About INTERSOS Humanitarian Aid Organization

Job Summary

The Monitoring Officer will oversee the implementation of monitoring and evaluation strategies and requirements for ECHO food security project. The Monitoring Officer will report directly to the Project Manager. S/He will ensure a high level of program quality through performance monitoring, evaluation and reporting, and provide leadership and coordination in the development, dissemination and promotion of strategies, standards and tools.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains the monitoring/evaluation system, oversees baseline assessments, and spearheads program documentation and the identification of best practices/lessons learned;
• Provide technical expertise including designing and conducting assessments, program design, start-up, phase-in, phase-out, communications, and reporting;
• Assist the team in preparing and implementing an integrated work plan, according to the needs of the projects and the activities;
• S/he will be responsible for developing reporting and evaluation processes for project performance management and ensuring program standards meet or exceed donor expectations;
• S/he will lead or participate in program development, facilitate assessments, surveys or evaluations as necessary for risk management, standards setting, policy formation and program development;
• S/he will also encourage and facilitate the documentation of best practices and lessons learned, directed toward multiple audiences, to influence policy formation, develop capacity and foster professionalism, and build/maintain relationships with external and internal partners in order to enhance their understanding of INTERSOS program standards and strategies;
• Ensure that evaluation recommendations in particular mid-term review recommendations, once approved, are communicated to the relevant officers for implementation, with suggestions for preparing an Implementation Plan and follow-up action for future programming.

Job Requirements

• Degree in social sciences with in-depth experience in project monitoring and evaluation in an international NGO;
• Proven practical experience of humanitarian and development context analysis and programming, including cash transfer projects and monitoring systems;
• Good understanding of project cycle management including developing monitoring and evaluation framework;
• Proven experience of participatory program approaches, good analysis and report writing skills coupled with strong communication skills in written and spoken English;
• Previous field level experience desirable;
• A team player with good organizational skills;
• Willingness to travel extensively through region of responsibility, spending up to 100% of work time in the field, including in rural and remote areas, to ensure program activities reach intended beneficiaries.

Submission Guideline

Application should be submitted to:
admin.maimana.afghanistan@intersos.org and
foodsecurity.afghanistan@intersos.org

or delivered to:

INTERSOS Office,
District 3, in front of Abu Muslim High School
Maimana, Faryab Province, Afghanistan



Deadline for application: 10 December 2011

Functional Area

M & E

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