Context
The government formed in Iraq in the wake of the has defined comprehensive reform measures to embark on an inclusive development path based on stable and accountable institutions and increasingly driven by the private sector. This includes public financial management and tax reforms. GIZ is supporting the Government of Iraq in its reforms in these areas and is looking for a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to Support our efforts in Government Reform.
Responsibilities:
Context
The government formed in Iraq in the wake of the has defined comprehensive reform measures to embark on an inclusive development path based on stable and accountable institutions and increasingly driven by the private sector. This includes public financial management and tax reforms. GIZ is supporting the Government of Iraq in its reforms in these areas and is looking for a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to Support our efforts in Government Reform.
- Responsibilities
The M&E Specialist will be responsible for
- Support planning and implementing baseline, mid-term reviews and end line surveys
- Supoorit implementing periodic field monitoring and data quality assurance exercises
- Preparing, analyzing, verifying, and reporting of monitoring data and results
- Supporting the development and deployment of GIZ approved digital data collection tools for routine monitoring and survey activities
- Managing an area of responsibility that forms part of the programme objectives, team agreements and/or agreements with the superior
- Assisting project/programme initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of target groups
- Fostering innovation and knowledge management for the project
- Ensuring and maintaining a very good project documentation, diligent data management and result presentation are a significant part of the job.
The M&E Specialist performs the following tasks:
B. Tasks
- Advising the partner institution(s)
The M&E Specialist
- Assists and monitors the development and implementation of project/programme plans and activities in close consultation with counterparts
- Deals with the design, preparation and implementation of workshops, seminars and other events on issues connected with the project/programme’s area of activity
- Support implementing the quality assurance measures and suggests necessary changes, improvements, and initiatives
2. Networking and cooperation
The M&E Specialist
- Supports cooperation, regular contact, and dialogue with partners, assists with public relations work and cooperates with local communities, relevant organisations, non-governmental agencies, and individuals in the project/programme environment and with other projects to improve and maintain good working relationships
- Support in the onboarding process for external partners and introducing them to the project’s requirements and guidelines
3. Knowledge management
The M&E Specialist
- Ensures knowledge transfer to project/programme information
- Prepares appropriate input for various project/programme reports including annual reports, and contributes to the other reports required by the programme manager and GIZ Head Office
- Manages the collection, review, cleaning and filing of sources of verification and data- sets as well as aggregates and calculates respective data and information gathered
4. Coordination tasks
The M&E Specialist
- Support coordinating relevant project activities at local level in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, both as regards implementation and preparing organisational aspects
- Compiles the relevant information for joint activities and assignments
- Handles order management on behalf of GIZ (e.g. offer preparation, impact monitoring, project progress review, reporting)
Qualifications
- Bachelor`s degree in statistics, information technology, engineering, social sciences, or any other relevant disciplines
Professional experience
- At least 4 years’ professional experience as a monitoring and evaluation professional in an international NGO in similar role/with similar responsibilities specifically in the humanitarian contexts
- Profound working experience in using different data management, analysis and visualization applications/software including MS Excel, SPSS, Stata, PowerBI, Arc GIS, KOBO collect among others
Other knowledge, additional competences
- Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
- Fluent written and oral knowledge of English and Arabic languages
- Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management
- Good research skills and the ability to identify potential inconsistencies and issues in the future
Requirements for application:
- The reference number and position must be mentioned in the subject line of the email, Ref: (BGH-FFM21-055) Junior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Subject line of the application should clearly indicate the vacancy applied for.
- CVs and motivations letters that are in the form of IMG, pictures, screen-shots and links will not be accepted.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Applications passed the expiration date of the advertisement will not be considered.
