Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Position within the organisation

The M&E Officer is part of the Research, Monitoring & Evaluation (RM&E) Unit and reports directly to the M&E Coordinator. S/he works especially closely with other staff of the RM&E Unit, Project Managers and Coordinators, Technical Specialists and mainly local project partners and communities. S/he helps ensure that the M&E processes and systems meet the needs of programs, donors, implementers and beneficiaries. This is a field position with majority time spent in field locations across Lebanon.

Result areas

M&E system, standards, and guidelines:

 Contribute to M&E system development, implementation and/or improvement based on assessments and analysis of resources and capacity;

 Support the M&E Unit in formulating guidelines and SOPs for improved effectiveness and efficiency;

 Provide support to M&E Unit and Programmes in project design and planning phases;

 Work with the project teams on implementing M&E plans, processes and tools.

Monitoring, information management and reporting:

 Collaborate with the Monitoring & Evaluation Unit in designing M&E tools as and when required;

 Support in the establishment of beneficiary databases as per project requirements;

Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis, draft reports and share findings with relevant stakeholders

 Ensure that all field-data is collected in a timely and efficient manner while emphasizing accuracy and quality; and M&E data and files are properly organized and documented;

 Conduct qualitative data collection through frequent visits to the field and have focused and well-structured discussions with the beneficiaries;

 Report on any identified shortfalls in M&E and/or information management to M&E Unit and follows up on proposed solutions;

 Research and conduct analysis of secondary data sources including needs assessments, context analysis and sector trends.

Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning:

 Support in the design and/or management of internal evaluations in areas such as field-based data collection activities, sharing findings with relevant audience, and following up on the implementation of recommendations;

 Share relevant M&E findings with project stakeholders in an appropriate format and participate in meetings with program staff to reflect on findings and agree on action plans;

 Organize/support field-based and context specific reviews and learning workshops or activities;

 Support the programme teams and partners in documenting lessons learnt and success stories by providing guidance and suggesting methods and tools;

 Contribute to the development and improvement of feedback and complaints mechanisms in collaboration with partners;

Capacity building for WCH and Partner staff:

 Provide training to WCH staff and partners on monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning based on needs and requirements;

 Conduct M&E inductions for staff and partners as well as M&E tools implementation, use, and reporting;

 Perform M&E working groups with partners and communities based on interest and resources to enhance learning and exchange learning and experiences;

 Undertake periodic monitoring visits to partners to follow up on progress against agreed M&E systems and provide support in recommending corrective actions as appropriate.

Networking/Coordination:

 Participate in relevant inter-agency efforts in addition to IM working groups for better coordination among the sector;

 Deliver any other responsibility related to M&E assigned by the line manager.