Monitoring & Evaluation Manager

Job Summary:

Monitoring & Evaluation Manager Works in close collaboration with the Program Manager and the Managing Director. The Monitoring & Evaluation Manager mainly oversights the progress of CRDSA’s projects.

Skills Required:

Provinces to travel:

Skills Description:

• Ability to work under pressure;
• At least one year experience in designing research methodology
• Knowledge of information systems
• Excellent analytical skills; mature judgment combined with a proactive, energetic approach to problem solving.
• Excellent English language (written and spoken)
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to travel to project sites including districts and villages

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop baseline data for each project site in the program department.
• Lead the on-going development of an M&E system and tools to enable all projects to collect, aggregate and support analysis of data, in order to meet all relevant reporting requirements and to facilitate and inform project management.
• Advise and support project managers on choice of indicators and development of monitoring plans.
• Co-ordinate implementation of the M&E system, M&E tools, and project monitoring plans, including training and support for project managers and field teams, support data analysis and usage.
• Lead on design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative data collection such as needs assessments, surveys using recognized methods of data collection.
• Travel to all CRDSA’s project sites in (Herat, Badghis, Ghor, Farah, Nimroz and Urozgan) provinces and target districts.
• Collects and organizes reports from the field sites.
• Coordinates with field implementers regarding reports and M&E activities.
• Monitor and quality assurance spot checks on each project site.
• Technical support for operational research.
• Development of case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project.
• Work with program staff to design support plans to help partners adopt the reporting formats required by the donor.
• Coordinate the updating of indicators in the MIS database to enable the fulfillment of reporting obligations to donors.
• Ensure that quarterly MIS reports are submitted to the Project Manager.
• Oversee the outputting of reports from the MIS as directed by the Project Manager.
• Develop/update indicator definition and MIS reporting guideline according to partner and program team's needs.
• Oversee the outputting of MRS data in preparation for the annual Review and Re-planning process.
• Supports the program team on M&E when planning an activity.
• Lead the M&E capacity building of the project team.
• Performs other tasks that may be assigned from time to time by the M&E focal person in the CRDSA office and the program manager

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or B.A or equivalent degree in public administration, economics , or development related studies;
• At least three years experiences in monitoring and evaluation with the national and/or international organizations.