Under the direct supervision of the Program Manger, the M&E Officer provides support the implementation of project activities conducted by DHSA/CG in Kandahar.

The M&E will be responsible of;

Project design and implementation

• Participate actively in M&E activities for the project implementation and M&E visits and reporting as per the project scope of work.
• Participate in developing an M&E Plan, M&E work plan and indicator tracking matrix, in line with the project’s thematic standards and practices.
• Generate project monitoring, reporting and information management plans
• Be familiar with data collection, review, utilization , monitoring and reporting tools
• Participate actively in the enforcement of Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC) and Quality Improvement (QI) measures for all field level interventions
• Support fellow team members in capturing and documenting best practices and success stories for learning, reference and dissemination
• Generate project information and dash boards for tracking and depicting progress on project and strategy implementation against targets and key milestones
• Initiate data analysis and action planning meeting with program teams to review data trends and overall project performance
• Maintain a tracker of key action points agreed at review meetings and disseminate progress of implementation
• Work with the field teams to ensure that project/program indicators are tracked through regular field visits
• Review all reports to ensure that data provided is reliable and accurate and that target indicators are met and explanations provided where indicators are not met;
• Any other duties as assigned by the program unit.

Program monitoring, reporting and evaluation

• Plan and organize quarterly joint and participatory Routine Data Quality Assessment (RQDAs) and data analysis to guide action planning meetings.
• Develop and manage database system for monitoring and evaluation and generate periodic reports to inform and guide program.
• Ensure accurate and timely collection of project data from the field
• Participate in planed surveys, either internally or externally (through consultants) to promote own capacity building and enhance the quality of the survey reports generated
• Provide quality assurance, including data verification, on all reports and information produced by the project by editing and consolidating all reports
• Synthesize and summarize trends in project monitoring data including those generated from evaluations across programming pillars that can be used to inform programming.
• Participate in writing monthly, quarterly and project annual reports