Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Organizational Context
UNICEF's core mission is to uphold the rights of every child globally, focusing on equity to ensure all children can survive, develop, and reach their full potential. UNICEF India collaborates with the Government of India and State governments to enhance routine immunization and primary healthcare, particularly for zero-dose and under-immunized children. The Gavi Health Systems Strengthening (HSS-3) grant supports interventions across 11 states, utilizing digital platforms and civil society partnerships for improved service delivery and community engagement.
Job Purpose
The UN Volunteer Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will serve as the dedicated M&E focal point for the Gavi HSS-3 grant in India. This role is crucial for providing the analytical backbone for grant oversight, donor and Government reporting, and internal management decision-making. The specialist will consolidate and analyze financial utilization and programmatic achievement data from decentralized field offices and partners. This position offers significant exposure to large-scale immunization programs, digital health innovations, civil society collaborations, and results-based grant management within one of UNICEF's largest country programs, contributing to improved health outcomes for children.
Responsibilities
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will manage the HSS-3 grant's monitoring framework, ensuring alignment between results frameworks, work plans, budgets, and indicator definitions across all reporting units. Responsibilities include maintaining a master indicator reference sheet, supporting work plan development, and managing the grant risk register and monitoring calendar. The role involves tracking and reporting on financial utilization, computing burn rates, identifying deviations, and preparing financial sections of donor reports. Programmatic achievement monitoring includes consolidating data on U-Mentor rollout and CSO engagement, with disaggregation by equity markers. The specialist will design and implement data quality assurance protocols, maintain issue trackers, and prepare quarterly donor and government reports, as well as monthly internal analytical review packs. Coordination with internal teams and monitoring of CSO partnerships are also key duties, alongside managing a knowledge repository and supporting grant evaluations.
Work Experience
A minimum of five years of progressive professional experience in monitoring and evaluation, program monitoring, or results-based management of donor-funded health or development programs is required. Experience with immunization or health systems strengthening programs, and working within the UN or international development organizations, is a strong asset. Demonstrated experience in monitoring and reporting financial utilization for multi-site grants, strong analytical skills with advanced MS Excel proficiency, and familiarity with data visualization tools are essential.
Skills
Key competencies include accountability, adaptability, flexibility, building trust, commitment to continuous learning, communication, creativity, ethics, integrity, planning, organization, professionalism, respect for diversity, self-management, and teamwork. Technical skills in monitoring and evaluation, public health, and immunization are essential. Proficiency in MS Excel and data analysis tools is required.