VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Organization: Good Neighbors International Nepal

Position: Senior Officer – Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

Location: Project Office –Nuwakot

Application deadline: 10th June 2018

Starting Date: 1st July 2018

Duration Contract: Six months

Gross Salary: NRs. 59,200 per month

Reports to: Project Manager

Background:

GNI has been working in Nepal since 2002 with the objective of improving lives of poor people, especially children through education, income generating activities, health services, child protection, disaster risk reduction, advocacy and network building. Good Neighbors International (GNI) Nepal has been implementing its activities in 20 districts.
GNI Nepal is implementing Health System Recovery Project (HSRP) for recovery of health service delivery system in Nuwakot District under the funding of KOICA. The major aim of this project is to improve health status of community through post-disaster recovery of health system. The duration of project is from 31st December, 2015 to 31st December, 2018.

Job Description

The Senior Officer – Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in HSRP project will be mainly focused on monitoring and evaluating the project. Main duties and responsibilities are as follows:

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Design and implement M&E System

•  Update M&E plan of project to generate regular information related to progress from projects’ interventions.
• Develop and update common indicators for data collection, design data collection tools/templates, and assist for regular data collection/generation process.
• Provide technical support to project staff on implementing M&E plan and logical framework.
• Liaise with project management to collect and analyze data and to determine progress achieved  Provide technical and managerial support to conduct review and assessment (baseline, Mid-term, end-line and final evaluation) in the project through ensuring quality in methodology and assessment process.
• Support to ensure the quality delivery and/or reports of study and assessment conducted by the project and/or through internal or external experts.

2. Project Information Management

• Track project’s output and outcome level results on the periodic basis in close coordination with project’s implementing team as well as with partners.
• Collect, check, verify and compile data from the field as stipulated in the M&E plan.
• Review and compile of monitoring reports, project progress reports, evaluation reports, photographs, case studies video documentaries, power point presentation, etc.
•  Update and maintain the project’s database; and provide progress data for reports.
• Design and develop presentations relating to M&E Department.

3. Capacity Development in M&E

•  Provide technical support to staff members for all M&E related activities.
•  Train staff members on M&E concepts, skills and tools.
• Work closely with implementing team for enhancing their capacity for proper data collection and reporting.
•  Contribute to design TOR, training materials, communication materials related to project and M&E System.

4. Quality Assurance

•  Review field level assessment reports, baseline and end line studies and Evaluation reports.
•  Ensure that reports from partners/consultants are complete and meet the quality requirements.
• Undertake the routine quality control checking of project’s implementing strategies and approaches.

5. Reporting and Documentation

•  Prepare the M&E unit’s periodic progress report and submit to supervisor.
•  Assist the Project team to prepare period reports of project trough providing M&E related information.
•  Collect and/or assist to collect case story, best practice documentation, lesson learn; and update and manage those information in project’s reports and other knowledge products.
• Work closely with the project’s implementing team as well as the partners to ensure that lessons learned from project evaluations are documented properly.
• Contribute for developing and managing knowledge products (knowledge management) of project.

6. General Responsibility:

• Prepare monitoring field visit plan, and conduct monitoring field visit as and when required.
•  Conduct regular monitoring to project’s interventions to insure the quality delivery of inputs and contribute for generating expected results.
• Participate in internal and external monitoring mission in project, and contribute for assessing the information from the local level for mission.
•  Work closely with Project’s implementing team member, partners, government stakeholders and other parties of project for successful implementation of monitoring and evaluation related interventions.
• Assist to organize and facilitate various events such as meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars.
•  Carry out other duties and responsibilities related to M&E as assigned by supervisor.

Job Specification

• At least Bachelor degree in relevant field with at least three (3) years of experience in humanitarian and/or development organization in designing, implementing and overseeing Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) related task.
• Experience of working on research, survey and development assessment.
Sound knowledge and experience on writing reports.
• Experience of quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and report.
• Good interpersonal, communications, and facilitation skills.
• Hands on experience of managing database software.
• Strong statistical skills including knowledge of Microsoft applications.
• Working knowledge of the English language along with writing and communication skills.
• Programmatic experience in public health, health system management, and in relevant field will have added value.

Last date to apply: June 10, 2018

Note: We encourage women and candidates from ethnic and marginalized communities to apply. Canvassing at any stage of the process shall lead to automatic disqualification.

HOW TO APPLY

Eligible and interested candidates are requested to send the most recent CV along with the duly filled EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION FORM (which can be downloaded at http://gninepal.org/work-with-us/career/) to vacancy@gninepal.org

Detail TOR can be downloaded at http://gninepal.org/work-with-us/career/

Deadline: June 10, 2018

Only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted for further recruitment process. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

We encourage women and candidates from ethnic and marginalized communities to apply.

Canvassing at any stage of the process shall lead to automatic disqualification.