ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is an international NGO founded in 1993 and headquartered in Paris. Its activities range from emergency relief to development projects. With a team of 5,900 national staff and 400 international staff, ACTED is active in 38 countries and implements more than 500 projects a year, reaching over 20 million beneficiaries.

The unprecedented humanitarian disaster faced by the Ukrainians is taking a dramatic turn, with millions of people are displaced in various areas.

ACTED helps ensuring they can receive the basic support they need, including water, food and hot meals, blankets, hygiene supplies and access to mobile heating points.

ACTED is fully mobilized in Moldova and needs your help!

We are looking for qualified national staff for the following vacant position:

Position: AME Assistant

Location: Chisinau, Moldova

Starting date: as soon as possible

Deadline to Apply : 12/09/2022

Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation (AME) Assistant

Job Purpose

The Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant supports the AME Manager/Officer in developing and implementation of appropriate and viable appraisal, monitoring and evaluation systems that are in line with the ACTED’s global AME procedures.

Chain of Command

Under the authority of:

-          Country AME Manager/Officer

Line Management:

-          AME Monitors/Enumerators

Working Relations

Internal Relations:

-    Area Coordinators

-    Project Managers/Officers

-    Database Managers/Officers/Entry Clears/Operators (if any)

-    Accountability Officers

-    Project Development Manager/Officers

External Relations:

-    Beneficiaries

-    Implementing partners/Partner organizations

-    External monitors/evaluators

Objectives

1. Support the implementation of solid AME systems and mechanisms that are in line with the global AME procedures and deliver effective research/outputs so to inform timely decision making and the adoption of sound corrective measures.
2. Ensure lessons learnt and best practices are discoursed and documented.
3. Contribute to the effective functioning of beneficiary complaints and response mechanism and enhance the  trust  and  confidence  of  beneficiaries,  identify  areas  of  our work  which  need  to  be  improved  and  ensure  that  ACTED  learns  from  the  feedback  provided  through this  process. 

Duties and Responsibilities

1.       Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation Systems

1.1.       Technical and Systems Development

a)       Contribute to the development and updating of the country AME strategy, the consolidated AME work plan and AME frameworks for all ongoing projects;

b)      Support the AME Manager to implement the AME policies and procedures as described in the ACTED AME standard guidelines and make sure that the tools are followed as applicable;

a)      Contribute to an effective roll-out of M&E collection and reporting systems to all staff and partners through training, site visits, manuals, and other technical support as needed.

1.2.       AME Implementation and Management

a)       Support the development of ToRs and mission plans for assessments, monitoring and evaluations (baselines, mid-terms, endlines);

b)      Assist in the development of appropriate data collection and analysis instruments, methodologies (e.g. survey questionnaires, focus group discussions, key-informant interviews) and data/information dissemination/utilization plans;

c)       Assist with data collection activities and ensure that data collection teams are organized and resourced as needed, and that they deliver as per field mission plans and according to data quality standards;

d)      In the absence of a dedicated database team, maintain electronic and/or paper-based MIS systems for tracking and reporting all quantitative data and information including reporting on ACTED’s 16 global strategic program indicators;

e)      Assist in the analysis of AME data and help produce reports, factsheets with useful statistical analysis and presentation (charts, tables, histograms, box plots) as necessary in a timely manner;

f)        Provide data to the Project Development Team for use in preparation of reports to donors and other stakeholders, as required;

2.       Learning

a)       Contribute to proactive dissemination and use of knowledge gained through AME activities among Project Managers, Technical Coordinators and Project Development Manager/Officers;

b)      Contribute to organizing and facilitating learning events in order to capture best practices and lessons learnt when a project closes or as required;

c)       Document and share the lessons learnt and best practices on time and ensure that the knowledge gained contributes to the improvement of projects and influence the strategic development of future projects and activities;

d)      Support project implementation and improvement by providing timely information around project successes to be scaled up as well as challenges to allow ‘course correction’ throughout life of the program.

3.       Beneficiary Complaints and Response Mechanism

a)       Contribute to the implementation of the beneficiary Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) for the country mission in line with ACTED standard beneficiary CRM procedures;

b)      Contribute to the proper management of the project CRM central database.

4.       Other

a)       Provide regular and timely updates on progress and challenges to supervisors and other team members;

b)      Participate in AME-related conferences and workshops when possible and stay up to date with best practices and new knowledge created in the field of AME;

c)       Perform any other related activities as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Required Skills

-          Competency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint;

-          Competency in Kobo is an advantage;

-          Written and oral communications skills including;

-          Translation skills (English and Russian);

-          Team player and ability to multi-task;

-          Ability to meet deadlines and cope with pressing timelines.

Official employment, competitive salary according to knowledge and experience.

 
In order to apply for this position please follow the below sample suggestions:
-        CV with no more than 1-4 pages in ENGLISH language;
-        Named as First_Last_Name_ desired position_CV;
-        If you consider to send Letter of intention name as - First_LastName_desired position_Letter of Intention.

 Please apply only if you are able to work full time/

Before applying, please make sure that you have read the requirements for the position and that you qualify.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.

Send your application (resume and cover letter) to  mda.hr@acted.org

ACTED - reserves the right to cancel the selection process at any time.
 
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