Monitoring & Evaluation Officer-urgent

Experience:2 years
Documents Required : CV (Resume), Cover Letter
Job Category:NGO / INGO / Social work
Job Type:Full Time
Educational Qualification:Bachelors Degree
Posted Date:2015-11-29
Expiry Date:2015-12-05
Job Description:
Qualifications:
 Bachelor degree in Development Studies/Social Works/Sociology/Finance, Economics or relevant topics.
 At least two years of M&E or relevant research experience for NGOs or other international development agencies.
 Proven ability to design both qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and provide relevant analysis.
 Proven ability to build staff capacity in data collection and analysis.
 Sufficient English language skills (written and speaking) to communicate with international stakeholders and prepare reports on program progress.
Position Description

 Statistics skills and experience working with statistical software strongly preferred, in
particular R Statistics Package.
 Confidence with new software packages, open-source platforms, web design, and/ or XLS Form syntax for survey authoring.
 Willingness and ability to travel frequently to project villages, often in remote locations.
 Strong curiosity for understanding and working effectively within the complex cultural, political, security, and social environment of Nepal.
 Excellent communicator, multi‐tasker, and able to work in ambiguous situations. S/he will be a tolerant and flexible individual able to work in difficult and stressful environments and follow procedures. S/he will be a team‐player with a positive attitude toward problem solving and conflict resolution.
Responsibilities:
1. Provide leadership to both
field and Kathmandu offices in developing program-level M&E systems that meet donor requirements and Mercy Corps minimum standards, as well as feed into a standardized countrywide M&E system and strategy.
2. Develop data collection tools and protocols and oversee data collection events, including data collected through mobile applications.
3. Provide oversight and development of program databases, including migration of data from cloud-based aggregation platforms to internal databases.
4. Design analysis protocols and conduct analysis to monitor program progress and measure program impact. This includes linking of analyzed data to both internal and web-hosted dashboards that visualize program progress.
5. Build the capacity of all relevant team members, including partner team members, to develop and maintain an excellent M&E system.
6. Regularly conduct project site visits to provide hands‐on training to field staff on how to capture and organize information for accurate documentation and reporting.
7. Assist the program team with timely and accurate reporting to donors
8. Coordinate and play a role in assessments as requested.
9. Develop project documentation and communication plans/strategies.
10. Take lead role and provide technical support to district project team and partner staff to collect project learning’s and good practices.
11. Write a variety of communications and promotional materials including developing and editing success stories/case studies and keeping an updated “results to date” sheet
 
Apply Instruction:
Interested candidates are requested to submit a CV and cover letter by December 05, 2015 to the address below. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained. Attn: Senior Human Resources Officer [Please mention the title of the Position on the subject of the e-mail while applying] Email to:jobs@np.mercycorps.org