General Functions
The Evaluation Officer will be working under the overall supervision of the Chief of Party and working directly with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. The M&E Evaluation Officer will be responsible for providing support in terms of grant closure documentation and responses to queries on grants. The M&E Evaluation Officer will support compiling required grant-related reports, documentation and donor correspondence. The M&E Evaluation Officer will support outcome assessments and grant portfolio evaluations as required.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Support in terms of the grant closing process
- Review and edit Final Evaluation Reports (FERs) submitted by field staff in order to obtain a document that reflects donor requirements
- Coordinate with M&E and other required program units to obtain the necessary information required for grant closing purposes
- Compile ‘success stories’ reflecting program impact
- Request and review information from the field staff, Technical Unit, Operations Unit, M&E Unit or the field necessary for the closure of activities or to respond to queries posed by the donor or external monitoring unit.
- Record all internal and external M&E findings, lessons learned and recommendations for regular follow-up
- Edit and verify the online web based database according to the information of the FER and conduct the verifications described in the internal closing manual
- Ensure up-to-date and accurate information pertaining to regional background and overviews for grants
- Organize and maintain program records and documentation on file for tracking and reporting
- Work respectfully, cooperatively, equally, and fairly with people within and outside of the organization
- All other activities and duties specified by the Program M&E Officer Islamabad
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent.
- Evaluation Officer must have a minimum of two years’ experience of working with community development project implementation and preferably have experience in the field of research, monitoring and evaluation. The Evaluation Officer should have excellent written and oral communication skills alongside knowledge of FATA areas, its government structure and geography. The Evaluation Officer must have the capacity to support the creation of activity-level monitoring and evaluation plans for small-scale grants with an eye to capturing activity-level outputs and outcomes. The Evaluation Officer should have the capacity to creatively and analytically review grant documentation to compile activity-level final evaluation reports in accordance with program requirements. The Evaluation Officer should have the communication skills necessary to engage with other program units to compile responses to donor queries on active, completed and closed grants.
- Experience in data analysis and report drafting is a plus. Experience in research is desirable.
Languages
- Fluency in English is required, Urdu and Pushto is a plus.
Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.