Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist _ Employment Promotion Project

Job Profile

1. Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant field of work (economics, social sciences, political science, communication or equivalent)

Professional experience

• At least 5 years of general professional experience
• 3 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation in international development cooperation
• 1 year of experience in the development of data collection and data analysis tools
• 1 year of experience of working in the field of employment promotion or related areas, e.g. private sector promotion, technical and vocational education and training (TVET)

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Advanced knowledge of and experience in project management
• Knowledge of relational data base development principles and tools
• Knowledge of instruments of active labour market policies
• Knowledge of national development policy issues, development cooperation and international cooperation
• Fluency in writing, reading, and speaking in English and Arabic, knowledge of German language will be an advantage
• Strong communication and coordination skills
• Social, intercultural understanding and interest, flexibility, ability to work in a team, sense of diplomacy, ability to work in a politically sensitive environment
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced office environment as part of a team
• Adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and able to manage multiple deadlines and deliver high quality work products
• Willingness to up-skill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management
• Computer literacy (MS Office 365 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams, Ms Lists; SQL, Internet)

2. Responsibilities

The position holder is responsible for ensuring that:

• Mechanisms for activity, process and impact monitoring are developed and implemented as required to meet the management and reporting requirements of the project.
• Analyses required for strategic decision-making and steering of project activities are timely available and updated regularly.
• Project implementation partners receive the support required to ensure that they provide relevant, valid and timely data on project implementation.
• Logframes, implementation plans and data collection mechanisms of implementing partners comply with the objectives and reporting requirements of the project.
• Staff members leading the technical management of the grants are informed of the requirements the partners under their lead need to comply with.
• Staff members leading the technical management of the grants are alerted in case of discrepancies between planned and actual implementation progress of their grants
• External experts are contracted as needed by the project to meet its monitoring and evaluation requirements.

In this context, the position holder fulfils the following tasks:

3. Tasks

The position holder

• Plans, implements, and updates the data collection of project activities.
• Provides technical input for the development of logframes and monitoring plans of project implementation partners.
• Conducts regular monitoring visits to partners implementing activities.
• Coordinates with staff members managing the grants on monitoring and reporting requirements and challenges observed to target achievement.
• Coordinates with external experts related to monitoring and evaluation.
• Identifies capacity development needs related to project planning and monitoring among project implementation partners and develops measures as required.
• Conducts capacity building measures for partners.
• Analyses data collected from project activities as required by management for decision-making.
• Participates in monthly steering meetings with implementing partners.
• Prepares timely English versions of project reports.
• Performs other tasks as requested by manager.

Project Description: The aim of the project is to improve the employment situation of young Lebanese adults, women and people with disabilities in selected pilot regions (Beirut and Mount Lebanon).

The project has 3 outputs:

1. employment potentials for young adults, and women and people with disabilities are identified. 

2. employability of young adults, women and people with disabilities is improved.

3. the competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in selected employment-relevant sectors is improved.