Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer

Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) is a unique non-profit network and think tank of lawyers which provides creative legal assistance in fragile and conflict-affected areas and places national lawyers at the forefront of legal change. LAW uses advocacy, research, legal empowerment and strategies to bring about this change. LAW’s thematic focuses include: Addressing Sexual and Gender based Violence; Accountability; Natural Resource Exploitation/displacement; and Transitional Justice. LAW’s Advisory Council and Board are comprised of senior international lawyers who advise LAW on the development of innovative casework and legal strategies. LAW’s ground-breaking work has received international media coverage, including in the New York Times, the Times of London, the Guardian, Al-Jazeera, France24, Voice of America, Huffington Post and Foreign Policy.

BRIEF ABOUT THE PROJECT

“Beirut Blast victims” project, funded by Swiss Solidarity, focuses on providing legal aid to victims and survivors of the Beirut Port Explosion to addressing their needs for housing and shelter, civil documentation, protection, and accountability while enhancing civil society’s ability to respond to the needs of victims and survivors now and in the future.

Functions/Key Deliverables Expected:

• Undertake regular monitoring of programmatic activities, evaluation and learning of the project
• Analyse performance indicators and data, prepare reports and make recommendations
• Support the development proposals of the project and reporting to contribute toward the design (creating stories, verifying numbers)
• Develop MEL plan, develop guidance and facilitate workshops
• Collate project data from multiple sources to identify gaps, and propose actions plans for improvement
• With the support of the Consultant analyse, dissemination of knowledge, evidence and key learning to influence decision making
• Support and capacity building within the Programme and Partners
• Support and review the work of the partners; deliver recommendation on how to improve coordination and the quality of the partnerships
• Ensure SharePoint is updates on tool kits and resources
• Support in drafting donor reports and project proposals
• Ensuring that donor reports are delivered on time

• A bachelor degree in development studies, social science, law or a related field
• Demonstrated two years’ experience in monitoring and evaluations preferable in the international development context
• Track record of technical skills in designing, and implementation of monitoring tools and log frames
• Experience of facilitating workshops and capacity building
• Track record of conducting evaluations in a complex operating environment or on legal projects.
• Experience of research and drafting
• Excellent written and oral skills in English and Arabic,
• Excellent relationship management skills and the ability to communicate and work closely with local partners, community members, and other stakeholders.