MER Specialist

Job Summary:

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Specialist is responsible to lead and provide technical support on monitoring, evaluation and research to Organizational programmes in Pakistan. In line with Organizational , M&E Guidelines, s/he is responsible to design and operationalize a result based M&E system (RBM) that meets Organizational’s requirements and is rooted in good practice.

Duties and Responsibilities:

·  Responsible for rolling out of Organizational PM&E Guidelines to all the programmes and to ensure that guidance is available for any M&E related tasks. Provide support to the programme managers for rolling out the PM&E guidelines to the local NGO partners.

·  In consultation with programme managers, responsible to identify M&E areas of improvement and roll-out training programmes for Organizational and partner staff on M&E processes, concepts, tools and techniques.

·  Responsible to develop and operationalize a participatory RBM system within the organization (at central and provincial levels) with the active involvement of all stakeholders so that information/data is recorded from all the provinces/projects, analysed and use to generate both internal (Organizational) and external (donors, government, clusters etc.) reports.

·  Support the provincial programmes in ensuring that M&E plans are in place and operational for all the on-going projects/programmes. Assist provincial teams/partners in developing appropriate tools for the monitoring of Organizational supported work.

·  Support to establish and effectively roll-out data capture tools and procedures, to enable accurate and timely monitoring and reporting on the projects as per Organizational and donor guidance. Take lead in data analysis, documenting and utilizing data for programme/project reports.

·  Responsible for design, implementation and reporting of research studies, baselines, reviews and evaluations in close coordination with the programme managers.

·  To provide support in developing proposals, reports and other documents in line with Organizational and donor requirements. Assist with other programme quality initiatives, such as critical reflection events and training opportunities, as per need.

·  Support in cross-organizational learning, which includes providing information, guidelines, lessons learned, and user-friendly learning tools on M&E.

·  Any other duties assigned by the Line Manager. 

Relationship:

Liaises with all Organizational staff, all partner staff and other stakeholders as necessary.

Accountability:

In carrying out the above duties, Organizational , Pakistan approved procedures must be followed at all times.

Authority:

As per the delegation limits.

Special Circumstances/Emergency Response:

The MER Specialist may be called upon as part of his/her roles and responsibilities to participate in and/or provide support to emergency response situations when and where required in consultation with his/her line manager.

Disclaimer Clause: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skills, efforts, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

Organizational Staff Code of Conduct and Programme Participant Protection Policy

Organizational , has a staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Organizational Staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected from them. In this context staff has the responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standard in day to day conduct in their work place in accordance with Organizational’s core values and mission.

Any candidate offered a job with Organizational , will be expected to sign the Programme participant Protection Policy and the Organizational Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract employment.

Any breach of Organizational Staff Code of Conduct or the Programme participant Protection Policy by employees of Organizational , during the course of their employment will result in disciplinary action up to, and including dismissal.