Program Assistant And Monitoring & Evaluation (M&e) Specialist

Job Summary International Relief and Development Inc. (IRD) is a non-profit organization specializing in international development and humanitarian assistance. IRD’s mission is to reduce the suffering of the world’s most vulnerable groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency. The Program Assistant will be involved in the day to day programmatic and operational functions of the project, and will lead Monitoring and Evaluation Activities. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: The Program Assistant will be the main point of contact on behalf of the Program Director for all handling of documentation and reports, and for liaising with the home office. Monitoring and Evaluation: • Review and finalize proposed project indicators for the project work plan. Once indicators have been finalized, develop and establish a standardized monitoring and evaluation system and information management system to determine project-wide progress, effectiveness, and impact of project interventions. o Designing and managing M&E training and capacity building programs in survey techniques, and data collection and analysis for project staff. o Overseeing the coordination and standardization of the M&E data collection systems for all partners. o Developing tools to ensure that the necessary information is collected to measure indicators. o Measure the number of downloads, click-throughs, and workbench inquiries, and determine on-going trends. o Providing technical support for data collection, analysis and timely information dissemination to the Program Director and M&E staff. o Receiving data from each of the partners for compilation, analysis and reporting to the lead agency, and the donor. o Participating as required in the design and implementation of various studies. o Coordinating the mid-term and final evaluations. o Presenting findings to partners. o Prepare period and annual reports, post them on the portal and disseminate to stake holders assessing their progress on project objectives. o Prepare semi-annual and annual reports for partners regarding their M&E data collection and data management processes. Program Assistance Responsibilities: • Documentation Assistance: Help to fulfill all the documentation requirements for the project on a day-to-day basis. • Helps in all program and contractual documentation as well as contract fulfillment matters. • Takes responsibility for programmatic daily communications and first drafts with IRD HQ • Maintain orderly files of work documents. • Prepare other reports, as needed.