Currently, few country offices have dedicated M&E staff, yet they are expected to establish and manage effective M&E systems, including assessments, surveys, reviews, and evaluations that inform strategic planning and reporting. To cost-effectively support country operations, UNHCR is establishing a surge capacity of individual M&E expert consultants to assist in developing, managing, and implementing learner-cantered and cost-effective M&E systems.

Assignments may range from short-term (1–3 months) to longer-term (up to 11 months), they may be on premise or as remote working modalities involving tasks like:

• Monitoring
  
• Reviewing country-level M&E approaches
  
• Identifying gaps in M&E information flows
  
• Designing and implementing M&E systems, including reporting formats tailored to the needs of various internal stakeholders (e.g., senior management, field staff, programme and protection teams, and donor reporting) and UNHCR’s RBM system COMPASS
  
• Evaluation
  
• Conducting reviews and various types of project and programme evaluations, desk reviews and learner-centred briefs associated with evaluation.
  
• Longer-term assignments may involve facilitation, staff training, strategy development to build ownership, and drafting recommendations for sustainable M&E systems. Therefore, consultants must possess not only technical M&E expertise but also knowledge of and experience with capacity development and organizational change. Furthermore, candidates should have in-depth knowledge and practical experience in humanitarian interventions, protection, and solutions for forcibly displaced populations.