Senior PMER Officer

Job Description

Title: Senior PMER Officer

Company Name: The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

Vacancy: --

Age: At most 35 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 80000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Govt./ Semi Govt./ Autonomous body, Development Agency

• Bachelor of Social Science (BSS)

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sicenece or other relevant academic background (essential), Master’s Degree (desirable)

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Govt./ Semi Govt./ Autonomous body, Development Agency

• Age At most 35 years

• Expert in quantitative and qualitative research, management information systems, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis, and presentation

• Excellent understanding and/or knowledge in result based management, project design, and project cycle management etc.

• Expert in information management/ databse management

• Expert in designing and implementing baseline and endline studies, programme reviews, evaluations and other assessments

• Experience working on international donor-funded projects

• Fluent in speaking and excellent writing and editing skills in both English and Bangla

• Good all round computer skills

• Analytical skills

Experience

• Minimum 4 years’ experience of working with an international or national development organization in M&E related positions

• Experience to work with a humanitarian organization will be an added advantage

Contract Period: Initially 01 (one) year (with possibility of extention subject to performance and availability of fund)

Reportable to: Director/Deputy Director, Planning and Development (P&D) Department

Time attributed: 100% to the PMER

Overall responsibility

The Sr. PMER Officer works closely with the PMER team of BDRCS to strengthen effective and efficient planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems. The role includes supporting the implementation of the PMER Plan of Action, rolling out the PMER Framework, and building capacity of staff and volunteers on PMER.

Key specific responsibility

Planning

• Support the PMER team in formulating the annual operational plan and budget for the P&D Department and the PMER Section

• Collaborate with teams to support operational planning and budgeting for other Departments and Units

• Provide technical support to departments in planning and designing projects and programs in line with BDRCS standards and results-based management approach

• Assist P&D and PMER teams in the Strategic Planning process of BDRCS

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Support PMER team to formulate standard guidelines, tools and templates for M&E

• Ensure necessary technical support to the Departments, Programs, Projects and Units for systematic M&E as the M&E plans

• Support PMER team to track progress of different operational plans as well as strategic plan of BDRCS

• Perform information management duties including database managmeent on key informations and assist the team to develop and functionalize a Management Information System for BDRCS

• Assist PMER team to collect and analyze information against different indicators regularly

• Work in a team to undertake internal evaluations, reviews ans surveys of program and projects

• Work as an Evaluation Management Team memebers for the external evaluations

• Work in a team to establish standard system for collecting and responding to concerns and feedback from communities and other relevant stakeholders

Reporting

• Work in a team to produce annual report for BDRCS

• Write quarterly activity report and event report of P&D Department and PMER section

• Assist the team toward timely production of Half Yearly Report of BDRCS ensuring reports from all Departments

• Provide assistance to produce technical report such as M&E reports and analytical reports

• Provide technical support to ensure quality in ‘Pledge Based Report’ and operational updates of different programs