{"id":620,"date":"2008-08-18T16:13:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T21:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mchtulane.wordpress.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2008-08-18T16:13:49","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T21:13:49","slug":"m-e-intern-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatscourtney.space\/blueprint\/m-e-intern-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"M & E Intern, Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Type of assignment: <\/strong>Intern (Monitoring and Evaluation)<\/p>\n

Duration: <\/strong>minimum of 3 and up to 6 months <\/strong><\/p>\n

Location: <\/strong>Phnom Penh, Cambodia<\/p>\n

Preferred starting date: <\/strong>beginning of November 2008<\/p>\n

Host agency: <\/strong>Cambodia UNAIDS Country Office<\/p>\n

Application deadline: <\/strong>15 September 2008<\/p>\n

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Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

The UNAIDS Country Office (UCO) in Cambodia provides technical support to assist in the implementation of the National Multisectoral Strategic Plan for HIV\/AIDS (NSP II) (2006-2010).
\nThe NSP II emphasizes among other the need to increase the availability and use of information for policy makers and programme planners through monitoring, evaluation and research. It also stresses the need to establish an effective resource tracking system in order to ensure increased, sustainable and efficiently allocated resources for the national response to HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n

The UCO provides technical support in a range of areas including monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, costing and resource flow tracking. Particular assistance is granted by the UCO to the National AIDS Authority (NAA) who is mandated with the coordination and the monitoring of the national multisectoral response to HIV and AIDS. The mandate of the NAA involves the tracking of financial resources that support the implementation of the national response to the epidemic.<\/p>\n

A national financing and spending assessment was conducted in Cambodia for the first time at the end of last year to gather information needed for Cambodia’s 2008 Country Progress Report regarding the Declaration of Commitment on HIV\/AIDS endorsed at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session in 2001. The assessment was conducted under the leadership of the NAA and with technical support from the UCO. The assessment focused on the year 2006.<\/p>\n

Financing and spending assessments will be repeated in the future on a regular basis to collect data needed to track resource flows and to inform resource mobilization and allocation efforts. The next financing and spending assessment is planned at the end of this year and will cover 2007 and 2008. Preparations have already started with the development of a practical manual to guide the work of staff involved with the assessment and translation of the manual into Khmer language.<\/p>\n

The UCO is committed to providing technical support to the NAA with the organization and implementation of the upcoming assessment. However, additional human resources will be required to meet this commitment and therefore the UCO seeks to identify a suitable candidate who can assist with carrying out the financing and spending assessment on the one hand, and with more general HIV\/AIDS monitoring and evaluation tasks, on the other hand.<\/p>\n

This assignment represents a good opportunity for the incumbent to share knowledge and experience as well as to learn from others and from practical work in the field. The assignment could be undertaken as part of university studies or training courses at a graduate level.<\/p>\n

The Intern will be based at the UCO and work under a UNDP internship contract. S\/he must either be fully self-financed or all costs related to the assignment (e.g., travel, accommodation, living expenses) must be born under a scholarship or other financing secured directly by the Intern.<\/p>\n

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Description of Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the direct supervision of the UNAIDS M&E Advisor the incumbent will undertake the following duties and responsibilities:<\/p>\n