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| MEL Officer | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Kabul, |
| Categories | Other, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-11-07 | Close Date | 2022-11-20 |
| Vacancy No | 022/2022 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | 1 Year (Extendable) |
| Education | Bachelor degree | Experience | 3-4 years |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | |
About Company
About Integrity Watch Afghanistan: Integrity Watch is an Afghan civil society organization committed to increase transparency, accountability, and integrity in Afghanistan. The mission of Integrity Watch is to put corruption under the spotlight through community monitoring, research, and advocacy. We mobilize and train communities to monitor infrastructure projects, public services, courts, and extractives industries. We develop community monitoring tools, provide policy-oriented research, facilitate policy dialogue, and advocate for integrity, transparency, and accountability in Afghanistan. Integrity Watch was created in October 2005 and established itself as an independent civil society organization in 2006. It has approximately 50 staff members and 1400 volunteers. The head office of Integrity Watch is in Kabul with provincial programmatic outreach in Badakhshan, Balkh, Bamyan, Ghor, Herat, Kabul, Kapisa, Logar, Nangarhar, Parwan, Panjshir, Samangan, and Wardak. Integrity Watch’s work has three major components: (1) Community Monitoring, (2) Research, and (3) Advocacy. Integrity Watch tries to encourage active citizenship and community mobilization through its programs. Our community monitoring work includes development of community monitoring tools, mobilizing and training communities to monitor infrastructure projects, public services, courts, and extractives industries. Our research work is focused on policy-oriented research measuring trends, perceptions and experiences of corruption and covering wide range of corruption related issues including security and justice sectors, extractive industries, budget and public finance management, and aid effectiveness. The objective is to develop new, ground-breaking empirical research in order to set the agenda, influence decision-makers, bring to the public attention non-documented and non-explored issues. The aim of our advocacy work is to enhance Integrity Watch’s pioneering role in advocating for knowledgeable decision-making and informed public debate on corruption and integrity. Our advocacy work includes facilitation of policy dialogue on issues related to integrity, transparency, and accountability. We advocate for access to information; budget transparency, accountability, and participation; aid transparency and effectiveness; social accountability; and other issues related to anti-corruption.
Job Description
To assist the MEL Manager in day to day routine activities, reporting, data accuracy checks, updating logical frame work and other M&E Related tasks and activities when and as assigned and necessary.
Responsibilities and duties
- Ensure all program plans and reports received on time and shared with MEL Manager.
- Draft work plans for the units and ensure activities are conducted according to planned timeline.
- Review & compile programs/units annual & quarterly work plans and coordinate meetings
- with programs/units and share for the review of MEL Manager.
- Check programs/units reports with the records in online database and make sure accurate figures reflected on the reports.
- Review & compile programs/units mid-year & annual progress reports and submit them to MEL Manager for his review and approval.
- Coordinate the development of the log frames for the new projects and develop independent indicators to
- accurately measure the outcome, impact, output and activities of projects.
- Participate in drafting of reports and proposals to donors.
- Conduct file visit to the targeted provinces and communities.
- Draft field visit report and share it with program and led management.
- Compile and analyze the weekly deliverables monitoring reports and provide feedback to programs.
- Review the monthly data verification reports and provide feedback to M&E Assistant/ Focal Points.
- Develop tools and methods to evaluate projects process, outcome and impacts.
- Attend weekly projects’ deliverables meeting and share minutes/ follow-up with project officers.
- Communicate the findings with relevant programs/units for their improvement.
- Develop new ideas and advice based on the M&E findings on prioritizing and sequencing of programs and activities.
- Encourage staff to report frankly on fieldwork, highlighting problems and possible solutions plus lessons learned. Reward innovation in critical reflection and learning.
- Implement the monitoring of individual programs and ensure that timely decisions on corrective actions are made and implemented.
- Review monitoring reports; analyze them for impact evaluation and to identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in program implementation.
- Establish the structure and process for the M&E coordination.
- Guide the process for identifying and designing the key indicators for each component, to record and report progress against programs’ objectives and impact.
- Assure that all contractual obligations are adhered to and make the necessary contacts and efforts to
- ensure implementation meets project and program targets.
- Communicate and promote internally the M&E tools, strategy, activities and findings. Make sure all
- relevant decision makers have access to M&E data.
- Any other tasks given by the MEL Manager.
Job Requirement
Education
- Bachelor degree in Social Sciences / computer sciences or another related field.
Experience
- 3 to 4 years’ experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Able to speak English, Dari and Pashto fluently
- Good interpersonal skills
- Can work under-pressure
- Can work long hours if required
- Be creative and self-starter
- Be able to work independently with minimum supervision
- Good typing skills in English and Dari
- Be punctual, well-organized and hard working
- Can prioritize his work
- Good reporting skills
Languages
- Excellent written and spoken English. Dari or Pashtu a plus.
Submission Guideline
Please apply by sending a CV and a cover letter that outlines how your experience and education relates to the skills and experience outlined in the Terms of Reference to: hr@integritywatch.org In the e-mail subject line please write “Monitoring and Evaluation Officer” and your name.
The deadline for applications is 20 Nov 2022 However, interviews of suitable candidates may begin as applications are received. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.