M&E Officer at Grassroots Lifesaving Outreach (LESGO)

M&E OFFICER

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will be responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation of the Project. The M&E Officer(s) will support the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Unit in implementing the M&E strategy, as detailed in the LESGO M&E Guidance and Policy Document, to periodically measure and report on the project performance, results and impacts of the project. The M&E Officer(s) will provide day-to-day management of monitoring & evaluation activities, working with LESGO staff, external consultants, key stakeholders, donor, and volunteers involved in the project reporting process. He/She reports to Project Manager.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field
• A minimum of one (1) to three (3) years’ experience in a monitoring and evaluation in humanitarian context.
• Experience working on donor-funded project will be an added advantage.
• A high level of written and verbal communication.
•    Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office suite- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and data analyses and visualization skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the information-gathering process to report performance quarterly and annually.
• Institutionalize monitoring activities including, data collection, reports preparation, and documentation. This includes also exchanging and communicating information, results and lessons learned, with staff and stakeholders.
• Provide support in the oversight of data quality control and review.
• Recommend further improvement of the logical framework
• Provide any other required assistance and guidance to the M&E unit; this includes working with external evaluators in the implementation of impact evaluation missions, responding to Donor’s requests for information on: data sources, data measurement methods, frequency of data collection, disaggregation, etc.
• Develop monitoring and impact indicator for the project success
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results
• Monitor the sustainability of the project's results
• Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities
• Suggest strategies to the Project team for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks
• Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on project activities to the Sector and donor as required.
• Represent LESGO with external stakeholders, including humanitarian partners, donors, authorities, etc.
• Actively participate in cluster meetings and any other relevant forums
• Management 0f LESGO web content, online publication, and related activities.