VAC-10416 Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

Since the formation of the Federal Government of Somalia, the country has made significant progress towards restoring peace & security. However, significant destabilizing factors remain. These include most notably, the persistent threat of violent extremist group Al Shabaab, particularly in rural areas, recurrent & unresolved clan, land & resource based conflicts, weak & nascent institutions & the internal displacement of more than 2 million individuals.

While the transition, recovery & development needs of Somalia, after almost 3 decades of civic conflict & violent extremism remain a long term, if not generational process, such progress will be unachievable in the absence of solid foundations for peace & security, particularly at community levels. Currently, several regions remain at risk of deteriorating into clan based conflict & falling under the occupation of violent extremist groups, in the absence of consolidated, strategic support for stability.

Since 2016, our client has been supporting the government to lead & for communities to drive transition & recovery processes in areas impacted by displacement, conflict & violent extremism. These programs, which are implemented through our clients Somalia Transition & Recovery Pillar (TRP), are intended to promote peace, security & stability in fragile & displacement affected areas of Somalia.

Under the overall supervision & management of the Senior Program Coordinator (TRP) & HSO & the direct supervision of the Program Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation & Communications), the Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant will be responsible for coordinating the activities of the program’s monitoring, evaluation & reporting functions.

• Collate information into new knowledge products in support of strategic priorities & support in the generation, sharing & using knowledge to support improved programming & to provide objective & evidence based interpretations of data with pragmatic recommendations.

• Contribute to the design & production of topic guides, training modules, working papers, research reports & data visualization media.

• Contribute to the development of the community stabilization data visualization dashboard.

• Assist in developing project monitoring plans & operational monitoring tools (e.g., checklists, questionnaires, interviews & survey forms, etc.) with clear & concise roles, timelines & targets.

• Lead data collection through household surveys, key informant interviews & focus group discussion in timely manner & assist in translating data collection tools including post intervention monitoring tools, baseline, mid term, end line, impact evaluation methodologies from English to Somali.

• Develop a comprehensive staff training series to build team capacities in monitoring, evaluation & learning, including log frames, baselines & survey methods, monitoring work plans, impact indicator development, data analysis & interpretation.

• Participate in strengthening existing M&E systems for the projects & keep records of M&E documents in hard & soft copies, organize them based on the activity related & upload into Share Point accordingly the data management system & present when required.

• Establish an effective system for assessing the validity of monitoring & evaluation data through a review of activities, completed monitoring forms / databases & a review of aggregate level statistics reported.

• Conduct periodic field monitoring visits to maintain current information for accurate documentation & reporting, coordinate logistics & play a key role in all internal & external assessments.

• Collect & present relevant information & support in the project reporting by closely coordinating with project teams & focal persons to guide the program implementation teams provide timely & accurate reports & develop forms that harmonize between field needs & database reporting.

• Work closely with the project staff to ensure that accurate & concise success stories / human interest stories are documented & lessons learned from project evaluations are recorded properly & shared with the program teams on time.

• Closely follow up with complaints, response & feedback mechanism.

• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

• This role reports to the line manager.
  

•  5 years’ experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability & learning, including knowledge of remote implementation.

• Experience producing M&E reports including baselines, endlines, FGD reports, post intervention monitoring.

• Experience working for an international NGO or UN agency.

• Experience with international humanitarian organizations, non governmental or governmental institutions / organizations in a multicultural setting.

• Experience supervising a team & coordinating with different stakeholders for the implementation of M&E activities.

• Knowledge of working in conflict / volatile contexts on community stabilization in Somalia.

• Knowledge of implementing M&E activities for community stabilization programming.

• Excellent & demonstrable analytical, communication & writing skills.

• Knowledge in the usage of Kobo collect for M&E data collection & office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) & knowledge of spreadsheet & data analysis.

• Respects & promotes individual & cultural differences, encourages diversity & inclusion wherever possible.

• Maintain high ethical standards & acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles / rules & standards of conduct.

• Demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent & committed manner & exercises careful judgment in meeting day to day challenges.

• Develops & promotes effective collaboration within & across units to achieve shared goals & optimize results.

• Produces & delivers quality results in a service oriented & timely manner, is action oriented & committed to achieving agreed outcomes.

• Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge & innovate.

• Takes ownership for achieving the organization’s priorities & assumes responsibility for own action & delegated work.

• Encourages & contributes to clear & open communication, explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring & motivational way.

• Provides a clear sense of direction, leads by example & demonstrates the ability to carry out the organization’s vision.

• Assists others to realize & develop their leadership & professional potential.

• Creates an enabling environment where staff can contribute their best & develop their potential.

• Promotes shared values & creates an atmosphere of trust & honesty.

• Works strategically to realize the organization’s goals & communicates a clear strategic direction.

• Leads with humility & shows openness to acknowledging own shortcomings.

• This role has no team management responsibility.

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.

• Educational certificate of the selected candidate will be sent for cross verification.