Primary Responsibilities
1. Management of the M&E team
· Manage a team of M&E officer(s) and M&E Coordinator, delineating their responsibilities by project specific in order to support programmatic activities of Grassroots Pakistan and ensure these are monitored and evaluated in a timely, efficient and effective matter.
· Identify the M&E training needs of the M&E team and work with the team to plan and implement training that meets these needs.
· Coach, train, and mentor M&E Officers/Coordinator with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the M&E team and providing professional development guidance.
· Coordinate and provide refresher M&E training for program staff as needed, with the support of the M&E Coordinator.
2. M&E leadership
· Provide (or update) the Core Team with a vision, framework and strategic plan for its M&E unit.
· Lead all M&E initiatives within Grassroots Pakistan.
3. Grant and/or Program Management Support
· Lead all M&E initiatives for assigned grant(s)/project(s) including monitoring data quality, tracking the progress of activities, and informing staff capacity building initiatives.
4. System Development
· Organize and lead M&E system and process development, creating a framework and procedures for the monitoring and evaluation of project activities.
· Define and implement the key project performance indicators (KPI) as well as monitor them throughout the duration of the projects.
· Propose strategies to increase data use and demand amongst Project staff.
· Assist Program staff in clarifying project information needs.
· Support project/program staff on ways to properly document, organize and capture program progress.
· Manage M&E team while they create and revise tools and data collection procedures under the supervision of the M&E Coordinator (eg. logical framework, project performance tracking, indicators, data flow chart, M&E manuals).
· Review the performance of existing management information systems to help identify potential modifications or resources.
5. Data Management and Analysis
· Keep abreast of developments in grant/program changes and progress in order to advise and recommend tools and strategies to increase program performances and results.
· Suggest ways to facilitate data collection and the flow of data within Project field teams.
· Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and management systems and propose solutions.
· Perform field visits to ensure the quality of data collected by Projects and to verify the accuracy of reported data.
· Analyze changes and patterns in KPI indicator data and performance reports in order to make recommendations to Project staff.
· Ensure that donor, partner, and Senior Management data queries are addressed in an accurate and timely manner.
· Implement and participate in program and project evaluations.
6. Communication and Reporting
· Support Program Manager in reviewing donor reports to ensure high quality reports are submitted on time for this grant/program.
· Assist Program manager in establishing log frames, M&E work plans, and targets during the drafting donor project proposals as well as throughout project implementation
· Review and analyze weekly/monthly reports to identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation and to enhance quality of reporting.
Responsibilities:
· Assess organizational and performance gaps within the different projects and report on corrective actions needed.
· Assist Core team in the formulation of baseline measures and targets, during writing and set up of donor project proposals as well as throughout project implementation.
· Formulate and implement key performance indicators (KPI) and deliverables for both new and established projects and monitor them throughout the duration of the projects.
· Analyze indicators and performance, evaluate information and make recommendations.
· Clarify the core information needs of management and provide relevant and timely information to the Core team.
· Implement and participate in program and project progress evaluation, survey and program follow up in order to advise and recommend tools and strategies to increase program performances and results.
· Responsible for the implementation of these recommendations within Programs and projects.
· Document the lessons learned and best practices of the different programs and projects.
A committed local NGO working in the most poverty stricken communities of Southern Punjab. We aim at improving the poor communities on the component sharing principle to empower them and awake sense of participation for sustainable solutions.