Turkey: Monitoring and evaluation specialist

Organization: Chemonics
Country: Turkey
Closing date: 30 Nov 2014

Chemonics seeks a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialist for the ongoing Middle East Partnership Initiative-funded Syria Sub-Granting Management Program based in Gaziantep, Turkey. The program aims to strengthen local governance in Syria and help empower citizens to participate in government decision-making that affects their lives. The M&E specialist will report to the chief of party and develop and maintain an M&E system and records to monitor, verify, and document work contracted and completed. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Review the program contract and other background documentation such as the client's strategic objectives, results framework, M&E plan, and country strategy to understand how the program helps to achieve the client's goals
• Support the field team in refining the program's results framework and participate in work planning sessions
• Support the development of the project's M&E plan by helping to identify indicators and complete indicator reference sheets
• Ensure the program's staff understand their roles and responsibilities in the collection of data for the M&E system
• Hold a briefing session with program staff to ensure the M&E plan meets their requirements and the rationale for each indicator is clearly understood
• Ensure that all memorandums of understanding, services agreements, or other contractual arrangements with partners stipulate their responsibilities for data collection and monitoring
• Design and share databases and spreadsheets as well as formats for reporting information
• Organize the collection of baseline data and the setting of targets
• Organize the collection of data in accordance with the program's M&E plan
• Train staff to help them collect data
• Ensure data quality and integrity by periodically conducting field visits and spot-checks to verify data and investigate any anomalies
• Identify and track reliable secondary (external) sources of data
• Conduct periodic training for program staff, stakeholders, and/or partners, and share information to help them monitor the progress of their work and use the data for strategic decision-making
• Maintain the M&E system, periodically evaluate its effectiveness, and adjust as necessary to provide the program with accurate and useful data
• Contribute to the development of annual work plans and review the relevance of the M&E plan against them
• Compile and analyze relevant data on program indicators for contractual reports
• Regularly communicate progress against targets to program staff
• Collect and disseminate lessons learned and best practices to internal and external stakeholders, as appropriate

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required
• Minimum three years of experience monitoring and evaluating the delivery of program activities, to determine and measure outputs and their affect on the selected communities or selected benefactors
• Demonstrated experience working with communities and villages and their leaders and local populations in evaluating, selecting, and designing and managing projects preferred
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, diplomacy, and ability to work with multiethnic groups
• Ability to contribute to lessons learned and development of best management practices and to write community project reports
• Current residency in in Turkey required
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Fluent written and spoken English and Arabic required

How to apply:

Application Instructions:

?Send electronic submissions to ssgmprecruit@gmail.com by November 30, 2014. Please include M&E Specialist in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

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