M & E Officer

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support program team to collect, record, verify and evaluate data on program activities and ensure that necessary data is being collected for project indicators;
• Liaise with program team and IFES Nepal subaward partners on project progress, reporting, indicators and data collection;
• Serve as M&E resource for program team and subaward partners;
• Help develop new data collection and tracking tools and maintain new and existing tools;
• Create data visualization tools, including infographics, graphs, tables, matrices and other useful tools to capture progress of projects against project indicators;
• Contribute to briefing notes and program reports as requested;
• Manage day-to-day project activities in an efficient and effective manner;
• Travel as necessary to support IFES Nepal’s and/or subaward partners’ M&E efforts;
• Troubleshoot challenges with IFES Nepal’s and subaward partners’ M&E systems and identify and implement creative solutions;
• Other relevant duties as assigned by the Country Director, Deputy Country Director and/or the Sr. M&E Manager.

Required Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, international development, political science, international relations or a related field, Master’s degree preferred;
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in international development or related field, ideally in a monitoring and evaluation role and on democracy or election programs;
• Strong analytical and organizational skills;
• Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office Programs, Excel, Internet) are required;
• Experience with data collection tools, graphs and tables is preferred;
• Ability to work independently in support of a team;
• Applicants must already reside in Nepal, preferably in Kathmandu;
• Ability to communicate effectively in English;
• Availability to travel up to 10%.

How to Apply

This position is opened for Nepali nationals only. Qualified and interested candidates are requested to send their application with an updated CV and two professional references to: ifesnepalvacancy@gmail.com with clearly mentioning the position you are applying for in the subject line. The application submission deadline is 4:00 PM, Thursday, March 25, 2021.