Overview
The Programme Management Officer will lead corporate impact measurement and coordinate monitoring and reporting processes for UNEP programmes and initiatives. The role aims to ensure robust data management and reporting for effective programme performance and impact assessment.
Tasks Summary
- Lead corporate impact measurement and capacity building.
- Coordinate monitoring and reporting of UNEP programmes and initiatives.
- Lead preparation of Quarterly Report of the UNEP Executive Director and annual UNEP Programme Performance Report.
- Lead the team developing UNEP’s Quarterly Business Review.
- Contribute to the design and use of business intelligence systems.
- Coordinate teams to strengthen staff capacities in data analysis and M&E tools.
- Promote awareness of programme monitoring and reporting responsibilities.
- Contribute to strategic planning exercises.
- Collect and analyse data to identify trends and provide insights.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in data analysis and synthesis, impact measurement in developing contexts is required.
- Experience in the application of advanced quantitative and qualitative methods (e.g. experimental or quasi-experimental approaches, counterfactuals, cost-effectiveness analysis) and the use of institutional, administrative, or survey-level data for decision-making and programme performance assessment is required.
- Experience leading corporate reporting processes, including drafting, editing, and synthesizing inputs for senior management or governing bodies, is required.
- Experience with AI-enabled data analytics is required.
- Application of data science tools for programme performance or impact assessment is desirable.
- Experience in the UN system or a similar international organisation is desirable.
- Experience in designing and implementing corporate or programme-level business review processes, including the development of indicators, dashboards, analytical products, or organisational health assessments, is desirable.
- Experience in development and implementing strategic plans, programmes of work, or corporate monitoring frameworks is desirable.
- Experience facilitating capacity development on impact measurement and data literacy is desirable.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in data science, economics, statistics, development economics, public policy, applied mathematics or related social science field with a demonstrated emphasis on advanced quantitative analysis, econometrics, causal inference and impact measurement, is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programmes in data analytics, business analytics, machine learning or data sciences programmes is desirable.
