M&E Officer - (only open for Afghan nationality) - Job Location: Herat - Afghanistan

Herat

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Herat
Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- Accounting (Audit, Controlling)
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Emergency Aid and Response
Closing Date: Closed

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization specialized in assisting and advocating for the rights of refugees, returnees and internally displaced people (IDPs).

Job description

Coordinate process to establish programme level M&E systems
Participate in log frame design during project proposal process to support on indicator formulation
Support and contribute to the development of a data management system through documentation, implementation and coordination of standardized information flow of M&E activities and reporting
Support in standardizing M&E across projects
Support in developing data collection methodology and tools and in actual data collection, as needed
Support in data management and development of clear information flow between programme and M&E staff, as needed
Ensure that monitoring data are reported in a timely manner to relevant programme and managerial staff
Capacity building and training of programme staff on M&E technical and conceptual areas, as needed
Regularly travel to (Badghis and Nimrooz) to provide M&E support to the teams
Knowledge of working with digitalize tools and setting up data collection URLs in to the tablets
Support the Programme Department in new initiatives, should these arise during the employment period
Other activities agreed and discussed with the M&E Coordinator and SO M&E Department
Liaise with peer organizations and M&E staff in partner agencies to facilitate lessons learned and coordination

Qualifications

Minimum of a university degree in social science, economics, rural development or in other related fields.
At least 3-5 years’ experience in an international NGO preferably in an emergency or post-conflict setting, including M&E capacity and systems development
Experience with and knowledge of principles and current approaches to monitoring and evaluation in relief and development programs, using both quantitative and qualitative methods
Experience from working in IDP /refugee related programmes
Experience with field level coordination with UN organizations, INGOs, Donors and authorities
Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring and other formal and non-formal methods
Computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, access) and SPSS)