Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator(Re-Advertisement)-Tehran based (Iran Nationals Only) - Iran

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About NRC

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, food security, livelihoods, legal assistance, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors. The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 6000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. NRC runs the world’s largest standby rosters NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs.

NRC in the Islamic Republic in Iran

NRC started operations in Iran in 2012. We currently deliver humanitarian assistance in 8 provinces in the sectors of Education, Food Security and livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter construction, as well as Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA). We co-lead several technical inter-agency working groups and provide capacity building to humanitarian partners in country. Next to our programs, NRC Iran also built an advocacy unit to develop joint messages and initiatives amongst INGOs to improve rights of the displaced.

About the position: Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator for NRC Iran

The overall purpose of the M&E Coordinator is to coordinate all aspects of M&E related to the project being implemented in partnership with the Relief International in 5 provinces of Iran (Tehran, Kerman, Khorasan Rasavi, Yazd and Isfahan). The M&E Coordinator will sit within the partnership Unit and report to the partnership Manager while having a technical management link to NRC M&E Manager, who is based in Tehran Country Office. The M&E partnership coordinator will work for the Partnership agencies and consolidate data provided by the M&E teams from these agencies.

Our ideal Candidate:

Are you NRC’s future Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator in Iran? NRC has a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated and energetic  Strategic thinker with a proven track record of efficient Monitoring and Evaluation experience to give support to a new  joint partnership projects between Norwegian Refugee Council, and Relief International in Iran.

Task Description

• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Support and contribute to the development and implementation of M&E systems, including M&E SOPs, guidance and tools
• Participate in programme design and proposal discussions, including theory of change development, log frame design and budgeting for M&E
• Support programme staff from the 3 agencies in planning for and executing M&E, including, data collection methodology and tools and data management, analysis and use
• Support the implementation, dissemination and use of evaluations, assessments and monitoring data in programme development, adjustment or review
• Contribute to organisational learning through supporting specific analysis, lessons learned and reports
• Capacity building and training of programme and M&E support staff on M&E technical and conceptual areas
• Supervise and mentor M&E support staff in executing M&E plans
• Contribute to the design of M&E staffing structure and resourcing, including collaboration with programme staff to identify and plan for M&E needs
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Qualifications

• Experience from working in an M&E role in a humanitarian/recovery/development context;
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts;
• Advanced level in all common MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Fluent English and Farsi;
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile

We Offer

Duty Station: Tehran

Contract duration/until:Until end of 2019

Salary/Benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions