Job Description: Field Monitor

Field Monitors are mainly responsible for the field visits of the relevant districts of the province. The Field Monitors are primarily assigned and deployed within the relevant districts of the province for which they have been selected initially; however, when required and during emergencies, they may be assigned and deployed to other provinces of the relevant field office or cluster. In case, they are required to stay overnight outside of their duty station in any of the districts, they will be paid daily substance allowance (DSA) as per organizational scale.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Team Leader and the general guidance of the Cluster Coordinator, the field monitor has the following duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct gender responsive assessments including pre-project assessments and emergency needs assessment of populations affected by natural disasters or conflict (internally displaced populations) and engage communities including women.
• Conduct beneficiary verifications of different programme activities i.e. emergency response, seasonal support, vocational skills training etc.
• Conduct and coordinate activity / progress monitoring, distribution monitoring as well as post distribution monitoring for both food and cash-based transfers of all WFP project activities, in close collaboration with the WFP Field Office and stakeholders i.e. CPs, FSPs, government authorities, communities, etc. and come up with timely and quality monitoring checklists submitted in KOBO and MODA (WFP Corporate Data Collection Tool).
• Collect data for programme support including but not limited to food security assessments, market food prices, gender, Protection and Accountability to Affected Populations, nutrition surveys etc.
• Follow up the issues identified during the previous monitoring or site visit(s) that required follow up and further actions and make sure that they are taken up with the relevant stakeholder i.e. CP, FSP, etc. and make sure that they are settled and resolved before becoming a bottleneck to the project.
• Under the general guidance of the Head of the Field Office and VAME focal point at the Field Office, liaise with local authorities and communities on behalf of WFP on matters pertaining to WFP food assistance programs and represent WFP in all provincial meetings which WFP staff cannot attend.
• As requested by WFP and under the guidance of the Head of the Field Office, VAME focal point and Compliance team, conduct verification of compliance cases such as: food/cash diversions, misuse of WFP resources, etc. and follow up of Hotline cases and come up with timely and realistic reports.
• Assist the WFP field offices and cooperating partners in encouraging women’s access to economic skills development and sensitizing public opinion on gender issues and gender focused activities.
• Visit Cooperating Partners’ storage facilities and distribution points (hospitals, schools, etc.) and inspect these sites according to WFP’s food management standards. Technical advice on warehousing and food management should be provided to the stakeholders to build their capacity on proper food management.
• Identify relevant issues in the field and report them to his/her direct supervisor(s), VAME focal point and relevant SO mangers at the field office.
• Oversee the process of SCOPE (WFP Corporate Beneficiary Registration Platform) registrations and transfer management and support CPs when required.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by WFP Field Office.