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M&E Assistant
Country Afghanistan Province Herat, Kandahar,
Categories Monitoring and Evaluation, Type Full Time
Post Date 2023-02-08 Close Date 2023-02-12
Vacancy No DCA/23/269 Gender male female
No Of Jobs 3 Contract Duration 11 months with extension possibility
Education Bachelor degree in agriculture, economic with experiences in M&E. Experience 5 years
Organization Opportunities for you Salary As per the organization salary scale

About Company

About Dutch Committee for Afghanistan (DCA): DCA has been present in Afghanistan since 1988, focusing its interventions to herders and pastoralists communities’ resilience and enabling them to achieve long-term, inclusive and equitable development. DCA is currently implementing several livestock development and humanitarian program in 15 Provinces of Afghanistan. In 2021, we were able to benefit more than 586,000 vulnerable Afghans in building their resilience. DCA’s mission is to reduce poverty and increase food security for the people of Afghanistan by protecting the livelihoods assets and building resilience. Our livelihoods approach sits at the nexus of humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding, and focuses on building resilience in a conflict-setting. DCA’s community driven approach is built upon four major pillars: food security and livelihoods improvement, extension, value chain development, and institutional capacities. Together, these four fields of activity constitute a powerful mix to drive our mission. Gender equality and one health (the interface between human, animal and environmental health stressing on new pandemics and epidemics such as COV-19) will continue to be our fundamental guiding principles.

Job Description

General Position Summary:

The M &E assistant is responsible for preparing required questioners for baseline survey and other assessments, develop and maintain, interview questioners for baseline survey and updating data in the M&E developed database. Prepare monthly and quarterly monitoring plan, report and ensure its implementation, conduct regular field visit for monitoring the activities such as Cereal crop, Saffron, Vegetable, poultry production and so, at the targeted district. Prepare success stories, good practices at field level to be sued for progress reports, the M &E assistant must have experiences of working with community specifically the farmers for conducting meeting and discussion and willing for regular traveling to all targeted districts. Coordination and provide assistant to the project manager and other team members for successful and efficient completion of the project.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Ensure close communication and coordination with project team and other relevant stakeholders.
  • Assist with developing standard M&E instruments such as interview questioners for baseline survey and updating data in the M&E developed database.
  • Conduct training to explain the M&E procedure to the project staff.
  • Development of monthly and quarterly monitoring report, plan and ensure its implementation.
  • Compile the bi-weekly, Monthly and quarterly report and share with project manager.
  • Regular field visit for monitoring the activities (Cereal crop, Saffron, Vegetable, poultry production and other planned activities under the project) at the targeted district.
  •  Prepare success stories, good practices, and critical learnt from lessons to be used for progress reports and evaluation of the project.
  • Analyse risks and assist the project manager to take proactive role in developing and implementing risk mitigation strategies.
  • Ensure monitoring plan and reports are timely produced and shared with the project manager and other team members.
  • Work closely with project team to collect, collate, analyse, and present information on project outputs and outcomes to be used for reporting.
  • Support the project manager and other project staff for providing the date information and required forms.
  • Any other tasks assigned by the line manager.

Job Requirement

  • Bachelor degree in agriculture, economic with experience in M & E.
  • At least five years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
  • Good communication skills in English and fluency in Pashtoo and Dari.
  • Ability to work effectively with other project staff and proven analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks, handle tasks simultaneously, and to work under pressure.
  • Experience in monitoring of projects in remote areas and familiar with the targeted areas of Kandahar province.
  • High quality of reporting skills.

Submission Guideline

To apply for this vacancy, please use the following link, and fill out the application form. 

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