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The Ministry of Water and Environment in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and Uganda National Meteorology Authority is implementing a wetland restoration project in Eastern and Southwestern Uganda entitled “Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems and Associated Catchments” Project. The USD 44.262 million project is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Government of Uganda and UNDP for 8 years starting 2017 to 2025. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the Accredited Entity (AE) of the GCF and holds fiduciary obligation for the management of the funds of GCF for the project.

The project is comprised of three components namely: -

Restoration and management of wetland hydrology and associated catchments.
Improved agricultural practices and alternative livelihood options in wetland catchments.
Strengthening access to climate and early warning information to farmers and other target communities.
A dedicated Project Management Unit (PMU) has been set up in MWE to oversee the implementation of the project components. For overall coordination, monitoring, supervision and reporting of the project activities, MWE requires services of an Expert Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst.

More broadly, the PMU is responsible for ensuring integration of project-specific monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, consolidation of project lessons learned, and facilitation in information, data and output sharing amongst the project implementation partners. Close coordination between monitoring and reporting for the project and output level indicators is important to assess the overall impact of project interventions.

The UNDP Uganda Country Office is currently implementing its Country Programme Document (CPD) for the period 2021-2025, which is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2021-2025. During the programme cycle, UNDP will support government efforts by providing technical, and financial support to enable Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), local governments, non-state actors and communities strengthen their national capacities to restore, protect, and sustainably manage natural resources and ecosystems, increase access to affordable clean and renewable energy, and to enable vulnerable people and communities to adapt to, and mitigate climate change and disaster risk.

The Nature, Climate, Energy, and Resilience (NCER) portfolio of the CPD, will work with other partners, to provide an integrated and coherent policy, and programme support to relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), local governments, communities, and non-state actors to achieve the following outcomes:-

Strengthened capacity of public and private institutions and communities to sustainably manage natural resources and protect vital ecosystems.
Increased and equitable access to, and use of modern, renewable, and affordable energy sources and services
Objective/Purpose of the Assignment:

The Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst will serve as the main focal person for all monitoring and evaluation related activities for the GCF project and the NCER portfolio. She/ he will assist and report to the National Project Coordinator regarding the Monitoring and evaluation of project activities implemented by the GCF project. The M&E Analyst's responsibility is to coordinate and support implementation of monitoring and evaluation of all the project activities to be conducted in accordance with the Logical Framework of the Project. She/he will lead the development of innovative monitoring and data management tools, methodologies, and report to the Team Leader of NCER. This position also involves the development and implementation of data management, monitoring and reporting systems for the NCER portfolio, in accordance with corporate requirements (such as ROAR, UNINFO, etc.).

Duties and Responsibilities

The M&E Analyst will work as part of the PMU (Project Management Unit) of the GCF project under the supervision and guidance of the National Project Coordinator as well as NCER monitoring and reporting Analyst under the guidance and supervision of the UNDP Team Leader Nature, Climate, Energy and Resilience for the attainment NCER's data management, monitoring and reporting goals.

Summary of key tasks

Lead the development of and oversee the review of project level Monitoring &Evaluation (M&E) plan and associated work plans for each component/activity (as reflected in the results framework) of the GCF project;
Develop TORs for M&E tasks to be carried out during implementation using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods for the GCF project;
Be responsible for sourcing data and information for specific M&E needs directly from other agencies, PMU etc. (such as budgets, staff capacity and other internal data) particularly for indicators not requiring a survey for the GCF project and NCER portfolio;
Support technical work such as reviewing M&E methods, carrying out trainings, designing M&E tools and providing technical advice and guidance in response to the M&E requirements for the GCF project and NCER portfolio;