Technical Officer M&E
Job Description
Title: Technical Officer M&E
Company Name: Palashipara Samaj Kallayan Samity (PSKS)
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Madaripur
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree in any discipline in Statistics or Data Science or Anthropology or Social Sciences or Economics or Computer Science
Experience Requirements:
∎ At most 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ USAID’s Community Nutrition and Health Activity (CNHA)’ funded by USAID, and implemented by CARE Bangladesh, aims to sustainably impact the nutrition and health of women and children in their first 1000 days of life. The activity will strive to achieve its goal by contributing to the areas of Strengthened community health systems to deliver nutrition, family planning, and health services; improving household nutrition and health behaviors; enhancing leadership and governance for improved nutrition; resilience of communities and households to potential nutrition shocks increased.
∎ Palashipara Samaj Kallayan Samity (PSKS) is a local non-government organization (NGO) was established at village Palashipara of Tentulbaria Union under Gangni Upazila of Meherpur district on February 15, 1970.
∎ PSKS is seeking a professional for the position of Technical Officer-M&E for ‘USAID’s Community Nutrition and Health Activity (CNHA)’ implemented by CARE Bangladesh. As a local implementing partner, the activity will be implemented by PSKS in the Padma Basin of Madaripur Cluster ( Madaripur, Faridpur, and Shariatpur Districts) from October 2023 to September 2027. Note that this requirement will depend on the availability of donor funds.
∎ CARE Bangladesh, a non-profit international development organization, is implementing a five-year-long project, "USAID’s Community Nutrition and Health Activity (CNHA)”. CARE, with its consortium partners icddr,b, mPower, Jhpiego, and Viscom, will implement this project both at national and sub-national levels, and PSKS will work at the local level to execute the field activities under Madaripur Cluster and in the selected upazilas (all unios) of Madaripur, Faridpur, and Shariatpur districts.
∎ Under CNHA, the consortium will work with different departments of the ministries, especially the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) at the national, regional, and local levels, to improve nutrition status by strengthening the community health system and support the effective implementation of the Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2). This will work at multiple levels of local government institutions, specifically with the nutrition coordination committees at the district and upazila levels focusing on the community health system and strengthening the Core Team approach and local nutrition-governance mechanisms. The project will facilitate developing solutions emerging from communities, government departments, and the private sector. The CNHA will replicate proven best practices to scale up innovative local governance models for better nutrition by transforming the Union Development Coordination Committee (UDCC) into nutrition outcomes. Digital solutions related to health and Nutrition services are key strategies for improving nutrition. The project intends to impact several of the core challenges selected districts face in the North (Rangpur Cluster), Haor (Kishoreganj Cluster), Padma Basin (Madaripur Cluster), and Coastal Belt (Patuakhali Cluster) of Bangladesh.
∎ PSKS, a local partner of this project implementation, is hiring a Technical Officer–M&E. The Technical Officer- M&E will be responsible for the adoption and implementation of CNHA’s MEL system for the respective cluster. Under the guidance of the Project Manager, S/he will pro-actively coordinate all MEL 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).
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Responsibility # 1: Effective Implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System for the CNHA 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 Manager, Project Manager, 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 on M&E: 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.
∎ Reporting:
∎ Technical Officer- M&E will report to the Project Manager of PSKS and closely work with Sr. Technical Officer-M&E and Documentation, and Cluster Coordinator of CNHA, CARE Bangladesh
∎ Working Conditions:
∎ The Technical Officer- M&E will be based in Madaripur cluster office and is expected to spend approximately 70% of his/her work time in the project operating areas and local institutions.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
∎ May be relaxed for candidates with higher experiences.
∎ Skilled in computer literacy, internet, and email communication.
∎ Program facilitation, presentation skill in MS Word and MS Power Point.
∎ Ability to write reports and communication in English.
∎ Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
∎ Good presentation skills.
∎ Ability to contribute to a small, proactive team.
∎ 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
Salary: Tk. 40000 (Monthly)
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 2 Oct 2023
Company Information:
∎ 27 Sep 2023
∎ Palashipara Samaj Kallayan Samity (PSKS)
∎ Address : Vill: Bashbaria, PO: Gangni, Post Code: 7110, Upazila: Gangni, Dist: Meherpur
∎ Web : www.psks-gm.org
∎ Business : The organization (Palashipara Samaj Kallayan Samity) was established by some youths of village Palashipara of Tentulbaria Union under Gangni Upazila of Meherpur District on 15 February 1970 in order to enhance the quality of life of the underprivileged people in the community.
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 2nd Oct 2023
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