The Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Risk Management Unit is concerned with the institutional policies, structures, systems and processes required to manage and measure IUCN’s performance in delivering its quadrennial Programme. Its aim is to promote results-based accountability and transparency, and to manage the systems needed for continually improving IUCN’s Programme performance.
Programme performance measurement is key to IUCN’s effective management, namely planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, and to facilitating institutional learning processes. It is therefore crucial for ensuring the effective execution of IUCN's mandate.
Overview of the Position:
The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation’s role is to lead corporate efforts for high quality monitoring, evaluation and learning (knowledge management) and risk management, at the level of the IUCN Programme. The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will take part in the management and improvement of IUCN’s operational plan, systems and procedures that ensure that the IUCN Programme is delivered in an effective, efficient and consistent manner, and against a high benchmark of accountability.
Together with other senior managers, the Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will lead efforts to ensure good Programme performance and ‘programme integrity’ which entails ensuring that the IUCN Programme is delivered in practice as intended in theory and design, and in accordance with institutional policies, guidelines and standards.
The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will seek ways to improve the quality, transparency and effectiveness of Programme delivery, which includes providing the foundation for systematic institutional learning and continuous improvement, as well as advancing data quality and access to information in relation to IUCN’s project portfolio.
The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will work with the Leadership Team (LT) to implement IUCN’s strategies and vision, and continue building an IUCN culture for Programme monitoring, evaluation, learning, and results-based accountability, and with this, for Programme integrity. The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will work closely with other units, in particular units of IUCN’s Global Finance Group, to systematically address key issues relating to IUCN processes and systems for improved Programme delivery and transparency.
The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will keep senior management informed, coordinate with the LT to prepare work plans and implement programmatic monitoring and evaluation, and will play a formative role in building the culture of IUCN around accountability, transparency, risk management, continuous learning, compliance and measurable results. She/He will be an internal advocate for efficiency, productivity, programmatic coherence and alignment, quality assurance, and integrity.
The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will monitor and assess ongoing strategies, recommend midcourse corrections, and generally seek to raise the levels of programmatic performance and integrity, through the application of: IUCN’s Project Appraisal and Approval System (PAAS), Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), Enterprise Risk Management system (ERM), Project Risk Management system (PRM), monitoring, evaluation and reporting cycles, compliance monitoring, institutional learning, and quality control. The Head of Programme Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation will also lead the development of new online systems to integrate Union-wide contributions to the IUCN quadrennial Programme, and to permit the public disclosure of basic IUCN project portfolio data.
