The M&E Assistant will be working under the overall supervision of the Community Resilience Activity (CRA) Chief of Party and will be working directly under the supervision of the National Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. The M&E Assistant will be responsible for providing support in terms of grant closure documentation and responses to queries on grants. The M&E Assistant will support compiling required grant-related reports, documentation and donor correspondence. The M&E Assistant will support outcome assessments and grant portfolio evaluations as required
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
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Support in terms of the grant closing process.
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Review and edit Final Evaluation Reports (FERs) submitted by field staff in order to obtain a document that reflects donor requirements.
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Coordinate with M&E and other required program units to obtain the necessary information required for grant closing purposes.
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Compile ‘success stories’ reflecting program impact.
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Request and review information from the field staff, Technical Unit, Operations Unit, M&E Unit or the field necessary for the closure of activities or to respond to queries posed by the donor or external monitoring unit.
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Record all internal and external M&E findings, lessons learned and recommendations for regular follow-up.
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Edit and verify the online web-based database according to the information of the FER and conduct the verifications described in the internal closing manual.
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Ensure up-to-date and accurate information pertaining to regional background and overviews for grants.
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Organize and maintain program records and documentation on file for tracking and reporting.
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Work respectfully, cooperatively, equally, and fairly with people within and outside of the organization.
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All other activities and duties specified by the CRA M&E Officer Islamabad.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent with three years of relevant professional experience.
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Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Demography, statistics or related discipline with advanced user of/proven skills in MS Office applications (Excel and Access), database management and/or statistical software packages (SPSS).
EXPERIENCE:
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Experience of working with community development project implementation and preferably have experience in the field of research, monitoring and evaluation.
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Experience in data analysis and report drafting is a plus. Experience in research is desirable including management and coordination of information flows and data management including collecting, storing, processing, and analysing data to generate information products.
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Proven ability to manipulate data by using standard tabulation and statistical software packages (SPSS, Tableau, Power BI etc.).
LANGUAGES:
Required:
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Language required for the position, for example: Fluency in English & Urdu
Desirable:
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Desirable languages, for example: Pashto