Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator

Pakistan Reading Project will improve the quality of reading in public and private schools across all of Pakistan; supporting at least 2.5 million additional primary school students to read at all level commensurate with standards at their grade level by the three mutually reinforcing components of teacher education and professional development, systems reform and civil society engagement. 

Relevant Experience:

• At least 5 years technical experience in M&E with INGO preferably USAID project
• Experience in working on PakInfo and TraiNet
• Extensive experience in the design, development and implementation of complex, Large monitoring systems
• Experience on data analysis by using SPSS and EPI Info
• Good report writing skill 

Education:

• Master Degree (preferably in IT/computer science/Social Sciences)

Language and Computer Skills:

• Excellent communication skills in English including report writing;
• Sound knowledge on project databases
• Strong command of SPSS & EPI Info

Job Description:

• Coordinate with Project staff. Sr. M&E Advisor and ICT team to identify project database needs/requirements.
• Design various data collection tools based on output level indictors
• Lead data collection process and ensure high-quality data is collected in accordance with the agreed time plan and data collection strategy. In cooperation with the Sr Project Staff, region based M&E coordinators, analyze and summarize data, and help ensure high-quality reporting for regular, interim and final report
• Responsible to make sure USAID data quality standards are met, data flow at various levels (head office, field offices), evidences are collected according to set criteria and documentation is completed.
• Assist Sr. M&E Advisor to finalize and standardize data collection tools, processes and systems.
• Assist Sr. M&E Advisor to develop policies, practices and procedures that properly manage the full data lifecycle of project database. 
• Regularly work with project staff and province/region based M&E coordinators to identify various M&E need to assess project progress and performance regularly and also on need basis.
• Analyze Project staff’s requirements from Project database and translate into appropriate and effective technical solutions in consultation with ICT staff.
• Design training on project database for identified project staff; how to collect, enter and analyze data on weekly and monthly basis.
• Build capacity of identified project staff to use data collection tools and project data base.
• Conduct training in consultation with ICT team and Sr. M&E advisor with identified focal points, Sr Program Staff and all other concerned staff on Project database and use of data collection tools; how to collect data, enter in system, verify and analyze. 
• Conduct follow up of each training conducted on M&E and provide on job training according to project needs.
• Design training/s on various identified M&E needs e.g. data analysis, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), SPSS, Writing success stories, field monitoring.
• Responsible to ensure that data management and analysis needs of various project staff are identified and addressed.
• Assist in updates weekly, monthly, quarterly report for donor.

Demonstrated Skills:

• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Data analysis
• Data Quality

 Travel:

60% in field and all location based on requirement 

We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.