Description
IOM's Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) strategy aims to improve the quality and integrity of program delivery, ensure that programs are responsive to the needs of affected populations, and meet donor requirements and standards of accountability.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Associate will work as part of the IOM Programme Support Unit, under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM) in Haiti and direct supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, in close coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the Regional Office (RO).
The successful candidate will be supporting the implementation of existing M&E systems, including data collection and analysis, reporting, contributing to Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), and Knowledge Management (KM) strategies.
Responsibilities
- Participate in field monitoring missions and data collection activities, including observations, surveys, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions, in accordance with the M&E workplan, and under the guidance of the M&E officer.
- Coordinate and provide day-to-day guidance to field hourly staff engaged in data collection activities, ensuring adherence to established methodologies, tools, protocols, and timelines.
- Support the field implementation of surveys, assessments, studies, and other monitoring and evaluation activities carried out by third-party monitors, under the guidance of the M&E Officer.
- Regularly update M&E tools, project databases, and tracking systems, ensuring data is complete, accurate, and available for reporting purposes, in coordination with the Programme Teams.
- Track and monitor progress against project indicators, through the Result Monitoring Framework (RMF), as well as mission- and organizational-level indicator frameworks, including Haiti Mission Indicators, and the IOM Strategic Results Framework (SRF).
- Conduct data cleaning, validation, and preliminary analysis of data collected through M&E exercises and support the preparation of monitoring reports and related products.
- Support the preparation of SitReps, factsheets, PowerPoint presentations, result matrices, as well as institutional and donor reports, by compiling monitoring data and related information.
- Bring to the attention of the M&E Officer any issues regarding the quality of data, reporting timelines, or compliance with M&E requirements and protocols.
- Support the organization and delivery of training and capacity-building sessions on M&E tools and processes for field project staff and partners.
- Support the documentation and sharing of lessons learned, good practices, and monitoring and evaluation findings to promote organizational learning and programme improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in international relations, Political or Social Sciences, Business or Public Administration, Law or a related field from an accredited academic institution with three years of experience or,
- High School Diploma with five years of relevant professional experience in the above fields.
- Experience in project monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
- Experience in supporting data collection exercises and maintaining M&E tools, databases, and tracking systems up to date.; and
- Experience in organizing consultations and capacity building activities.
Skills
- Reporting, writing preferably in M&E.
- Excellent computer skills: excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email/internet software, statistical analysis packages.
- Knowledge of UN cooperation frameworks and bilateral donor programming requirements;
- Knowledge in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis;
- Ability to consolidate information from multiple sources;
- High degree of judgment and initiative, ability to work with a high degree of independence within assigned areas.
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills; and,
- Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of diverse cultural and national backgrounds.
Languages
The official languages of the IOM are English, French, and Spanish.
- Fluency in Creole and French, and working knowledge of English (oral and written).