolve bottlenecks to effective implementation of recommendations, including advice the Chief of OQS on the interpretation of QA report recommendations and help find innovative solutions to QA issues therein;
• Undertake analysis of programme performance at the subprogramme and programme levels to assure the quality of outputs delivered, including assessing the process, partnership and cost effectiveness against set objectives and expected accomplishments;
• Review of submissions from Panels’ QA findings and assist in coordinating the implementation of such submissions.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of an effective tracking system of the recommendation cases that have been reviewed and assist in the transfer of information about the evaluated matters;
• Participate in field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
• Undertake survey initiatives; design data collection tools; review, analyze and interpret responses, identify problems/issue and prepare conclusions.
• Perform other duties as required.
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Application deadline: 1 August 2014
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