M&E Officer - Monitoring and Evaluation

2023-05-23
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Job Information:
Job Title: M&E Officer
Vacancy No: JACK-HER-2023-0013
City: Jalalabad
Job Location: Nangarhar
No of Jobs: 1
Contract Duration: Base of Project
Related Office: Monitoring and Evaluation
Post Start and Close Date: 2023-05-23 - 2023-05-31
Employment Type: Full Time
Gender: Male
Job Purpose:
The M&E Officer for the Basic General Literacy project funded by UNESCO will be responsible for Provision of monitoring and evaluation of the project using standard M&E tool such as questionnaires, observations, and assessments. The project intends to provide literacy opportunities for Afghans over 15 years previously excluded from education to have the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values they need to be productive, healthy, and responsible citizens prepared to contribute to the welfare of society and equipped for viable employment in the national market. This will be primarily achieved by building the capacity of literacy facilitators in the target districts.
Job Responsibilities:

The following items are the main responsibilities of the M&E Officer:

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Ensure that BGL project activities are in line with project quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
  • Conduct monitoring and evaluation of project assignments.
  • Support in standardizing monitoring and evaluation activities of the project.
  • Develop data collection methodology and tools.
  • Compile and update monthly output tracking sheets (M&E matrices), online reporting, monthly M&E reports.
  • Support the social organizers and other provincial project teams to improve quality of monitoring, evaluation, and accurate reporting, including training on M&E tools;
  • Support field staff to implement project level assessments, baseline survey using ODK/ mobile data collection methods, outcome measurement, training and supervising of social organizers, data entry and analysis;
  • Support the use of digital-based data collection using mobile phones/tablets; conducting regular monitoring visits from projects’ activities and reporting monitoring findings with relevant staffs to the central office.
  • Regularly monitor project activities and report the success, short comes and challenges with the central office.
  • Ensure the quality of the activities through regular monitoring.
  • Ensure that Field Monitoring plans are achieved on time.
  • Develop M&E tools for gathering information/data from the field and keep up to-date data required for timely and quality reporting;
  • Act according to the policy and regulations of JACK and education directives.
  • Report monitoring data in a timely manner to relevant program and managerial staff.
  • Support in data management and development of clear information flow between program and monitoring and evaluation staff, as required.
  • Develop monitoring and other required data collection forms in ODK/Kobo platforms.
  • Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle.
  • Analyze implementation challenges and report any inconsistencies and/or gaps to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
  • Support and coordinate capacity building and technical support activities to ensure assigned project activities are implemented as per project guidelines and standards.
  • Ensure project documentation for assigned activities is complete with all required documents and are as per agency and donor requirements.
  • Identify challenges in the implementation of project activities with the team and offer ideas for potential solutions.
  • Any other tasks assigned by the line supervisor/manager.
Job Requirements:

Qualifications:

  • Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience with national and international NGOs/programs.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Education, Social Science, Economics, or any other related field.
  • Fluent in English, Pashto, and Dari with excellent speaking and writing skills

Other skills required:

  1. Strong report writing skills;
  2. Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
  3. Capacity to perform effectively under pressure and harsh conditions; ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner;
  4. Excellent capacity development and teamwork skills; cross-cultural and gender sensitivity;
  5. Ability to travel throughout country;
  6. Respect confidentiality of organization;
  7. Good knowledge of ODK/Kobo Toolbox usage;
  8. Ability to use information technology and computer tools like Ms. Office, Data Analysis, and other reporting tools effectively;
  9. Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data
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