Jordan: M&E Officer

Feb 19, 2018 | Jordan River Foundation
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Chaired by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1995 with a focus on child safety and community empowerment.  Driven by values of social justice, impactful interventions to alleviate poverty, and socio-economic empowerment - focusing on women and youth, JRF implements various programs to achieve its mission of transforming Jordanian communities.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will have the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Develop and strengthen monitoring, impact evaluation procedures
  • Monitor all project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the project output;
  • Recommend further improvement of the logical frame work;
  • Develop monitoring and impact indicator for the project success;
  • Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results;
  • Monitor the sustainability of the project's results;
  • Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities;
  • Suggest strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks;
  • Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on all projects activities to the Project Manager;
  • Conduct capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation system. Develop indicators and a monitoring strategy for the projects;
  • Provide inputs, information and statistics for quarterly, annual and other reports to Project Management Team;
  • Participate in annual project reviews and planning workshops and assist in preparing relevant reports;
  • Support monitoring and evaluation of the effects and impact of the project;
  • Assist in coordinating across the available components of the Project to ensure effective implementation of M&E/MIS;
  • Assist the project personnel with M&E tools and in supporting them in their use.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

University Degree preferably in Business Administration, Economics or related field.

Experience:

  • At least 3 years of experience in the design and implementation of M&E/MIS in development projects implemented by national/international NGOs/ Government;
  • Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports; ;
  • Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software;
  • Strong training & facilitation skills.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English.