Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Officer,

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For every child, commitment
The goal of the new Country Programme of UNICEF in Serbia will be to support national efforts to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals, advance child rights in Serbia, implement key reforms in line with the European Union accession requirements. UNICEF Serbia will support national efforts through policy and expert advice, targeted capacity-building, advocacy for child-focused policies, budgets and plans, and leveraging of public and private partnerships for greater scalability and impact, with a focus on the most vulnerable and marginalized boys and girls.

How can you make a difference
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Under the direct supervision of Deputy Representative, the Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Officer provides professional support throughout the programme cycle in preparing, coordinating, managing and implementing a variety of technical tasks that contribute to design, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting on UNICEF programmes to ensure that programs are designed for maximum impact for children, leaving no child behind.

Key Responsibilities And End-results Expected

• Programme monitoring effectively and systematically conducted to improve country programme performance, and programme status reports timely prepared for senior and country management teams, both for regular programme and emergency response.
• Rights-based and results-based programming approach fully incorporated into all phases of programme and projects processes, and data-driven analysis is provided for effective and evidence-based policy making, prioritization, planning, and development both for regular programme and emergency response.
• UNICEF staff and partners are provided guidance, tools and resources to effectively plan and monitor programmes to achieve intended results for children.
• Rights perspective and advocacy at the community and family levels incorporated in policy analysis for establishing and elevating UNICEF's credibility in national and international policy debates.
• Effective public partnerships and collaboration achieved and strengthened around effective, evidence-based programmes for advocacy, technical cooperation, programme development/management/coordination, information sharing and networking.
• Effective information sharing, ensuring alignment of UNICEF's planning and monitoring frameworks with UNCT priorities, and contributing to joint monitoring and reporting mechanisms in line with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum Requirements

• Education: A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or another relevant technical field.
• Work Experience: At least one year of relevant professional work experience in programme planning, development, and implementation, including monitoring and statistics activities.
• Skills: Familiarity with Results Based Management, costing and budgeting.
• Language Requirements: Advanced level of English and fluency in Serbian.

Desirables

• Experience of working with data and statistics, e.g. households and panel surveys, large datasets.
• Experience in applying methodology of Programme Monitoring theories, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods.
• Background/familiarity with emergency.

For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trus, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF Competencies Required For This Post Are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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Remarks
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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UNICEF staff members holding fixed-term, continuing, or permanent appointments who are considered to be on abolished post status may apply for this temporary position and, if selected with a start date before 31 December 2025, may take it up as a temporary assignment, in line with UNICEF guidance on separation due to the abolition of posts or staff reduction. They will retain their fixed-term entitlements but will not hold a lien to their abolished post. For other scenarios where a Temporary Assignment may be possible, please refer to Additional guidance on IP to IP temporary assignments after completion of the full (accessible to UNICEF personnel only).

The conditions of a temporary assignment, including relocation entitlements, will depend on the status of the staff member's original appointment and may be limited in accordance with applicable UNICEF policies, procedures, and practices in force.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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