Minimum Education Level: Post Graduate

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M&E Assistant

Job Categories: Agriculture

Minimum Education Level:Post graduate

Vacancy No: 004/MAIL/SNaPP

Position:M&E Assistant

Organization: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL).

Period of services:1 Year

Duty station: Kabul

City: Kabul

No. of posts:1

Gender:Male/Female

Salary Range: As per Company/Organization

Nationality:Afghan

Job Type: Full time

Shift: 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Job Status:Interviewing

Experience:1 Year

BACKGROUNDs

IFAD support for NPP-2 aims to achieve national coverage over a three-phase implementation period consisting of 15 years. The present project constitutes the first phase of IFAD support. It will be implemented in three selected pilot provinces, namely Balkh, Herat and Nangarhar, with planned geographical expansion to additional provinces over the second and third phases. The selection of Balkh, Herat and Nangarhar provinces is aligned with MAIL's intention to commence with seven priority provinces for NPP-2 roll-out across the country. The present project will cover 589 CDCs consisting of 60,000 households (450,000 people) across six districts – NahriShahi and DihDadai in Balkh, Karukh and Zendhajan in Herat, and Darah e Noor and Khewa/Kuzkunar in Nangarhar.

Job summary

Under direct supervision of Sr. M&E Specialist and overall supervision of program manager the M&E assistant will be placed in Kabul and will assist M&E unit commission of monitoring visit. She will also work closely with MIS officer in updating MIS and reporting.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Assist in developing operational monitoring tools (checklist, questionnaires, databases, interview and survey forms, etc.)
• Monthly data collection, data entry & assist in data analysis based on project requirements with ensuring from data accuracy and reliability.
• Provide timely inputs for new initiatives and improvements on M&E issues to the management team.
• Participate in the project’s quality, implementation, particularly through identifying weaknesses and strengths in SNAPP2 M&E issues and report to the management team.
• Participate in the evaluation of the project’s results and achievements.
• Actively collaborate with MIS Officer and provide inputs to develop databases on project activities and assist to updating regularly the database according to the project requirements
• Actively participate to project implementation & coordination meetings.
• Assist M&E officer in developing technical concepts, guidelines, manuals, procedures, concept papers on M&E issues upon request of the management team.
• Provide inputs to project reports and publications upon request of the management team.
• Prepare weekly/monthly schedule of monitoring and evaluation related activities.
• Provide M&E verbal and written reports on a weekly basis to the management team
• Assist to maintaining a clear and transparent filing system
• Aim in continuously develop personal and organizational expertise on M&E issues (using training, distance study, experience sharing with partners, etc.)
• Support short-term M&E evaluators and experts as required.
• Support research and study activities on M&E related issues.

Job Requirements:

-Qualifications and Education Requirement

-Bachelor degree in Agriculture and Veterinary;

-At least 1 years of working experience in a similar position with local or InternationalNGO

-Be able to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities.

Skill and Abilities:

-Competency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint

-Very good English written communications skills including the ability to prepare

-Reports Good knowledge of Pashto and Dari languages;

-Team player and ability to multi-task;

-Ability to meet deadlines and cope with pressing timelines.

Submission Guidelines:

The interested candidates should submit their resume alone with a covering letter as follow conditions:

• Please send your CV along with a cover letter
• Subject line must be: (M&E Assistant 004/MAIL/SNaPP-2) otherwise your application will NOT be considered.
• Candidate’s educational degree must be attested with Ministry of Higher Education - Afghanistan otherwise we will not accept the application in short listing process.
• Please note that application received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for interview.

By email or Hard to the following address:

SNaPP2/MAIL

Jamal Mena, Karti – Sakhi

Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock,

Support to National Priority Program 2

Email Address:

Note: Only CVs submitted online will be accepted. Hard copies of CVs will not be accepted.