Organization: COOPI
– Cooperazione Internazionale is a relief and development organization founded
in Italy in 1965.
COOPI’s envisions a world without poverty where
diverse cultures live together sharing equal rights and equal
opportunities.
COOPI also conducts advocacy activities in Italy,
to fight the cause of the serious economic gap between the North and South.
Position: Field Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Reporting To: Area
Coordinator Somalia and Emergency Project Manager
Duration: 6
Months (3 months probation period) with possibilities of extension
Location: Based
in Baidoa district, Bay region with travel to project sites
- The Field Monitoring Officer role is to support in projects
accountability, quality assurance and learning, implementation of the
monitoring and evaluation system by ensuring the timely collection,
dissemination and use of M&E findings to improve projects policies and
practices.
- In collaboration with the PM, support determine information needs
of the project management, implementing partners and primary stakeholders,
the cooperating institution and funding agencies;
- In collaboration with the PM, organize regular project monitoring
and review the relevant data collection tools designed by the Data Analyst
ensuring that they capture data on information needed for monitoring and
evaluation of performance of the projects;
- In consultation with the Data Analyst, agree on how to collect,
record, analyze & report progress against planned targets for each
level of the logframe;
- Undertake the routine field checking of the work of enumerators , supervise
quality in the field and ensure data accuracy and completeness;
- Support the PM in design and update the projects monitoring plan,
including how and when to measure progress towards achievement of outcomes
and associated indicators;
- Review beneficiary selection criteria processes and verify the
targeting of beneficiaries through post-distribution monitoring;
- Assist in development of monitoring tools: Baselines, Post
Distribution Monitoring (PDMs), questionnaires, On-site distribution
monitoring forms, surveys templates etc.
- Use various participatory and quantitative methods to collect data
including focus group discussions (FGDs) and post-distribution monitoring;
- Undertake routine field checking to ensure that the project is
implemented as planned and that beneficiaries are fully aware of the
project deliverables;
- Regularly interact with the projects beneficiaries ensuring that
are fully aware of COOPI’s feedback and complaint mechanisms;
- Responsible for ensuring that primary stakeholders are involved to
the fullest extent possible in undertaking M&E;
- Train and supervise survey enumerators and data entry staff on the
data collection tools, methods of data collection, when required;
- Ensure that data quality control processes (including data checking
and daily de-briefing) is implemented for all surveys conducted;
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative data analysis when requested
by PMs and AC, and write clear, concise and accurate reports in reports in
English including recommendations for programming;
- Following up on the feedback and complaints mechanism system in
place. Answer calls, register feedbacks and complaints in strict
collaboration with PM and AC as per COOPI guidelines
- Assist the Data Analyst in developing template questionnaires for
the selected beneficiaries to be called by the Complaint officer.
- Assist in identifying required training support, design and conduct
training for all project staff on M&E processes, including reporting
process, project documentation requirements for accountability and
achievement of expected results;
- Prepare regular field monitoring reports on activity
implementation, outputs, progress and impact/feedback from beneficiaries;
in line with donors and PM requirements
Qualifications & Requirements
- Holder of a degree in Food Security, Sociology, Rural Development
or Community Development with at least five years professional experience.
- Two or more years work experience in Monitoring & Evaluation
for NGOs, particularly in conducting assessments, surveys and using
participatory methods for qualitative and quantitative data collection;
- At least two years experience in cash and voucher based programming
(food vouchers, cash for work, vouchers for agricultural inputs etc)
- Must be a Somali National with clear knowledge of the region of
operation and experience working in fast paced humanitarian programming in
Somalia
- Strong computer skills and ability to use standard computing
packages (word, excel, outlook, power point, internet etc);
- Developed planning, organizational and research / analytical
skills;
- Strong team working and interpersonal skills;
- Be able to communicate effectively in Somali and English Language.
Start date: ASAP
Application: Send
by Email 1 page letter of expression of interest and updated CV to the
following address
The Regional Representative
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale,
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale,
eMail: hr.nairobi@coopi.org
Note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
