Deadline: 20 November 2020

Contract duration: 9 months

Location: Chipinge (supporting Chimanimani, Nyanga & Beitbridge districts)

About

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, assisting people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. Today IRC works in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC began programming in Zimbabwe in 2008 to support the cholera emergency response and has since been a key player in health, governance, markets development, and disaster risk reduction.

Position summary

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in anticipation of funding, is recruiting for a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for an emergency COVID – 19 response program which will run for 9 months in Beitbridge, Chipinge, Chimanimani and Nyanga Districts. The officer will have to demonstrate experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably with expertise in emergence programming.

The M&E Officer will support the design of the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) funded program’s M&E strategy and tools, ensuring that the impact of the project is effectively tracked, documented, and shared. The candidate will be required to work in teams under the leadership of the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator with a dotted line to the Environmental Health Coordinator

Key responsibilities

Develop M&E systems, tools, and strategies that allow for documentation of the SCB funded program being implemented in Beitbridge and Nyanga districts; Lead in Baseline, Post Distribution Monitoring, and End-line survey for the SCB program; Ensure collection of information on the program’s progress, support analysis of the data and ensure the results feed meaningfully into program implementation plans; Support the rollout and adoption of Monitoring and Evaluation initiatives, ensuring troubleshooting and result focused support to the cash program team.

Design specific analytical tools to track impact on beneficiaries and value for money; Train other program staff on M&E technical requirements; Monthly updating and submission of the project Performance Indicator Tracking Table; Assist in development of the project interim and final report to the donor; Participate in the. development of M&E indicators, standards and, guidelines and with other implementation partners; Conduct relevant project and partner staff trainings in M&E, especially in the areas of basic concepts of M&E, qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection, analysis and use of M&E data; Provide feedback to the M&E coordinator in evaluating project teams’ M&E skills/assist in staff capacity assessment to track M&E capacity building needs; Regularly visit all field sites to ensure that M&E is being implemented effectively by staff and produce related monitoring reports.

Qualifications

Minimum 2 years professional technical experience in Monitoring and Evaluation Officer; Minimum Monitoring and Evaluation Studies Degree, Statistics or other relevant degrees; Ability to produce analytical reports; Good communication skills, appropriate to the audience; Competence in using information technology including experience with word-processing, spreadsheets, and database software; Experience issuing mobile data collection platforms e.g. KOBO, ODK, etc;Experience with data analysis soft applications: Stata, SPSS, NVivo etc;Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment ;Team building, training, and coaching skills; Good interpersonal and intercultural skills.