Organization:COOPI
– Cooperazione Internazionale is a relief and development organization founded
in Italy in 1965.
COOPI’s envisions a world without
poverty where diverse cultures live together sharing equal rights and equal
opportunities.
COOPI also conducts advocacy
activities in Italy, to fight the cause of the serious economic gap between the
North and South.
Position: Field Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Reporting To: Area
Coordinator Somalia and Emergency Project Manager
Duration: 6
Months (3 months probation period) with possibilities of extension
Location: Based
in Baidoa district, Bay region with travel to project sites
- The Field Monitoring Officer role is to
support in projects accountability, quality assurance and learning,
implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system by ensuring the
timely collection, dissemination and use of M&E findings to improve
projects policies and practices.
- In collaboration with the PM, support
determine information needs of the project management, implementing
partners and primary stakeholders, the cooperating institution and funding
agencies;
- In collaboration with the PM, organize regular
project monitoring and review the relevant data collection tools designed
by the Data Analyst ensuring that they capture data on information needed
for monitoring and evaluation of performance of the projects;
- In consultation with the Data Analyst, agree
on how to collect, record, analyze & report progress against planned
targets for each level of the logframe;
- Undertake the routine field checking of the
work of enumerators , supervise quality in the field and ensure data
accuracy and completeness;
- Support the PM in design and update the
projects monitoring plan, including how and when to measure progress
towards achievement of outcomes and associated indicators;
- Review beneficiary selection criteria
processes and verify the targeting of beneficiaries through
post-distribution monitoring;
- Assist in development of monitoring tools:
Baselines, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDMs), questionnaires, On-site
distribution monitoring forms, surveys templates etc.
- Use various participatory and quantitative
methods to collect data including focus group discussions (FGDs) and
post-distribution monitoring;
- Undertake routine field checking to ensure
that the project is implemented as planned and that beneficiaries are
fully aware of the project deliverables;
- Regularly interact with the projects
beneficiaries ensuring that are fully aware of COOPI’s feedback and
complaint mechanisms;
- Responsible for ensuring that primary
stakeholders are involved to the fullest extent possible in undertaking
M&E;
- Train and supervise survey enumerators and
data entry staff on the data collection tools, methods of data collection,
when required;
- Ensure that data quality control processes
(including data checking and daily de-briefing) is implemented for all
surveys conducted;
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative data
analysis when requested by PMs and AC, and write clear, concise and
accurate reports in reports in English including recommendations for
programming;
- Following up on the feedback and complaints
mechanism system in place. Answer calls, register feedbacks and complaints
in strict collaboration with PM and AC as per COOPI guidelines
- Assist the Data Analyst in developing template
questionnaires for the selected beneficiaries to be called by the
Complaint officer.
- Assist in identifying required training
support, design and conduct training for all project staff on M&E
processes, including reporting process, project documentation requirements
for accountability and achievement of expected results;
- Prepare regular field monitoring reports on
activity implementation, outputs, progress and impact/feedback from
beneficiaries; in line with donors and PM requirements
Qualifications & Requirements
- Holder of a degree in Food Security,
Sociology, Rural Development or Community Development with at least five
years professional experience.
- Two or more years work experience in
Monitoring & Evaluation for NGOs, particularly in conducting
assessments, surveys and using participatory methods for qualitative and
quantitative data collection;
- At least two years experience in cash and
voucher based programming (food vouchers, cash for work, vouchers for
agricultural inputs etc)
- Must be a Somali National with clear knowledge
of the region of operation and experience working in fast paced
humanitarian programming in Somalia
- Strong computer skills and ability to use
standard computing packages (word, excel, outlook, power point, internet
etc);
- Developed planning, organizational and
research / analytical skills;
- Strong team working and interpersonal skills;
- Be able to communicate effectively in Somali
and English Language.
Start date: ASAP
Application: Send
by Email 1 page letter of expression of interest and updated CV to the
following address
The Regional Representative
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale,
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale,
eMail: hr.nairobi@coopi.org
Note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Female candidates are strongly
encouraged to apply.