- Contract
- Dhaka, Bangladesh

United Nations Capital Development Fund

Job Description
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UNCDF’s organizational set up includes an Investment and Implementation Division (IID), Investment and Finance Oversight Division (IFOD), Operations and Oversight Division (OOD) and a Directorate of the Executive Office. UNCDF staff and personnel are located in regional hubs based in Dakar (Senegal), Nairobi (Kenya) and Bangkok (Thailand) with sub-regional presence in a number of locations in the Caribbean and Pacific Regions. UNCDF is led by an Executive Secretary based out of New York, USA. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 2321(XXII, para 1.a), the Administrator of the UNDP performs the function of the Managing Director of UNCDF. UNCDF is overseen by the Executive Board of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and performs the function of the Executive Board of UNCDF.
Responsibilities
- The incumbent will work under the supervision of the UNCDF’s IDE Digital Lead 1, for Bangladesh.
- The position will be expected to engage with UNCDF Bangladesh Team, UNCDF Regional Team, UNDP Bangladesh team, Donors and our key external stakeholders in Bangladesh as needed, to ensure smooth delivery of our projects. He/she will also engage with the UNCDF Regional Communications Specialist.
- The country weekly meeting with team member will be arranged on weekly basis, the incumbent is required to provide work arrangement and update of projects’ activity to the team.
- The Regional call will be conducted on monthly basis, the incumbent has to be involved on updating and presenting the projects’ progress on each month as well as providing the plan for the following month and potential risks to regional team.
- The incumbent will be expected to join weekly progress and planning ahead calls with the Digital Economies Expert, Bangladesh.
- The incumbent will also participate in working groups and steering committee meetings as requested.
- In consultation with the programme manager and the team develop M&E frameworks and plans, define project indicators, prepare tools and collect monitoring data
- Design and implement a monitoring mechanism to check and ensure the timely implementation of all activities in country including development of performance indicators and success criteria
- Support the design phase of projects to set up results frameworks and theory of change with defined indicators for country initiatives in alignment with CGAP, DCED and other best practices Design and implement the collection of data disaggregated by sex and age and other relevant data linked to project outcome indicators to facilitate routine project progress reporting
- Collaborate with UNCDF Evaluation Unit to support in carrying out in-country projects evaluations
- Follow up on the implementation of evaluation recommendations, ensuring the optimal use of evaluations findings by leading in the preparation of timely management responses as required
- Support in collecting and quality assuring data for the regional dashboards, IDE semi-annual report, UNCDF corporate report, donors’ annual reports and other reports as requested
- Keep updated the risks log on a regular basis and ensure the timely implementation of mitigation measures
- Ensure and encourage use of monitoring data and outcomes for project implementation and decision-making processes
- Any other functions/activities as requested by the Senior Management.
Education:
- Master’s Degree from a recognized institutions in Statistics/ Business Administration/Natural Resources Management/ Environmental Science/ Economics or associated field are required.
- Bachelor’s Degree with additional years of experience can be considered in lieu of Master´s.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in defining projects/programmes performance indicators, data analysis and results collection is mandatory.
- Minimum 2 years of working experience in a development project team.
- Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of private sector development projects is preferred.
- Minimum 2 years of working knowledge in financial inclusion and women economic empowerment is preferred.
Languages:
Excellent knowledge of English and Bangla (national language), both written and verbal is required.
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