Asia Community Development Organization (ACDO) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political and non-profit humanitarian organization founded in 2014 register with the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA) under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy (MoEc) with a mission to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the vulnerable, at-risk and underserved people throughout the country.

ACDO responds to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized rural and urban communities by managing and utilizing the available scars resources in a well, efficient, transparent and dignified manner to enhance resilience, boost access to education, ensure food and livelihood security, and promote social protection and inclusion.

ACDO has active presence at least in nine provinces in five regions of the country and intends to expand its operations to the remaining provinces as well with the aim to transform itself into a leading and developed organization which will deliver to and support significant number of people who had been affected by the long protracted and sudden on-set emergencies in Afghanistan. Regardless of the hardest circumstances that existed in Afghanistan in last few years, ACDO has managed to deliver humanitarian and development assistance in Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Farah, Herat, Jouzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunduz, Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktia, Takhar, and Wardak provinces.

The incumbent shall undertake the following responsibilities under direct supervision of the M&E Manager and will be responsible for the following:

• Coordinate the development of a comprehensive overall monitoring and evaluation framework, toolkits including performance indicators and benchmarks for each aspect of the provincial staff, Master trainers, Community Mobilizer, Teachers and beneficiaries’ team to ensure transparency and accountability in compliance with the ACDO overall strategic directions;
• Recommend and implement a systematic approach to integrate thematically defined results indicators in area programs’ strategies and program formulation (input, output, outcome, impact);
• Ensure the internal controls in the fields of finance, supply chain, community-based staff recruitment, selection of children and CBE classes are satisfactory and that fraud, corruption, nepotism and diversion is minimized.
• Ensure the effective monitoring and performance management are in place for achieving prior agreed program activity targets.
• Design and participate in field-based needs assessments and gap analyses, including risk and vulnerability assessments.
• Support the team on revisions of core implementation documents (milestones, log-frame, assessment documents and implementation plan)
• Provide technical support to the provincial staff in data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Track the progress of the activities,
• Promote M&E standards, quality assurance/control and capacity development of team
• Lead the preparation of a robust M&E Framework, including well-defined objectives and indicators, to track progress toward education project objectives.
• Lead the development of an M&E system for ACDO education project to implement and coordinate all M&E activities, including data collection tools and processes to track indicators, and coordination of all internal and third-party evaluations.
• Oversee data collection, compilation, analysis, and timely reporting as per the M&E Plan
• Identify and formulation of M&E findings, lessons learned and recommendations to be integrated into broader project/ACDO knowledge management efforts, disseminated in learning events and channeled into decision-making processes
• Timely preparation of sound analytical documents synthesizing the results of activities to assess their impact and effectiveness.
• Collect monthly report from the Master Trainers and Community Mobilizers and submit the report to Senior Project Officer
• Review and assess the reports prepared by employees and to verify the accuracy of the reports submitted and check the compliance with the regulations.
• Statistical analysis of reports and activities of employees and their submission to top management.
• Control the work and activities of the staff of the directorate and ensuring their timely implementation.
• Coordinate and oversee trainings, and awareness programs to effectively organize the events.
• Prepare and schedule regular and periodic visits to all provinces covered by the program to assess the level of satisfaction of people and the behavior and performance of their staff and address the complaints.
• Declare a responsible opinion on the level of satisfaction of people with the performance of the staff and submit to Senior Project Officer and ACDO Regional office
• Monitor the operation and usage of vehicles, equipment, and other items related to the project.
• Continuous and effective participation at all relevant meetings or any other meeting deemed necessary by the supervisor.
• Review and follow up on the results of monitoring and decisions made to achieve the objectives of the projects.
• Ensure that the program is appropriately staffed with the diverse experienced employees and ensure that all direct reports have updated job descriptions, work plans, objectives, development goals and clear lines of communication and reporting.
• Manage all other related M&E work outputs in a timely and effective manner.
• Any other related task as assigned by M&E Manager and/or Project Manager.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in BCS, BBA, Economics, or any other relevant discipline,
• Master degree with 3 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor degree with 5 years of relevant experience;
• Experience in a M&E position with national and international NGOs.
• Full familiarity with the challenges and opportunities ahead of the program and study the CBE Afghanistan Standard.

Skills:

• Ability to cope well under pressure, work irregular hours and meet tight deadlines;
• Sound M&E skills and ability to prioritize and deliver assignments in a timely manner often under severe time pressures;
• Conflict Management Skills
• Communication and Reporting Skills
• Deadline-Oriented
• Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills
• Experience in needs assessment, project monitoring and evaluation, and program development.
• Good knowledge in Child education system in Afghanistan
• Data analysis software - Proficiency in Excel, SPSS, Stata, R to analyze quantitative data
• Data visualization - Knowledge of Power BI, Google Data Studio to create dashboards and charts
• Survey design - Familiarity with tools like SurveyMonkey, Google Forms, Kobo to create surveys
• Microsoft Office - Strong skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint for analysis, reporting and presentations
• Mapping - ArcGIS knowledge to map data and visualize geospatial trends
• Collaboration tools - Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams for communication

Language skills:

• Fluent oral and written skills in English, Pashto and Dari

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position and submit their applications (Cover Letter and CV together) NOT Educational and Work Certificates, to the attention of the Human Resource Department at  https://forms.gle/hugrFGhGAmb1xiFL6 until 04:00 pm (Afghanistan Standard Time) on Sep 10^st , 2024.

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and consequently for an interview. If you are not contacted TWO WEEKS after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post.

Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply.