M&E Officer

Position: M&E Officer PRF-2303-01007-326 (Rapid Recruitment)

Job Location: Gaziantep, Turkey

Reporting to: IMU/MEAL Manager

Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey

Number of positions open: 1

Contract duration: 6 Months

Last date for application: March 19th 2023

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key relationships:

Project officer, Grant officer, field team, IM team.

General objective of the position:

The M&E Officer is responsible for leading key project MEAL activities and will oversee project-level performance monitoring data and evaluation analysis. Working in collaboration with the MEAL manager, the M&E Officer is responsible for leading the design and implementation of an M&E system, ensures that SAMS evaluation’s achievements and lessons learned are captured and used for project improvement, and captures and communicates project outcomes to appropriate audiences.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Work with the program team to develop a detailed M&E plan for the program based on the project log-frame to track progress against intended targets.
• Track the M&E plan and frequently provide the program team with trend analysis of tracked indicators while identifying outliers.
• Work with MEAL manager and MEAL Team to ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data needed for an effective M&E system which will be utilized in monitoring strengths, weaknesses and gaps in existing program and services and for reporting on donor commitments as well as producing board summaries.
• Lead program monitoring activities including tool design and analysis in collaboration with IMU and project team.
• Work closely with field MEAL Officers to ensure that up-to-date monitoring activities is implemented and data collected for all projects, in line with the project targets, and in a timely manner.
• Ensure all MEAL frameworks for all SAMS’s running projects are in place and updated on monthly basis.
• Build the capacity of MEAL field team through regular trainings and coaching to ensure adoption of monitoring tools and quality of data collected in line with agreed M&E plans and indicators.
• Ensure proper training protocols and field work protocols are being followed by the field teams.
• Work with MEAL manager and accountability officer on developing and implementing field needs assessment.
• Strengthen monitoring and evaluation procedures and systems with support from the MEAL Manager.
• Contribute to organizational development of local partners, including the support in developing systems to track progress on capacity building and organizational development of partners.

Coordination and communication

• Identify external, third party stakeholders that can undertake monitoring/evaluation visits and facilitate and supervise their activities.
• Provide regular feedback to the project team and MEAL manager on project implementation.

Office Culture:

• Initiate team building initiatives
• Promote and model a positive, professional and respectful office culture.
• Ensure effective internal communications

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required

• University degree in any related field
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in M&E and reporting.

Languages

• Fluent written and spoken in Arabic
• Upper-Intermediate written and spoken English

Competencies:

• Data Analysis
• Humanitarian Principles
• Project Cycle Management
• Mobile-based Data Collection Tools
• MS – Excel
• MS – Word
• Project Logical Framework
• Accountability Principles
• Assessment Life Cycle
• M&E Systems
• Data Collection