Mel Senior Project Officer

We are looking for a highly qualified candidate that has the skills to engage in our organization as a MEL Senior Project Officer   Who are we DRC has been operating in the Middle East and North Africa for over a decade, running a combination of livelihood, protection, advocacy and relief projects. DRC has six project offices throughout Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia/Libya, Turkey, and both a country and regional office in Jordan. DRC Lebanon has been assisting the Syrian displaced, fleeing Syria into northern Lebanon, since May 2011. This assistance has come through the provision of food and non-food items, various outreach activities (registration, follow-up and awareness sessions) rehabilitation of collective shelters and the implementation of quick impact projects. For further information about DRC, please refer to our website: www.drc.ngo   About the job The MEL Senior Officer is responsible to support the implementation of the M&E plan for the DRC Lebanon DFID project, including: monitoring of project outputs, programme data quality assurance, and compliance with donor M&E requirements.   Duties • Timely data collection, validation and meaningful synthesis / reporting and dissemination of results • Ensure DRC is compliant with DFID reporting requirements • Ensure Monitoring is useful for programme teams at Beirut and field levels • Ensure data collected is in line with requirements of DRC Lebanon database and work with DB Coordinator to ensure outputs of the system to meet DFID M&E / result tracking requirements   About you To be successful in this role you must have: Essential qualifications: • A Bachelor degree in social sciences, community or international development, public health, social work or similar. • Strong IT skills – particularly with Microsoft Office suite (good Excel skills essential); Essential experience: • A minimum of two years experience in humanitarian and/or development work. • At least one year experience in a M&E position. • Training and capacity development experience. • Experience in participatory assessments and monitoring, quantitative/qualitative data collection/processing, facilitation and interviews with groups and individuals. • Familiarity with new technologies for data collection, including mobile data collection applications such as ODK or similar. • Good contextual knowledge of Lebanon – including national/local issues, community priorities, social and cultural realities/constraints, and organizational relationships   We offer An interesting job in one of the world’s best NGOs. DRC will offer the successful applicant a contract till end of September 2016, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work from March 2016 and be willing and able to work in Beirut. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National staff. This position will be placed at levelC+1, equivalent to 1905 USD per month.   This position is subject to funding   Commitments DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html).   Application process Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.ngo and find Current Vacancies.  All applicants should send a cover letter and an updated CV no longer than four pages, both in the same language as the vacancy note. Your CV should also include contact details of three professional referees.   Applications close 15th of March 2016. The interviews are expected to take place in the following week