Monitoring and Evaluation Officer 62 views0 applications

POSITION ADVERTISED: MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization with a mission to work with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change. ADRA Somalia belongs to the world wide network, comprised of more than 130 supporting and implementing country offices. ADRA Somalia is seeking to recruit Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.

Job Location: Mogadishu, Somalia

Duties & Responsibilities:

§ Conduct regular visits to project sites to monitor implementation of activities, gather feedback from beneficiaries and submit timely detailed report on findings to inform program decision making;

§ Assist the Project Manager to develop systematic and realistic monitoring plans that capture quantitative and qualitative data to report on project performance indicators;

§ Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results as well as the sustainability of the project results and report periodically to the project team;

§ In liaison with Project Manager, organize and coordinate workshops and review meetings for lessons learnt and work plans with partners and other stakeholders;

§ Develop and maintain a system for archiving M&E guidelines, tools, data files and reports;

§ Develop program and operational reporting templates that facilitate the acquisition and aggregation of information in programs, including input for impact related success stories/ human interest stories and case studies;

§ Assist in gathering, summarizing and disseminating relevant technical updates on program planning monitoring, evaluation and operations research within the project;

§ Conduct capacity assessments on existing monitoring and evaluation system to identify training needs;

§ Build M&E capacity of local partners and staff on the logical framework, data management, data analysis and results‐oriented monitoring, evaluation and reporting;

§ Support the coordination of assessments, mid‐term reviews and evaluation of program activities and ensure proper documentation of innovative approaches and best practices for dissemination and sharing experiences to promote repeat applications or scaling‐up in different community settings;

Qualification requirements:

Education:

§ University Degree preferably in Business Administration, Economics or related field;

§ Advanced certificate in M&E is preferred;

Experience, competencies and skills:

§ At least five (5) years of professional experience in an M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities of development projects;

§ Experience in designing, implementing and operating project M&E systems and tools from project initiation to closeout stages;

§ Demonstrated expertise in analyzing data using statistical software including data quality oversight;

§ Experience in design and management of monitoring database system;

§ Experience in performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans;

§ Good knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact);

§ Ability to train and build capacity of others;

§ Excellent analytical skills;

§ Excellent communication skills. Good command of English and Somali languages (written and oral);