Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Specialist, Islamabad

General

Description of assignment title: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Specialist

Assignment country: Pakistan

Duty stations: Islamabad

Work location: On UN premises

Expected start date: 11/23/2026

Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)

Sustainable Development Goal: 5. Gender equality

Host entity: UNWomen

Modality: Onsite

Type: National

Volunteer category: Expert UCoS from Apr2026

Work schedule: Full-time

Number of Assignments: 1

Details

Mission and objectives

UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on four strategic priorities:

• Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems
• Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy
• All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence
• Women and girls contribute to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and humanitarian action

UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world.

Context

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women launched its programme in Pakistan in 2007 (at that time UNIFEM) following a request by the Government and the UN and is now strategically positioned in this regard at both the national and provincial level, post devolution. In moving towards realization of gender equality and women’s empowerment, UN Women provides support to innovative initiatives that promote women’s human rights, with a special focus on their economic security, governance/political participation, freedom from violence, as well as preparedness and responding to humanitarian crises.

UN Women Pakistan works to create an enabling environment where women and girls are empowered and reach their fullest potential and their human, social, economic, cultural and political rights are fully protected and upheld; through the following key outputs:

• Normative frameworks and data
• Inclusive gender financing
• Protection against harmful practices
• Awareness, voice, agency and leadership

Under the overall guidance of the Country Representative and direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Specialist is responsible for ensuring that a Results-Based Management (RBM) approach is fully integrated into the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) of Pakistan; and the Strategic Note, the Vision Document, Annual Work Planning and Reporting of UN Women Pakistan, including, evidence-based programming approach and the results based M&E. Responsibilities include: managing the programme Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation (LME) activities; monitor, assess, analyse and produce reports about key results and achievements across UN Women Pakistan programmes; provide technical support on Results-Based Planning, Reporting, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning; support RBM and M&E activities of the Research and Data Section. A distinctive feature of this role is its responsibility for developing and operationalizing an integrated, real-time monitoring dashboard and harmonized results framework for UN Women Pakistan, enabling live tracking of programme results, financial data, partner performance, and geographic presence across all provinces and programme areas. The PMER Specialist will serve as the technical lead for this digital monitoring infrastructure, working closely with programme teams, ICT, and external dashboard development consultants.

Task description

1. Provide specialized technical support on the strategic direction of the office and of multi-stakeholder forums that UN Women leads
   
   • Provide support to senior management, including Country Representative, on strategic areas;
   • Provide technical and strategic support in managing aspects of the programme design for ensuring compliance and accountability in programme monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
   • Develop policy documents, briefs and other strategic papers/materials for use in the development and presentation of innovative and coherent policy and programmatic positions;
   • Lead development of strategic plans, including biennial workplans and strategic notes, and their alignment with global priorities
   • Provide support on multi-stakeholder forums that UN Women leads
2. Develop, operationalize and maintain an integrated real-time monitoring dashboard and harmonized results framework
   
   • Lead the design and implementation of a state-of-the-art integrated monitoring dashboard for the Pakistan Country Office, enabling real-time tracking of programme outputs, outcome indicators, financial performance, and partner delivery;
   • Develop a harmonized results framework that consolidates indicators, targets, and progress data across all PCO programmes, donors, and thematic areas into a single coherent monitoring architecture;
   • Oversee geographic information visualization, ensuring the dashboard reflects UN Women’s presence and programme footprint across all provinces and districts;
   • Coordinate with programme teams, ICT, and external dashboard consultants to ensure technical robustness, data security, and user-friendliness of the platform;
   • Ensure the dashboard is aligned with UN Women global and regional reporting standards, including corporate Results Management System (RMS) requirements;
   • Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for data entry, data validation, and dashboard maintenance by programme staff;
   • Provide regular management briefs derived from dashboard analytics to support evidence-based decision-making;
   • Build staff capacity on use of the dashboard and harmonized framework through training and hands-on support.
   • Lead preparation of thematic and geographical briefs, concept notes and other strategic documents based on achievements
3. Facilitate and contribute to the incorporation of monitoring and reporting into programme formulation
   
   • Facilitate and contribute to the development of monitoring indicators, monitoring calendars, and field monitoring plans and quality assurance processes;
   • Incorporate inputs from relevant evaluation findings, lessons learnt conclusions and recommendations into programme formulation;
   • Contribute to annual workplan preparation, review and reporting;
   • Provide technical support to Programme Team and partners in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs), systems and plans in the light of an audit.
4. Contribute substantively to the monitoring and tracking of results against country/ regional level targets and UN Women Strategic Plan
   
   • Draft and monitor the CO Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Plan including tools for monitoring and reporting on programme activities;
   • Coordinate with Programme Team to ensure that data collection and analysis from field visits are standardized across units and programmes;
   • Make a quarterly plan for regular monitoring of partners’ activities;
   • Plan and undertake monitoring visits in accordance with the overall plan along with the Programme Team, to support monitoring of results and processes as required;
   • Monitor the spending of donor funds and other programme expenditures and disbursements;
   • Develop management briefs/ reports based on the monitoring to inform decision-making.
5. Support the reporting of results to internal and external audiences
   
   • Facilitate the process of the CO meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including annual reporting process;
   • Draft donor and programme reports (both narrative and financial);
   • Identify relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations and input them into programme reporting;
   • Review progress reports submitted by partners and provide feedback to improve quality and timeliness of reporting;
   • Collect and maintain data for country, regional and global corporate reports, mid-term reviews, and final evaluations.
6. Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building
   
   • Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons and knowledge, as identified through programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities;
   • Contribute to the development of capacity development tools for RBM, monitoring & evaluation, and reporting, including training materials and packages;
   • Promote awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities.

Eligibility criteria

Age: 18 - 80

Required experience: 7 years

Nationality: Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment.

Assignment requirements

Relevant experience: 5 years

Languages:

• English, Level: Working knowledge, Required
• Urdu, Level: Native language, Required

Required education level: Bachelor's degree in Political or Social Science, Project Management, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/ Women's Studies is required.

Competencies and values:

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Good knowledge of programme formulation and implementation and Results Based Management
• Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, data collection and analysis, and reporting
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce quality analytical reports
• Good analytical and writing skills
• Knowledge of UN programme management systems
• Technical proficiency in data visualization tools and integrated monitoring platforms (e.g. Power BI, or equivalent)

Skills and experience:

• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in strategic programme planning; or monitoring and reporting of development projects/ programmes;
• Good organizational management and technical skills with track record of planning, monitoring and reporting of country programmes;
• Demonstrated experience in designing or managing integrated digital monitoring systems, results dashboards, or geographic information visualization platforms;
• Experience in developing participatory PM&E systems and analysing data;
• Experience in UN System Coordination is an asset;
• Experience in United Nations systems, especially at the Country or Regional level is an asset;
• Excellent English drafting ability and documentation/ report-writing skills;
• Field experience is an asset.

Area(s) of expertise: Community development

Driving license: -

Other information

Volunteerism is understood as a wide range of activities undertaken of free will, for the general public good, for which monetary reward is not the principal motivating factor.

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UNV assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials.
UNV Field Unit will help you open a Pak rupee bank account with Standard Chartered Bank or any other local bank at your duty station.

Assignment remarks:
This is a national UNV assignment, and a Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) of PKR 186,495 is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents), as well as final repatriation (if applicable) and resettlement allowance for satisfactory service.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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