Position: . Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Officer
Supervised by: Project Coordinator
Location: North East Syria (NES)
Period of Assignment: 01.12.2024 - 31.05.2025
Fight for Humanity:
Founded in March 2019, Fight for Humanity is a Swiss-based non-governmental organization that seeks to reinforce respect for the rights of people exposed to human rights abuses in situations of violence and conflict. It currently implements programs in the Middle East on child protection, the protection of cultural heritage, and peace and social cohesion.
Role:
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer will help track the progress and impact of project activities in North East Syria (NES), ensuring they meet their goals, while assuring the accountability and learning of the organization. This role involves collecting and analyzing project data, preparing reports, supporting the project teams, and interacting with project partners and beneficiaries. They will assist Fight for Humanity to support the implementation of Fight for Humanity’s ongoing projects in NES.
Responsibilities:
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Help develop, update and improve tools and methods to monitor and assess project activities and impacts.
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Gather data, ensure its quality, and analyze it to assess project performance.
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Conduct monitoring visits during the project implementation to areas and places where activities take place.
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Prepare simple and clear reports on project progress, outcomes, and challenges.
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Ensure that activities undertaken in NES follow organizational policies and donor guidelines, notably the Fight for Humanity Code of Conduct, the Child Safeguarding Code, the Safeguarding policy, the Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policy, the Anti-Corruption policy, and any other relevant policies and procedures.
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Work with project teams and local partner to gather feedback from stakeholders and beneficiaries.
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Share lessons learned and good practices to improve future projects.
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Help identify potential risks to implementation, accountability and compliance, and suggest ways to mitigate and prevent them.
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Support travel arrangements for Geneva-based staff and other resource people.
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Any other duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
General:
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Work within the framework of Fight for Humanity’s core values, promoting its mission.
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Commit to read and respect all Fight for Humanity’s current ethic and organizational policies
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Work towards achieving Fight for Humanity’s organization and program-level objectives.
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Participate in Fight for Humanity training activities as required.
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Undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as may be required.
Conditions:
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Based in Qamishli, NES
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100%
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1000-1200 USD per month salary, based on experience
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Direct reporting line to the Project Coordinator in North East Syria
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This position is for a fixed term of 6 months, with a high possibility of extension, based on the availability of resources.
Required experiences and skills:
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At least 2 years of experience in project monitoring and conducting qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
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At least 1 year of experience from ensuring project accountability and compliance with donor requirements.
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Prior experience with international projects and/or organizations, including INGOs.
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Proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Excel and Word, or comparable tools for MEAL.
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Strong moral compass with proven past compliance with humanitarian/human rights, and ethical standards.
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Motivated, knowledgeable and with good communication skills.
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Excellent interpersonal and team skills.
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Demonstrated ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and process information in support of changing project activities
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Proven ability to learn quickly and be accountable for results.
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Good verbal and written communication skills in English and excellent levels of Arabic and Kurdish.
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Experience from child protection is an asset.
How to apply:
Please send applications to info@fightforhumanity.org with the reference “MEAL” in the object of the email no later than 15 November 2024. Only complete applications will be considered, containing the following:
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CV
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cover letter explaining how you fulfil the requirements, and
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three references from different organizations.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and that interviews will be conducted exclusively in English. Candidates will be required to self-declare relating to their track-record on past misconduct, including sexual exploitation and abuse and safeguarding, especially child safeguarding. Candidates will also be requested to authorize background checks on these and related topics with former employers. The provision of false, misleading or incomplete information concerning any past misbehavior during the recruitment process will result in the immediate termination of the contract.