M&E Officer

Job Description
Job Title:                          Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Band/ Level / Grade:     8B
Department:                    MEAL
Location:                           Al-Dhale’e / Yemen




Background:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC Yemen began its programs in October 2012. Since establishing its presence in the South of Yemen, in the Red Sea coastal city of Aden, the organization has grown from just implementing small projects to handling large-scale emergency and relief operations. Currently, IRC Yemen is operating in eight governorates in the south and north of Yemen and Sana’a and Hodeidah in the North through direct programming and through local partnerships in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Economic Recovery Development, Education, Child Protection, Gender and Women Protection and Empowerment
Scope of Work:

Working under the supervision and guidance of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Manager, the M&E Officer will be based in IRC Field Office in Al-Dhale’e, Yemen. The M&E Officer will work closely with all program staff in the field to implement the IRC Yemen M&E commitments and improve program quality through enhanced data management systems and processes. The position will also act as the focal point for M&E in the Field Office.
The Officer will be responsible for managing day-to-day M&E issues arising in the Field Office and providing technical support to field teams to ensure effective implementation of projects

Responsibilities:

Provide direct support to monitoring and evaluation processes of all the projects in the field site
Support projects to adhere to the IRC`s Monitoring and Evaluation standards
Supervise data entry processes and provide complete, accurate and consistent data to Managers in the field to ease data analysis and action planning.
Take part in all data analysis and action planning meetings organized in the field
Keep the database up to date and help program staff prepare periodic high-quality reports
Assess M&E technical capacity needs in the field office, prepare and implement a capacity-building plan with support from the M&E Manager
Provide support in Baseline, Endline Evaluations, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDMs), Satisfaction Surveys, Post-planting and Post-harvest surveys, and other related household surveys in all locations
Conduct regular data verification and audit exercises to assess the quality of data reported and address any anomalies identified
Submit to the M&E Manager weekly and monthly updates on M&E activities conducted in the field
With support from the M&E Manager, provide capacity building and mentorship to Field staff in data collection, cleaning, analysis, presentation and use


Other:
Represent IRC Yemen at inter-agency field-based M&E coordination forums
Foster good relationships and team spirit with program and operations staff in the field
Perform any other M&E tasks assigned by the M&E Manager

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