Job Description
Responsibilities
- Develop overall Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework – Performance Monitoring Plan, Data Collection tools/systems.
- Develop project workplan and update workplan with implementation details.
- Develop baseline data for each project component and for all project indicators.
- Maintain, administer, and optimize the use M&E database.
- Conduct data analysis to measure project achievement against KPI’s.
- Review existing management information systems and provide recommendations to optimize use for maximal impact.
- Develop reports on M&E findings and identify lessons learnt to facilitate decision making of relevant stakeholders.
- Conduct quality checks for data and collection methods.
Accountabilities:
In collaboration with the National Coordinator, Project Managers and M & E team, the MEAL Officer will:
- Support the development and implementation of program M&E framework to capture project performance and results, including data reporting, assessments, and all monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Contribute to the monthly project target review sessions.
- Support the development of data flow pattern for project that will ensure timely data collection and reporting.
- Support to ensure that M&E-specific elements of local partner capacity strengthening plans are successfully implemented.
- Report results of M&E activities by providing written documentation about progress toward achieving indicators/targets, as appropriate.
- Support leadership at project location level on M&E to ensure the program technical integrity and achievement of program goal and corresponding objectives and targets.
- Ensure high-quality implementation, in close collaboration with the field team and the M&E coordinator, and consistency in protocols, information and reporting systems.
- Support efforts at project location to monitor and evaluate project interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making.
- Lead efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and recordkeeping.
- Utilize the training data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning
- Support targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management and analysis.
- Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audit.
- Support field level partners staff, and enumerators in designing, developing and deploying tools for community-based selection criteria for the selection of beneficiaries.
- Support M&E capacity-strengthening activities with project staff and implementing partners, including on subjects such as child safeguarding in data collection.