Project & Position Description
USAID Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) is a five-year project that is supporting Pakistan in the small and medium enterprise (SME) led economic growth that will help create jobs, foster entrepreneurship, and contribute to an increased GDP. As a part of the United States Government’s long-term commitment to helping Pakistanis secure a more prosperous future by increasing household incomes and employment, nurturing competitive small and medium enterprises, expanding trade and investment and creating more rewarding business opportunities, SMEA is working towards improving the enabling environment for private sector-led growth. The project has three main components, i.e., Business Enabling Environment (BEE), Competitiveness Enhancement (CE), and Challenge Fund (CF).
1. Objective and specific tasks
The objective of this position is to support SMEA’s monitoring and evaluation in implementation of project activity monitoring and evaluation plan (AMEP) by assisting in development of M&E tools and instruments, data collection, data auditing and verification, including data analysis, case studies, quarterly and annual reports, international best practices, and any other M&E-related tasks.
Job Description:
- Assist in developing/writing data entry programs for all M&E activities.
- Assist in designing survey questionnaires and data collection instruments in English and Urdu for the collection of primary and secondary data.
- Assist the M&E team in developing monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
- Coordinate with the team for timely collection of monthly, quarterly and yearly work plans and all relevant reports.
- Assist in database development, data entry, data cleaning, verification, data analysis, and development of worksheets, tables, and table format, charts, and graphs.
- Assist in M&E data collection, processing, analysis, and publication of statistical data on various M&E-related studies and assignments.
- Maintain a filing system for all M&E activities, reports, and analyses in hardcopy and electronically on hard disk and server back-up system.
- Update DevResults, USAID PakInfo, and TrainNet data entry systems.
- Assist in evaluating the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy.
- Evaluate sources of information to determine any limitations in terms of reliability or usability.
- Prepare data for processing by organizing information, checking for any inaccuracies, and adjusting and weighting the raw data.
- Document methodologies and procedures used in the compilation and analysis of data as well as data sources and limitations of estimates and guidelines for their use.
- Identify relationships and trends in data as well as any factors that could affect the results of research.
- Provide other related support as required by work.
Qualifications
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- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in computing, data sciences, or other relevant discipline and at least one to two years of relevant experience;
- Strong software skills such as MS Office, Power BI, and DevResults will be preferred;
- Ability to conduct technical analysis, and data visualizations;
- Strong communications and writing skills in English and willing to travel in the field;
- Familiarity with DevResults, PakInfo and TraiNet systems will be preferred;
- Ability to determine key indicators to measure project impact and to develop measurement systems for them;
- Minimum 1-2 years of working experience in a complex and challenging field environment;
- Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative M&E data collection, verification & validation and analysis methods, including tracking outcome indicators and conducting program evaluations;
- Well versed with handling database management systems;
- Have working experience of Management Information Systems;
- Working experience of SQL, MS ACCESS and SPSS will be an asset;
- Skills in organizing filling systems;
- Having the capacity to work individually and within the team.