M&e Officer

“Youth for Tomorrow” Project, implemented by Akkarouna with support from Mercy Corps (MC), focuses on helping host and refugee community adolescents, in targeted areas in Tripoli to cope with numerous stresses. The decisions they make now will have a profound long-term impact on their lives; thus it is essential to equip adolescents with the tools to make sound judgment in order to have a healthy and productive future. “Youth for tomorrow” aims to achieve the following: -       Adolescents and youth have improved psychosocial and emotional wellbeing. -       Adolescents and youth are better prepared to enter the workforce with enhanced technical skills and improved awareness of labour market realities -       Diverse groups build positive inter-community relationships by working together to promote protection and interests of adolescents and youth. -       Civil Society has increased capacity to serve the needs of youth. Job Purpose The M&E Officer will handle all data collection, analysis, and learning activities to help ensure accountability and efficiency from start to finish for all activities implemented for Youth for Tomorrow project. The M&E Officer will collaborate with the center coordinator in reviewing and preparing monthly, quarterly and final narrative reports. Additionally, s/he will replace or work with other members of the team, depending on the needs of the project. Main Duties & Responsibilities -       Support the center coordinator in creating a framework for the monitoring and evaluation process of project activities throughout the duration of the project; -       Daily communication with MC M&E coordinator for data collection, management and analysis also to work on solution for any issues occurred -       Responsible with MC M&E coordinator for collection of the complaints from the center feedback boxes on weekly basis -       Support in entering, organizing and compiling data collected alongside with the admin staff and the coaches -       Immediate follow up on any concerns raised from data filling or any kind of duplication with Akkarouna and MC -       Ensure data verification and validation under the supervision prior to its submission; -       Record, manage and preserve monitoring and evaluation data in a safe, accessible way; -       Analyze and discuss findings based on regular monitoring data; -       Support the Center coordinator in providing recommendation to Akkarouna/MC based on field needs and quantitative evidence; -       Suggest ways to facilitate data collection and the flow of data among Project team; -       Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and propose solutions along with the project Coordinator; -       Ensure that the data queries and requests are addressed in an accurate and timely manner; -       Assist Center Coordinator in drafting weekly and quarterly reports; -       Assist that the objective of the Youth for tomorrow project is being achieved throughout tracking and monitoring the activities with the set target. -       The use of Access program is essential to apply to this position -       Ensure filling of the Adolescent friendly space minimum standard check list on a periodic basis     Skills & Qualifications -       Min 2- 3 years of Monitoring and Evaluation experience (essential) within a nonprofit Organization; -       IT background or relevant studies in university -       Capacity to produce high-quality briefs and reports in English; -       Data collection and management; -       Excellent use of computer with command on Access among other packages of MS Office; -       Proven skills in critical thinking, assessment and analysis; -       Demonstrated ability in report writing and presentation; -       Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others; -       Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment; -       Strong organizational skills; -       Excellent communication, team building and training skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relations in and outside the association.    Mercy Corps is a leading global humanitarian agency saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places. With a presence in more than 40 countries, we partner with local communities to put bold ideas into action to help people recover, overcome hardship and build better lives—now, and for the future. Mercy Corps is helping vulnerable adolescents between the ages of 12-19 years at a pivotal point in their lives between hope or hopelessness, positive change or negative influence, and possibility or despair. Programming will target Syrian refugees, as well as the host community and Palestinians communities by implementing adolescent projects that improve psychosocial well-being, enhance youth’s ability to identify and develop plans to pursue and achieve short-term goals, and provide life-skill development training to help increase their chances to pursue careers in a specific field and obtain employment. Mercy Corps has joined the No Lost Generation campaign to mitigate the devastating impact of the Syria crisis on children and young people for Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian in host and refugee communities. In order to prevent alarming long-term consequences of an entire generation, Mercy Corps’ programming aims to nurture the intellectual and emotional growth of adolescents during this pivotal time in their life to become resilient to the deteriorating economic and political conditions around them.  Akkarouna is one of the local active organizations that was established in 2010; that fights local poverty and try to raise moral, behavioral and environmental awareness and shedding light on natural and human resources. It also seeks to involve youth in various types of activities. Akkarouna aims at enhancing the role of the youth and adults in public life without discrimination in the community. In fact, it ensures their involvement in various types of activities and programs to keep them away from delinquency and the tendency of violence. The association works on raising the moral, behavioral and environmental awareness; thus, uniting communities together to grow stronger towards the same objectives and erasing ignorance. It also works on fighting local poverty to decrease the gaps and in equalities between all the communal levels. Hence, it works on developing the quality and standards of the society.