The A. M. Qattan Foundation is seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual for the position of Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to work at the Qattan Centre for the Child in Gaza. Following is the description of the position:
Job Type: Full time position- one year contract with a possibility for extension
Line of Responsibility: Director of the Qattan Centre for the Child
Work Location: Gaza
Job Objectives:
- A senior level position with the main objectives of:
- Design and establish baselines, review, monitor and evaluate projects and activities in coordination with the relevant staff, and report on them
- Provide technical assistance and support to relevant staff & stakeholders on monitoring & evaluation, and the reporting requirements
- Work closely with relevant staff to ensure that projects objectives, outputs and indicators are met on time
Detailed tasks & responsibilities:
- Monitor all projects’ activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the set outputs and recommend further improvements
- Periodically organize and provide refresher training and coaching in participatory monitoring and evaluation for relevant staff and for implementing partner organizations’ staff
- Collect, discuss and analyze relevant data and perform regular field visits to ensure the quality and accuracy of data collected
- Produce qualitative/quantitative progress, quarterly and annual reports on time
- Prepare briefing papers and summary findings of reports and reviews
- Support management in identifying and addressing challenges in the projects’ performance to ensure annual targets and outcomes are achieved in line with the approved plans and budgets
- Collect articles, case studies, best practices across projects for evidence gathering and format so they are suitable for external stakeholders and audiences
- Assist in defining the key project performance indicators as well as monitor that they are met throughout the projects’ duration
- Support relevant staff on ways to properly document, organize and capture projects progress
- Attend different learning and sharing events such as meetings, review sessions, planning workshops and donors presentations
- Undertake field-monitoring visits to assess and evalaute progress of projects’ implementation
- Develop and update M&E data base
- Any other work related tasks
Skills/Qualifications:
- A bachelor degree in social sciences or other relevant field
- Proven track record in monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience
- Advanced analytical skills with an orientation to details
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- In-depth knowledge of work with children in Gaza
- Excellent computer skills, with expertise in using statistical softwares
- Well-developed report writing skills in English & Arabic languages
Interested individuals should submit the application coupled with their CV and letter of interest using the following link:
https://www.formstack.com/forms/?2261981-iQXvEkf9ke
Deadline for submitting applications is Tuesday 23/02/2016. Only potential candidates will be contacted for interviews.