Job Description

:UNDP proposes to engage a Project Officer - Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation to develop and prepare comprehensive plan and strategies for quality monitoring of PM-PVTG Mission. S/He will be a part of the PM-PVTG Mission Support Cell to be established within the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and will ensure engagement of all direct stakeholders and delivery of project objectives, in coordination with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, when needed.

• Develop strategic plan for the PVTG Development Mission and its implementation, including the identification of key performance indicators, targets, and milestones.
• Design criteria and indicators for baseline, framework for impact assessment, strategic planning with Central Ministries and states to monitor allocation of funds as per the designed criteria, budget analysis, as well as provide inputs for convergence with state specific schemes.
• Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation plans, including data collection, analysis, and reporting, etc.
• Support the development of a knowledge management system, including the establishment of a database to track mission performance, lessons learned, and best practices.
• Undertake Gap analysis and inputs in implementation. Provide regular reports based on data analytics on the progress and gaps.
• Ensure that project contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving and benefiting both women and men in its activities (gender mainstreaming)
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Competencies:Core competencies:

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Cross-Functional & Technical competenciesBusiness Direction and Strategy

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP\'s 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 in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP.
• 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 Management

• Evaluation: Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks. Ability to anticipate client\'s upcoming needs and concerns
• Working with Evidence and Data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making.
• Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results

Digital & Innovation

• Data analysis: Ability to extract, analyze and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making.

Required Skills and Experience:Education:

• Advanced university degree (master\'s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, rural development, development management, social work, public policy or related field is required.
• 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.

Experience:

• Up to 2 years (with master\'s degree) or minimum 2 years (with bachelor\'s degree) of experience in the similar field - development management/ studies, rural development, social work, public policy.
• Good understanding of tribal development related schemes/ programmes, especially for PVTGs.
• Prior experience in using Monitoring and evaluation tools is an asset.
• High-level of IT/computing skills (minimum: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of and experience in gender mainstreaming is an asset.
• Sound knowledge of development challenges and solutions for Scheduled Tribes with specific focus on PVTGs will be preferred.
• Experience in Monitoring and evaluation in social sector/Tribals schemes and programmes.
• Experience of working in government/international agency funded projects is desirable.

Required Languages:

• English
• Knowledge of Hindi is an added advantage.

Remuneration:

• Remuneration starting at INR 14,35,933 (Annual) / INR 1,19,661 (Monthly) as per the scale depending on qualifications and experience. The remuneration is excluding 8.33% pension amount paid over and above the salary.

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