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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:                       Program Officer (M&E) – RAPID

Reporting To:               Monitoring &Evaluation Specialist

Job Status:                   Contractual

Job Location:                Islamabad, with frequent travel to programme areas

Job Summary

The M&E officer will be responsible for backstopping  implementation/field roll out of monitoring, evaluation and research strategies in collaboration with the program team, harnessing the sub-grantees’ capacities to meet their M&E plan commitments at all phases of RF’s funded projects efficiently. His/her role will broadly cover  supporting; capacity building, field monitoring/support, damage/need assessments, project end verifications, focal point for equality inclusion (gender, age & disability and marginalized group’s) collecting progress reporting inputs and maintaining required records/files.   

Duties and responsibilities:

1.      Support  in program emergency response preparedness, planning and implementation mechanisms.

2.      Support M&E Specialist in further improving RF Program and sub-awards’ products or/and outputs monitoring.

3.      Program monitoring for implementation and strengthening of existing program monitoring mechanism. 

4.      Support  in sub-awards quality management strategy/plan design and its implementation. 

5.      Lead in design and strengthening of Program evaluation mechanisms.

6.      Support in capacity building of DMAs and NGOs.

7.      Support sub-grants applications’ reviews and finalization (when and where required)

8.      Any Other task assigned by line manager

Person Specification

• Master degree in relevant subject (Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Social Sciences)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative research
• Demonstrated data management and analysis experience
• Experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Research preferably with an international NGO
• Familiarity with the following
• Understanding of USAID Proposal Development Guidelines
• In addition it’s incumbent’s responsibility to keep him/herself updated with donor guide lines and procedure by regular visit to OFDA/USAID website

Safeguarding Competencies

• Able to recognize possible signs of child and adult abuse, harm and neglect as this relates to their role.
• Able to identify a child or adult at risk of harm, abuse or neglect.
• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.

Sense of Responsibility.

Exerts a high level of effort and perseverance toward goals attainment. Works hard to become excellent at doing tasks by setting high standards, paying attention to details, working consistently, and displaying a high level of concentration even when assigned an unpleasant task. Displays high standards of attendance, punctuality, enthusiasm, vitality, and optimism in approaching and completing tasks.

Planning and Organisation.

Believes in own ability and maintains a positive self-confident approach to task achievement. demonstrates knowledge of own skills and abilities, is aware of impact on others, knows own capacity and needs and how to address them.

Flexibility.

Demonstrates a willingness and ability to change. Manages that change in a sensitive manner to effectively balance the needs of the task and the people involved

Creative Thinking.

Uses imagination freely, combines ideas or information in new ways, makes connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, and reshapes goals in ways that reveal new possibilities.

Problem Solving.

Recognises that a problem exits (i.e., there is a discrepancy between what is and what should or could be), identifies possible reasons for the discrepancy, and devises and implements a plan of action to resolve it. Evaluates and monitors progress, and Exercises

Negotiates.

Works toward an agreement that may involve exchanging specific resources or resolving divergent interests.

Acquires and Evaluates Information.

Identifies need for information, researches and obtains it from existing sources or creates it, and evaluates its relevance and accuracy.

Organises and Maintains Information – Knowledge Management.

Organises, processes, and maintains written or computerised records and other forms of information in a systematic fashion.

Interprets and Communicates Information

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

Concern Staff Code of Conduct And Associated Policies

Concern has a Code of Conduct and associated policies (Programme Participant Protection Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy) which has been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants, especially beneficiaries, from abuse and exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, partner organisations, and anyone engaged by Concern or visiting our programmes, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context all Concern staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct of their work in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission.

Any candidate offered a job with Concern will be expected to sign the Code of Conduct and its associated policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Code of Conduct and associated policies candidates demonstrate they have understood its content and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of this document.

Any breach of the Concern Code of Conduct and its associated polices by employees of Concern during the course of their employment will result in disciplinary action up to, and including, dismissal.

Counter Terrorism Policy

Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year.  Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List). 

Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant.  For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Country Office.

By submitting a formal application for paid or voluntary employment to Concern, you agree to Concern carrying out a clearance check as outlined above and that Concern will not proceed to recruit you should your name appear on any of the aforementioned lists.