Monitoring/Reporting Officer (Subject to Donor's Approval)

Shelter for Life International (SFL) is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit and international faith-based organization. It has been working in Afghanistan since 1998 and is presently managing long-term and short-term humanitarian and development programs to the people in need in countries around the world. SFL is currently operational in Afghanistan, Liberia, South Sudan, Senegal and Tajikistan. Our Headquarters is located in Minnetonka, MN and funded by multiple donors such as BPRM, USG, USDA, WFP and FAO. SFL has rich experience and provides assistance in the following areas; Agriculture Development, Food Security, livelihood and emergency, Shelter and Population Settlement, Application of Microcredit, Infrastructure Development and Health and Nutrition.

The Monitor/Reporitng officer will play a key role in providing support to the overall project and working alongside to Project Manager and Program Unit. Monitor/reporting officer is responsible to monitor and report on output and outcome-level progress of all Resilience Food System (RFS) project activities related to WFP-sponsored project in which he is assigned.  The main responsibility of the Monitoring expert is to monitor and evaluate the project activities on a continuous basis and give feedback to the Project Manager on progress of the activities within the scope of the project and in compliance with the guidelines and procedures of the Organization. The primary duties will cover field level operations with regular visits to the field to meet with project participants, activities, out put and outcomes. In addition, the monitoring officer is responsible for developing and implementing the monitoring strategy for the resilience and food systems (RFS) project. This includes setting up systems to collect, analyze, and report data on project inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes as mentioned in above. The monitor officer ensures that the project’s progress can be measured against its targets in which its progressing based on its scope. This role will manage all project data (beneficiary selection, beneficiary daily attendance, assessment results, etc.) to ensure data quality, train staff in data collection if needed, and coordinate any related tasks with project manager and program units. The monitoring officer also leads on documenting and filling the project related documents in excellent manner.

Shelter for Life implements safe, inclusive, and PSEA-sensitive human resources practices throughout recruitment, contracting, and performance management to ensure the safety and well-being of all staff and beneficiaries. SFL maintains a zero-tolerance policy on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and is committed to upholding the highest standards of accountability and safeguarding.

·         Conduct regular monitoring visits to all project locations in targeted districts completing work plan checklists, conducting spot check surveys and interviews with project participants to gauge regular progress toward completing project activities.

·         Coordinate with project manager and operations staff to ensure that all project activities are in progress and being completed according to project work plans and in compliance with the donor-requirements.

·         Provide training on essential aspects of Monitoring and evaluation to project staff.

·         Communicate and liaise with all WFP Tirth Party Monitoring (TPM) monitoring teams, as needed, to ensure project activities are in progress and being completed according to project work plans and in line with WFP requirements.

·         Communicate and liaise, as needed, with community leaders and significant stakeholders to gauge project progress and report on any challenges that may be arises.

·         Develop monitoring and evaluation tools for RFS project activities in targeted provinces.

·         Prepare weekly and monthly monitoring reports based on field and monitoring visits, per the requirements of SFL and WFP.

·         Provide feedbacks on compliance reports are sent by TPM though WFP program or monitoring unit.

·         Collect data through use of qualitative and quantitative instruments for use in output and outcome-level evaluations to gauge project impact and success.

·         Collect data through use of various multimedia (Interview, FGD, pictures, video, etc.) to demonstrate project impact and success and to communicate to relevant and interested stakeholders the progress of SFL program implementation.

·         Communicate and liaise, as needed, with community leaders and significant stakeholders to gauge project progress.

·         Research and collect project impact and human-interest stories that may further demonstrate project impact and success.

·         Assist data entry officers with entry, cleaning and data quality management of all data related to both monitoring and operations.

·         Maintain well-organized and through data storage and filing systems, per SFL requirements.

·         Assist the team in making project outcome and indicators for WFP’s project proposal.

·         Support project implementation alongside operations staffs where needed.

•      Perform other duties as assigned by program leadership (Project Manager)

Qualification/Requirements:

·         Minimum 4 Years of relevant work experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation with International NGOs or UN Agencies 

·         Computer skills at the operator level, especially with MS Office packages.

·         Fluency in English and Dari and/or Pashto, both written and spoken.

·         Ability or experience in the field of community driven development projects monitoring

·         Ability or experience of data verification and analysis.

·         Having strong report writing skills.  

·         Familiarity with various types of data collection methods and data management.

·         Experience in planning, reporting and budgeting.

·         Good communication skill and able to pass the massage/questions in local languages to the respondents.

·         Have good interpersonal skills and ability to plan work.

·         Supervisory, team worker, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.

·         Regional and cultural knowledge of areas of SFL field operations in Afghanistan

·         Willingness to work long hours when required

·         Ability and willingness to travel to the project sites and outside of duty station within Afghanistan and adjust to the SFL environment as frequently as required

·         Honest, proactive, well mannered, and must share values of SFL.

·         Willing to stay in field locations

·         Ready to work, live and travel in an intricate and strenuous environment

•      Preference will be given to those individuals who have sufficient experience in RFS project implementation