Project Analyst (Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning) - [Open to internal and external applicants], Dhaka, Bangladesh

## Project Analyst (Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning) - [Open to internal and external applicants], Dhaka, Bangladesh - Organization:UNDP - United Nations Development Programme In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby: - Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026. - Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments - Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers - Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply. Bangladesh is the second-largest economy in South Asia, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of over USD 450 billion. Between 2000 and 2019, the economy grew at an average of around 6 per cent per year, accompanied by broad gains in human development. The national poverty rate fell from over 48 per cent in 2000 to about 18.7 per cent in 2022, and the Human Development Index reached 0.685 in 2023, placing Bangladesh in the medium human development category. The country is scheduled to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in November 2026. Significant development challenges remain. GDP growth slowed to 3.49 per cent in fiscal year 2024-25, inflation has stayed elevated, and private investment is weak, constraining the economic diversification needed to create decent jobs. Bangladesh is also one of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, highly exposed to natural and climate-induced hazards. As the UN's development agency, UNDP has worked in Bangladesh since 1972, partnering with the government to advance democratic governance, climate adaptation, environmental protection, and inclusive growth. This support spans high-quality policy and technical advice, implementation support, development financing, and knowledge sharing. The programme portfolio is organized into two clusters and a Sub-Office in Cox's Bazar; Democratic Governance, and Resilience and Inclusive Growth aligned to the Country Programme Document (CPD) and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). Each cluster is led by a Cluster Team Leader (functional title: Assistant Resident Representative) and Sub-Office by its head responsible for programme and project quality, results, and effective relationships with implementing partners and donors. Across both clusters, the Operations Team and the Programme Management Support Unit (PMSU) provide cross-cutting oversight and quality assurance, helping to ensure compliance, delivery readiness, and sound financial and operational management. UNDP Bangladesh's Democratic Governance programme works toward a country that is inclusive, capable, rule-based, accountable, and transparent, so that all citizens can contribute peacefully to national development. It focuses on three areas: strengthening effective and accountable governance that improves equitable access to justice and the rule of law; promoting participatory governance and a strong civil society so that all voices are heard; and advancing the civic, political, and economic empowerment of women and youth. In practice, this work spans support to justice-sector institutions and access to justice including legal aid and community-based dispute resolution such as the Village Courts alongside strengthening local government institutions and decentralized service delivery, advancing human rights, transparency, and anti-corruption, and supporting inclusive, credible electoral processes. UNDP partners with government, civil society, community, and academic institutions to make public institutions more effective, accountable, and responsive, with particular attention to women, youth, and marginalized and minority groups. The Social Security Policy Support (SSPS) Phase II (2026-2030), implemented by UNDP Bangladesh in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of Australia, supports the implementation and continued reform of the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS). Building on more than a decade of engagement, the programme addresses persistent challenges in Bangladesh's social protection system, including fragmented delivery, coverage and targeting gaps, limited gender responsiveness, and uneven implementation capacity, particularly at the local level. The programme focuses on strengthening social protection governance and delivery systems, with particular attention to lifecycle-based support for poor and vulnerable populations. Through embedded technical assistance, government-led pilots, improved data and monitoring systems, and evidence-based policy support, SSPS Phase II will advance reforms in governance and local delivery, lifecycle social protection, climate-responsive and shock-adaptive social protection, urban and social insurance linkages, and gender equality and disability inclusion. The programme aims to translate policy commitments into effective, inclusive, and fiscally sustainable social protection that contributes to poverty reduction, human development, employment, and resilience. Duties and Responsibilities She/he will have the following specific duties and responsibilities:1-Lead Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Results Reporting and Adaptive Learning: - Lead the design, implementation and periodic review of the Project MEL Plan, Results Framework, indicators, monitoring tools, performance tracking systems and reporting templates. - Coordinate monitoring of programme outputs, outcomes, indicators and milestones across the programme's thematic portfolios, ensuring timely collection, verification, analysis and reporting of quantitative and qualitative data. - Conduct and coordinate data quality assessments and maintain robust monitoring databases and performance information to support results-based management and decision-making. - Coordinate preparation of Results-Oriented Annual Reports (ROAR), DFAT and other donor reports, annual and periodic progress reports, and other corporate reporting requirements. - Coordinate project evaluations, reviews and assessments, including preparation and follow-up of management responses and implementation of evaluation recommendations. - Produce and coordinate analytical reports, lessons learned, case studies, outcome stories and other evidence products, and facilitate reflection and learning processes to support adaptive programme management and policy dialogue. - Provide substantive MEL inputs to technical documents, policy papers, concept notes, research, evaluations and programme design, and strengthen feedback loops between evidence, implementation and management decision-making. - Provide technical guidance to project personnel and government counterparts on the effective use and administration of dashboards, digital MEL systems and related information platforms for monitoring, reporting and evidence-based decision-making. 2-Strengthen Evidence Generation, Data Analytics and Digital MEL Systems: - Lead the administration, maintenance, enhancement and continuous development of the NSSS M&E Dashboard, NSSS Reform Tracking Dashboard and related digital monitoring and evidence systems in response to evolving social protection policies, programmes and information needs. - Provide technical oversight for digital monitoring, reporting and evidence systems, including integration of monitoring data with the Single Registry MIS, government MIS, mobile applications and other interoperable platforms, to support timely, accura