Organizational Setting

FAO Afghanistan is investing, across all 34 provinces, in resilience reinforcing actions that focus on protecting agriculture livelihoods and local ecosystems, boosting local production of nutritious foods and cash-incomes, and safeguarding critical agriculture sectoral development gains achieved over the past couple of decades through revitalizing rural markets and economy. In 2022-2023, FAO will, under the life-saving assistance Outcome (1) of the UN Transitional Engagement Framework (TEF), focus on the following four priority actions: (i) Safeguarding Wheat Seed Security, (ii) Enhancing Local Production of Nutritious Food, (iii) Livestock Protection and Dairy Sector Support, and (iv) Restoring Irrigation Structures to Boost Cash Incomes. Additionally, FAO will contribute towards resilience building activities under Outcome 2 of the TEF. 

Reporting Lines

The Field Monitoring Coordination Specialist will work under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative, the direct supervision of the Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer and the technical supervision of the Head of MEAL Team.

Technical Focus 

The Field Monitoring Coordination Specialist will be part of a multi-disciplinary MEAL unit and coordinate FAO Afghanistan’s field monitoring activities to ascertain the technical quality, progress and status of activities implemented by FAO and partners, and to follow up with communities on their experience in engaging with FAO and partners.   

Tasks and responsibilities

•    In collaboration with the Head of MEAL Team and Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer, develop and coordinate the implementation of a field monitoring workplan aligned with the main emergency and resilience activities, including beneficiary identification, registration and verification; distribution of support by FAO and partners, post-distribution monitoring, technical site visits, post-training follow ups; spot checks etc. to determine the progress and quality of delivery;
•    Coordinate the preparation of travel plans and undertake field missions as and when necessary;
•    In collaboration with the Head of MEAL Team, develop monitoring and reporting templates for field monitors and implementing partners to deliver accurate and timely information, considering both qualitative and quantitative methods, tools and processes;
•    Coordinate and supervise monitoring data collection within the FAO Afghanistan MEAL strategy and oversee the drafting of related reports, collaborating with third party monitoring (TPM) partners and the TPM Coordinator where relevant;
•    Coordinate with the accountability to affected populations to deliver effective sensitization of and information sharing with beneficiary and affected populations;
•    Ensure timely drafting and consolidation of field level reports to the Head of MEAL Team and Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer  to demonstrate progress against stated work plans and targets, quality of the interventions, challenges in implementation (with suggested adaptive measures), important changes in context, and information on key indicators, where relevant;
•    Contribute to internal and outward-facing learning emerging from the monitoring activities and data;
•    Perform any other related duties as required.