Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Officer

The Asia Pacific Regional Office, based in Bangkok, Thailand, provides strategic leadership and oversight for UNOPS operations across 17 countries, ensuring high performance, operational excellence, and alignment with organizational goals. Operations currently span Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Pacific Islands. Across these countries, we work closely with key stakeholders to strengthen partnerships and maximize impact through five main operating units: Afghanistan (AFCO), Myanmar (MMCO), South Asia Multi-Country Office (SAMCO), East Asia and Pacific Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO), and the Asia Regional Health Cluster (ARHC). Through these entities, we provide agile, client-focused service delivery across diverse sectors - including infrastructure, health, procurement, and project management - supporting the implementation of sustainable development solutions across the region.

The East Asia and Pacific Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO), headquartered in Bangkok, supports UNOPS operations across 24 countries in Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, and the Pacific. Established in January 2023, EAPMCO provides strategic direction, operational support, and quality assurance to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of projects across its portfolio. EAPMCO implements initiatives in priority areas such as energy transition, climate change, and sustainable development, drawing on UNOPS' core expertise in human resources, procurement, infrastructure, fund management, and programme management.

Operating under the direct supervision of the ETP Director,  and in compliance with UNOPS rules and Steering Committee strategies, the Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Officer oversees the ongoing refinement and execution of the results-based management framework. This position ensures systematic baseline tracking, regular performance monitoring, and comprehensive evaluation across ETP initiatives. Additionally, the incumbent synthesizes updates from implementing partners and aligned programs to maintain the Results-Based Monitoring Framework (RBMF), translating complex data into engaging, clear visual representations that illustrate project impact and aggregation pathways.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Officer is responsible for  implementing the monitoring and evaluation framework for UNOPS Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership projects and programmes, ensuring the systematic collection, analysis, and reporting of data to measure progress, identify challenges, and inform strategic adjustments. This role provides technical guidance and capacity building to partners to strengthen monitoring & evaluation (M&E) systems while ensuring compliance with UNOPS standards. 

1. Monitoring & Evaluation

• Implement results-based M&E frameworks to systematically track project/programme performance, ensure data quality, and support evidence-based decision-making across all stages of the project/programme lifecycle.

• Support the project/ programme team in the development of concept notes, proposals and project work plans, ensuring that results frameworks and indicators are fully compliant with UNOPS principles.

• Assist implementing partners on the design of survey instruments, evaluation methodologies and data collection questionnaires for baseline and endline assessments of projects/programmes.

• Design questionnaires and data collection tools to gather and track project/programme progress and achievements. 

• Implement procedures to clean and validate data received from implementing partners, identifying and rectifying inconsistencies or errors.

• Perform data analysis and provide support in interpreting data, including creating visualizations, tables and graphs to communicate key insights.

• Conduct field monitoring visits and flag cases of underperformance, gaps or delays in project implementation.

• Provide technical guidance and ongoing support to ensure the timely, accurate and consistent collection of programme data in line with established monitoring framework and standards.

• Support pre-assessment processes for implementing partners, service providers, suppliers and vendors.

1. Data Quality Assurance

• Ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness and consistency of data shared by implementing partners.

• Conduct routine data verification, validation and audits including spot checks and field visits to identify and address data gaps or discrepancies.

• Assist in building capacity of implementing partners and field staff through training on data quality standards and best practices.

• Use data quality findings to provide actionable feedback, strengthen data collection systems and support evidence-based decision-making.

1. Reporting and Communication

• Support the ETP team in drafting donor reports, annual reports, updates and briefings. 

• Collect and review quarterly reports submitted by implementing partners and provide technical feedback to support quality improvement and compliance.

• Liaise with ETP Colleagues, especially the communications team, to prepare bi-annual and annual reports, ensuring accuracy, coherence and timeliness.

• Support project/programme team in preparing presentations, talking points, press releases and briefings. 

• Support designing of project/programme visibility materials including brochures, leaflets, posters and banners

• Liaise with implementing partners to ensure project/programme visibility, branding and messaging in the field 

• Assist in collating data as inputs for developing human-interest and success stories from project/programme activities to enhance visibility and highlight project/ programme impact for internal and external audiences.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 4 years of relevant experience OR

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) with 2 years of relevant experience is required.

Desired

• A globally recognized professional certificate in Project Management and/or Programme Management is desired.

Required

• Relevant experience is work in M&E, reporting and communication. 

• Experience in development and implementation of monitoring frameworks is required. 

• Experience in development of activity, output, and outcome level indicators in alignment with organizational and donor reporting requirements is required.

• Experience in remote monitoring and supervising third-party monitoring is required.

Desired

• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.

• Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.

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