Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Associate

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Description

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• Support the development and roll out of the Safety Net for Socio-Economic Opportunities Project
• (SNSOP) Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks, guidelines, plans or tools to guide quality Monitoring and Evaluation in the project;
• Support the M&E Officer to regularly review Monitoring and Evaluation plans, tools and other documents such as results matrices, reporting templates etc., as may be necessary in coordination with relevant colleagues or partners;
• Conduct periodic site visits to the project sites especially Labour Intensive Public work (LIPW) sites to ascertain and promote adherence to agreed standards and timelines of implementation; 
• Lead role in overseeing data collection (including beneficiary bio – data); collation; storage; analysis and reporting ensuring that data is of high quality and audit worthy;
• Carry out the Beneficiary Registration Lessons Learnt Survey (BRLLS) and Post Distribution Monitoring on a rolling basis to assess the success of the project and the level of impact achieved;
• Support the Project Management Senior Officer (Team Leader) in the preparation and review of project progress and monitoring reports at the field level in collaboration with other project staff;
• Support the community mobilization teams with attendance marking (both in hard copy and in the MIS) and generate the payrolls based on the number of days attended;
• Facilitates the implementation of regular and periodic project evaluations;
• Performs any other tasks as requested by the supervisor.
• Knowledge building and knowledge sharing
• Provide regular verbal and written feedback on field observations and monitoring findings to the M&E Officer;
• Develop and share with the M&E Officer reports related to local field M&E activities; 
• Support the project staff in documenting, reviewing and consolidating lessons-learned from the field;
• Participate in M&E technical meetings and share any relevant field experiences with colleagues

• Prepares and issues regular reports in accordance with supervisor’s guidelines;
• Maintains diaries and progress reports as required by UNOPS standard procedures.

• Education Background
• High School (Secondary School) certificate is the minimum requirement for this role:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, International Development, International Relations, Project Management, Development Studies, Mathematics, Statistics or relevant disciplines is an asset; 
• Advanced University Degree (Master Degree or equivalent)  in Social Sciences, International Development, International Relations, Project Management, Development Studies, Mathematics, Statistics or relevant disciplines is desired.

• Minimum of Seven (7) years of relevant experience in the areas of M&E is required; 
• Excellent communication, coordination, and organizational skills, including the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders is an asset;
• Experience in development work in remote areas highly desirable;
• Experience in World Bank, M&E, social protection and food security projects is an asset;
• Experience in IT using Monitoring and Evaluation software is an asset;
• Experience in public works projects will be an asset;
• Clear knowledge and experience working on data analysis.

• Fluency in written and oral English is required
• Knowledge of Arabic Language desired

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