Job Vacancy: M&E Officer

Position Title: Monitoring &Evaluation Officer

Location: Ramallah, Palestine

Reporting to: CEO / Project Manager

General Summary

The M&E Officer is responsible for guiding the overall Monitoring &Evaluation (M&E) strategy and implementation of related activities PalTrade, partners, relevant stakeholders, and beneficiaries; and providing timely relevant information to them.  This entails close communication with all involved in M&E design and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Review, update and develop performance measurement framework as needed and developing log frame matrix, particularly in the areas of the objective hierarchy, indicators, and monitoring mechanisms.
• Develop the overall framework for PalTrade M&E, for example, annual project reviews, participatory impact assessments, process monitoring, operations monitoring and lessons-learned workshops.
• Responsible for the process for identifying and designing the key indicators for each component, to record and report physical progress. Also steer the process for designing the format of such progress reports.
• Responsible for leading organizational processes and act as the dedicated core organizational resource to support regular data collection, analysis and reporting for results.
• Review the quality of data the methods of collecting it and the degree to which it will provide good baseline statistics for impact evaluation.
• Undertake field visits as needed to support the implementation of M&E.
• Propose a follow-up mechanism for activity implementation, including donor coordination, and to follow-up on the proposed mechanism
• Recommend plan for project-related capacity-building on M&E and for any computer-based support that may be required.
• Develop M&E Standard Operation Procedures and train staff on them.
• Prepare reports, presentations, publicity communication materials, briefings for the media, and guide the delivery of key strategic messages on PalTrade initiatives on M&E findings, working closely with PalTrade technical staff and management.
• Guide the regular sharing of the outputs of M&E findings with project staff, implementing partners and primary stakeholders
• Ensure gender mainstreaming, promotion of environmental sustainability practices, adopt human rights-based approach in in all reports, trainings, documents, and M&E forms.
• Any other related duties as requested by the CEO.

Qualifications

• Minimum of A Bachelor degree  in a related field from an accredited university.
• 3- 5 years of experience in a similar position
• Experience in project’s proposal & report writings; planning; implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Excellent written , spoken and presentation communication skills in Arabic and English (essential). 
• Excellent verbal communication  and presentation  skills in Arabic and English

Knowledge and Skills

• Proven experience in understanding logical framework approaches and other strategic planning approaches
• Donor-related experience and/or Palestinian private sector understanding experience
• Demonstrable understanding of M&E methods and approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory);
• Training in M&E development and implementation
• Reliable and excellent work habits. Experience in excel, and data processing.

To apply to this job, Please send your CV and a cover letter (explaining why you are interested) in English to email hr@paltrade.org indicating as subject  (M&E Officer)  no later than Wednesday 26^th of Oct 2022  at 12:00 PM Palestine time , Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.