Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The primary responsibility of the M&E Officer is to ensure timely and complete data reporting from their catchment area to support better performance and greater accountability. To do this effectively, the M&E Officer will work closely with the M&E Manager/Coordinator and other M&E Officers, as well as with project technical management and staff, to ensure continuous dialogue that will support evidence-based management.

PRINICPAL RESPONSIBILITES:

• Ensure that all required information about activities is collected at all phases of implementation, and is accurate, timely, and complete.
• Support the project level work to set up DHIS2 for routine monitoring.
• Support service providers in using DHIS2 for data entry where needed; ensure other end users are trained and able to use DHIS2 for routine reporting.
• Oversee data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting at field sites, ensuring that data is of high quality and audit worthy.
• Support the required program performance reporting process including donor reporting, Project HOPE quarterly reporting, and organizational KPI reporting.
• Participate in and support technical input and program quality assurance activities, such as data quality audits, partner capacity assessments, mid-term and final reviews, field monitoring and evaluations.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s in Public Health, International Development, Social Sciences, Statistics or related area.
• Minimum of five (5) years of applied experience with a humanitarian organization with implementing and managing field-level routine monitoring and assessment tasks and activities.
• Experience with M&E approaches for key donors such as BHA, ECHO, UN.
• Experience in health information database design and use, especially DHIS2.
• Experience using quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods and M&E practices to answer program learning and evaluation questions.
• Experience with mobile data collection platforms and applications.
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Adapts to challenges and changes in work environment.
• Teamwork and cooperation and can cope with stressful workload.
• Language: English fluency

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Consultants should be able to work in an office setting, communicate effectively, and travel as needed. Assignments may include field or emergency deployments in austere or hardship environments. Typical office noise is minimal, and travel may involve air or other modes of transportation.