Guided by the new Terms of Reference and Investment and Resource Mobilization Strategy of the SJF, the UN is increasing the capacity of the SJF Secretariat to provide better services to fund stakeholders, elevate the quality of programmes funded by the SJF, and improve data management and analysis across the portfolio to inform the UN’s and international partners’ strategic engagement in Somalia. To bolster international coherence and complementarity, and support government-led coordination of international aid, the SJF will strengthen cooperation and synergies with other UN-administered pooled funds in Somalia (Peacebuilding Fund and the Somalia Humanitarian Fund), as well as the Multi-Partner Fund administered by the World Bank and the Somalia Infrastructure Fund administered by the African Development Bank.
In line with the principles of Agenda 2030, the SJF follows a human rights-based approach and takes into consideration the specific needs of youth as well as women and girls who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and uphold the principle of “leaving no one behind”. Through this lens, UN Somalia is committed to strengthening programming in gender equality and women empowerment, anti-corruption, climate security, and other humanitarian-development-peace nexus related areas which require additional focus throughout the programming cycle.
The PBF Secretariat will support the development and operationalization of the PBF Strategic Results Framework (SRF) to guide PBF investments over the remainder of the current eligibility cycle. It will also carry out M&E, learning and research activities to measure the overall impact of the PBF-funded work. It will coordinate the work of the UN (RUNOs) and non-UN recipient organizations (NUNOs) within the programming cycle (design, monitoring/evaluation), ensure synergies across the PBF and SJF portfolio, facilitate inclusive discussions on conflict prevention and peacebuilding and support the UNCT in identifying entry points for joint peacebuilding programming with MoIFAR and other counterparts, ensuring climate security, age-, gender-, and conflict-sensitive considerations are included in these efforts. The Secretariat will assist fund recipients, FGS and FMS to accelerate the implementation of national peacebuilding- and reconciliation- related strategies and the United Nations Cooperation Framework while enhancing coherence with the mandate of UNSOM.
A Steering Committee, co-chaired by the United Nations in Somalia and the Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs & Reconciliation (MOIFAR) as the lead ministry for the PBF portfolio, will be responsible for the strategic and political supervision of already existing PBF projects and strategically guide the design of new interventions in line with the SRF.
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Specialist will work with UN entities, government counterparts, and other implementing partners to strengthen the SJF’s and PBF’s M&E systems, develop the SJF’s and PBF’s learning agenda, and ensure commitments made in the SJF’s Investment and Resource Mobilization Strategy and the PBF’s Investment Strategy regarding monitoring of programme performance, information-sharing, communication, and coherence are fulfilled. The M&E Specialist will also work with relevant RCO colleagues to ensure information from the SJF’s and PBF’s investments support UN Somalia corporate reporting and compliance with information-sharing through UN INFO.
1. Design and implement monitoring and evaluation frameworks, systems, and tools, and as applicable, conduct programme quality assurance in keeping with corporate policies.
Example of Duties:
Example of Duties:
• Contribute to regular coordination mechanism and learning events involving UN agencies implementing SJF and PBF projects.
• Support development of programme-level monitoring systems to feed into portfolio-level M&E systems.
• Develop partnership with M&E professionals working on humanitarian, development and peacebuilding interventions to better capture nexus results.
• Build monitoring and evaluation capacities of government counterparts and national implementing partners.
• Support the identification of consultants/ partners/ research companies to conduct research/ analysis.
• Support research, data collection, analysis, surveys in partnership with other actors (as relevant) to inform the design of catalytic PBF interventions that can contribute to achieving the SRF.
4. Other
Example of Duties:
Expected Demonstration of Competencies
1.Core competencies
2.Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Thematic Area | Name | Definition |
Business Direction and Strategy | System Thinking | Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system |
Business Direction and Strategy | Strategic Thinking | Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDPs objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks, and opportunities, linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions.
Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP |
Business Management | Portfolio Management | Abilit to select, prioritize and control the organizations programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimizing return on investment |
Business Management | Partnerships Management | Abilit to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts, and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies |
Business Management | Risk Management | Abilit to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks |
Communication | Creative direction and copywriting | Ability to creatively communicate concepts in an engaging and simple ways. |
Partnership management | Relationship Management | Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding. |
· Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Development/Development Studies, Economics, Statistics, Business Management, Social Policy, public policy, politics, law or related field is required; or
· A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Minimum 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of working with development, peacebuilding or humanitarian response, or programme management in the UN system, international organization, or government is required.
• Experience of working with M&E for bilateral donors or UN pooled funding instruments a distinct advantage.
• Experience of programme design, results-based management, M&E approaches, the UN development system, and the 2030 Agenda is required.
• Experience in providing support to diverse actors on M&E and learning is required.
• Experience working in conflict/post-conflict environments, especially in the Horn of Africa, constitutes a significant advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, facilitation, communication with ability to transfer knowledge and skills in complex institutional environment is required.
• Proven experience of working with people at all levels of an organization, maximizing coordination and cooperation is required.
Language requirements:
Fluency in English and Somali Language is required.
Knowledge of another UN language could be an asset
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