Senior M&E Officer

Job Description

Organizational context (where the job is located in the Organization):The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC or ?the Federation?) is the worlds largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions.Founded in 1919, the IFRC comprises 191-member Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, a secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations strategically located to support activities around the world. There are more societies in formation. The Red Crescent is used in place of the Red Cross in many Islamic countries.The MENA Region Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Unit is supporting further development of good monitoring and evaluation practices in 17 National Societies and ensure global IFRC standards for the Project cycle management of emergency and development operations in MENA.The Planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting (PMER) Senior Officer will be based in Amman, Jordan and shall report directly to the Regional PMER Manager.?Job purpose:As a member of the MENA region PMER team, the overall purpose of this position is to contribute to the quality of monitoring and evaluation practice, in the process growing and maintaining a culture and practice of credible, reliable, timely, and cost-effective project cycle management for IFRC?s multilateral work in MENA. As well as to ensure that the MENA regional office offer strong technical guidance to National Society PMER capacity. This will result in better information for management decisions, and strategic planning, as well as accountability and learning.??Job duties and responsibilities:Enhance Monitoring practices? Support Country and Cluster offices to set up best monitoring and evaluation practice and to support quality programming and accountability standards, as requested;? Provide technical support in the development and/or finalization of emergency and develop plans to insure M&E activities are properly planned and budgeted for? Review the quality of existing data in the project subject areas, the methods of collecting it, and the degree to which it will provide good baseline statistics for impact evaluation.? Promote innovative data collection and management;? Take part in DREF monitoring and lessons learned missions;? Provide technical review and support to ensure that cross cutting issues such as participation, gender, age and disability are effectively addressed/ mainstreamed in all project implementations as part of ensuring accountability according to IFRC standards?Strengthening the result-based management capacities for MENA National Societies? Support in developing the M&E System towards effective & efficient performance management as well as sustainable impact evaluation and provide guidance to staff and partners in their use;? Facilitate related training for NS staff, and if relevant to NS volunteers, using existing movement approaches and expertise and other relevant practices and materials;? Provide hands-on technical assistance to NS PMER specifically with regards to data collection and analysis? Provide technical support to NS partners in developing and using indicators and M&E plans, in close coordination with the Regional PMER Manager;? Promote IFRC online M&E resources;? Assess the usefulness, relevance and effectiveness of the tools, guidelines and best practices;?Help ensure timely and quality Federation planning and reporting??As part of the PMER regional team in MENA:Provide support to annual planning process, working with regional, cluster and country offices;Help in determining performance and impact measurements toolsEnsure the quality of emergency narrative reports for DREF and Emergency Appeal operations;Ensure reporting deadlines are met and publish operation and emergency documents;Provide professional support and quality insurance to improve the timely delivery of Emergency Appeals and DREF operational plans;?As part of the PMER regional team in MENA:Provide support to annual planning process, working with regional, cluster and country offices;Help in determining performance and impact measurements toolsEnsure the quality of emergency narrative reports for DREF and Emergency Appeal operations;Ensure reporting deadlines are met and publish operation and emergency documents;Provide professional support and quality insurance to improve the timely delivery of Emergency Appeals and DREF operational plans;?Promote quality and reliable evaluation? Provide support for the development/review of evaluation TORs;? Support and take part in reviews/ evaluations and lessons learned workshops for emergency operations according to the IFRCs Evaluation Framework.?Other relevant tasks as required:? Support to MENA senior management;? Ensure effective working relationships with National Societies;?Duties applicable to all staff1.Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat?s goals2.Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles3.Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager

Keyskills :
Humanitarian