Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer

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Description

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The Officer will review and improve planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems and processes and their efficient and effective implementation in accordance with established policies, procedures and processes. S/he will be responsible for strengthening and developing the capacity and core competencies of the Venezuelan Red Cross. S/he will also be responsible for coordinate and lead the development project proposals expanding partnerships.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Planning:

• Leading the annual planning processes and ensuring the quality check (coherence of information, editing, formatting etc.), liaising with technical and financial teams, to ensure that they meet required quality standards.
• Follow-up with project and programme owners on the revision of operational plans (narratives, M&E plans, activity tables) in line with quarterly budgetary revisions.
• Review and provide feedback during the design of plans and logical frameworks with a view to ensure logical coherence, SMART indicators, and inclusion of means of verifications, targets, and baselines.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Monitoring of projects, programmes, and plans to facilitate results-based management, guaranteeing accountability and evidence-based results.
• Ensure compliance with the IFRC Framework for Evaluations, including completion of management responses, follow-up recommendations, and support in the development of external evaluation ToRs.
• Develop lessons learned exercises and include lessons learned from past project evaluations into new plans for projects/programmes or operations.
• Coordinate data collection, analysis, feedback from affected populations, socialize tools such as the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plans, Gantt charts, indicator tracking tables (ITTs), baseline – end line studies, and matrixes to monitor objectives, indicators, and activities, as per IFRC guidelines.

Reporting:

• Ensure the quality control of reports for operational plans, pledges, and emergencies. This includes revising/cross referencing financial reports together with plans, and ensuring reports have a clear link to the plans.
• Ensure quality control and technical feedback of programme and project proposals with a focus on logical framework quality and monitoring & evaluation aspects of the proposal.
• finalized pledge-based reports to the Strategic Partnerships & Resource Management (SPRM) department for their submission to the donor.

Support resource mobilisation efforts by guiding the proposal and project development process:

• Coordinate, support, assist and advise the development and drafting of concept notes and project proposals.
• Support the Head of Delegation in the identification and development of new funding proposals.
• Develop and maintain knowledge and understanding of the activities and programmes of the Venezuelan Red Cross, including support provided by the PNS, ICRC and other partners.

Education:

• Graduate degree in a relevant humanitarian or Social Sciences, studies relating to
• data management, statistics, etc (Required).

Experience:

• Strong skills in designing and using PMER concepts, tools, and best practices (required).
• 3 years of experience in report writing and editing, with attention to product delivery in accordance with deadlines (required).
• 3 years’ experience in the project planning and implementation and results-based project management, including M&E systems (required).
• Knowledge and skills around results-based planning (logframe) and setting up robust
• planning systems for complex programmes (required).
• Experience in the implementation and facilitation of training sessions (required).

Knowledge, Skills and Languages:
Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of log frame-based project design, monitoring and evaluation (required).
• Analytical and communication skills and ability to assimilate and process information for wide-ranging audiences (required).
• Advanced skills in computers (Windows, word processing, PowerPoint, Excel) (required).
• Inter-personal skills and cultural sensitivity (required).
• Edition of texts in English and Spanish (required).
• Able to work independently and as part of a team (required).
• Exceptional organizational ability with an eye for detail (required).

Languages:

• Fluently spoken and written English and Spanish (required)

Source: https://www.ifrc.org/jobs/details.html?jobId=126967&jobTitle=Officer%2C%20Planning%2C%20Monitoring%2C%20Evaluation%20and%20Reporting

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