Officer - Monitoring & Evaluation

Job Description

Title: Officer - Monitoring & Evaluation

Company Name: SAINT-Bangladesh

Vacancy: 2

Age: At most 50 years

Job Location: Barguna, Pirojpur

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Social Science (MSS)

• Master’s degree, preferably in Statistics/Data Science/Anthropology/Social Sciences/ Economics/Computer Science

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At most 50 years

• Age is at most 50 years (relax able for experienced candidate)

• Minimum 5 years of experience in M&E/MIS, preferably in USAID’s Funded Projects.

• Have experience and training related to government Health MIS, DHIS2, e-MIS, LMIS, etc.

• Knowledge of participatory approach, institutional assessment, and quantitative and qualitative techniques for various assessments and analyses.

• Excellent in computer literacy, especially in MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS, and experience with email communication

• Ability to manage M&E database, including template design, data entry, cleaning, and logical checks of monitoring data.

• Experience in ODK/ONA/KOBO/other web-based platforms is preferred.

• Commitment to continuous learning, professional development, and teamwork

• Good understanding of and commitment to promote Gender, Equity, and Diversity Inclusion (GEDI) related concepts, ideas, and best practices

SAINT-Bangladesh (2001) is a National local humanitarian, development and non-governmental organization with NGO Buro registered value-based, non-profit, and participating in the survival strategies of the coastal poor. SAINT-Bangladesh implemented different projects on child protection, education, health, women empowerment, income-generating activities, DRR, WASH, and Rohingya emergency response activities. SAINT-Bangladesh intends to recruit suitable positions of Officer- M&E for an upcoming donor funded project. The project will be implemented in the Coastal Region of Barguna and Pirojpur districts under Barishal Division

Under the Project will work with different departments of the ministries, especially the Health and Nutrition of at the national, regional, and local levels, to reduce preventable deaths and improve health and nutrition outcome for women, newborn and in project supported districts by improving life-saving maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services. The Project will work in join implementation plans (JIPs) to document co-planning, co-investment by partner, private sector, multiple levels of local government institutions and government of Bangladesh (GoB). The project will facilitate developing solutions emerging from communities, government departments, and the private sector. Digital solutions related to health and Family planning services are key strategies for improving Health & Nutrition area at Coastal Belt Barguna and Pirojpur district of Bangladesh

SAINT-Bangladesh a local partner of this project implementation, is hiring an Officer – M&E. The Officer- M&E will be responsible for the adoption and implementation of Project’s MEL system for the respective districts. Under the guidance of the Project Coordinator, S/he will pro-actively coordinate all activities of the project ensuring data entry, consistency, reliability, timeliness, and quality to satisfy the program's M&E requirements and produce quality reports. S/he will ensure that the Monitoring Framework is properly understood and implemented by all field staff. She/he will also take part in supporting the M&E team to ensure the quality of M&E data, and triangulation of monitoring data at its primary and secondary sources through desk review, spot check/field visits, and take part in the systematic Data Quality Assessment (DQA).

II. Responsibilities and Tasks: % of Time

Responsibility # 1: Effective Implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System for the Project 25%

• Effective implementation of existing MEL plan in respective districts and review it in a team if needed.

• Collect, Compile, Analyze, and Interpret the project activities implementation status, progress, and performance periodically.

• Collect necessary data/information related to health, nutrition, and family planning services, facilities, HR, and supplies by maintaining good communication with the district Health, Family Planning departments, and Nutrition Coordination Committee.

• Ensure ICT intervention implementation at the field level according to project/GoB guidelines.

Responsibility # 2: Program Planning, Reporting and Documentation 25%

• Generate, share, update, and document the learning and best practices of the project in the respective region.

• Prepare monthly project progress reports and share them with senior management.

• Coordinate and prepare monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports within the stipulated deadline and finalize after input from the District Coordinator/Project Coordinator, and other team members.

• Develop and ensure knowledge management practice by the upazila/district/cluster team across the project.

• Work closely with the project team to document the success stories, failures, and lessons learned.

• Establish a strategy to disseminate the learning and best practices to the wider audiences at respective districts with different stakeholders.

• Contribute to the different studies/evaluations/newsletters as the project requires.

Responsibility # 3: Capacity Building and Supervision of the team , 25%

• Assist the field-level project staff in collecting, compiling, analyzing, and interpreting monthly project progress reports.

• Orient project staff on different monitoring tools and provide on-the-job training for the Project staff.

• Work closely with respective government MIS staff/Statisticians for capacity building of field-level service providers and frontline supervisors through on-the-job training.

• Work closely with MIS staff/Statisticians to capture the relevant nutrition-specific and sensitive data/information from different sources like maternal and child nutrition and health, Family planning, Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Women's affairs, Local Government, etc.in their system.

• Create opportunities to discuss the common monitoring findings and assist in finding solutions to encountered problems.

Responsibility # 4: Data Quality Assessment (DQA), Coordination and Communication 25%

• Ensure the quality of data through routine data quality assessment (DQA) as per plan and document the findings, actions, and follow-up of DQA.

• Conduct DQA jointly with the representatives from DGFP, DGHS, DNCC, and UNCC from the district to community levels.

• Systematically assess the quality of reported data generated from different routine monitoring, assessments, and surveys.

• Play a key role in ensuring the use of data for planning and decision-making by the district and upazila managers of MoHFW as well as the project team.

• Work closely with the district and upazila MIS Staff/Statistician for data-driven performance reviews monthly and quarterly.

• Maintain strong coordination and communication with the district and upazila level statistician of DGFP & DGHS

• Collaborate with the project team and partners at the cluster level to ensure the timely delivery of planned deliverables.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities set out above are partial. The role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of her/his level of skills and experience. Ready to work in any natural disaster or emergency anywhere in Bangladesh.

III. Reporting:

Officer- M&E will report to the Project Coordinator of SAINT-Bangladesh and closely work with donor.

IV. Working Conditions:

The Officer- M&E will be based in Barguna/ Pirojpur project office and is expected to spend approximately 70% of his/her work time in the project operating areas and local institutions.

• As per organizational policy and donor budget allocation