Graduate Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant at Mercy Corps (2 Positions)

Mercy Corps, International Humanitarian Organisation is looking for candidates to fill in the vacant position under the humanitarian aid response in Gombe State. We are looking for motivated individuals, members of targeted community ready and willing to work in dynamic team.

Position Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant (2 positions)

Location: Gombe

Program/Department Summary:
Mercy Corps is starting a new emergency response program in Gombe state. This one-year program will incorporate relief work and livelihood in order to support displaced people and host communities in Gombe State. To support activities, Mercy Corps is looking for talented and dedicated Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant.

General Position Summary:
Under the direction of the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, M&E Assistant will be responsible for the monitoring of project activities at project sites. These activities include: beneficiaries verification, monitoring of project activities, collecting data through surveys and interviews, participating in the assessments and submitting routine reports.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assist in data collection, illustrating project activities progress and impact
• Conduct beneficiary names verification, ensuring they meet agreed project target criteria
• Assist in monitoring of program activities, including distributions, trainings, to ensure that intended assistance is delivered to registered beneficiaries as scheduled,
• Ensure all the activities are conducted in full respect to the humanitarian principles and in organized and dignified way
• Participate in surveys, assessments, Focus Groups Discussions
• Ensure proper filing, handling and movement of project files
• Assist in data entry into the project databases
• Assist in designing data entry tools and monitoring tools, as required
• Share and document lessons learned
• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
• Other duties as assigned.

Accountability to Beneficiaries: Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects

Supervisory Responsibility:
None

Accountability: beneficiaries and project stakeholders

Reports Directly To: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Works Directly With: Program and Monitoring team, and Gombe support team

Knowledge and Experience:

• Willingness and ability to perform field work.
• Preferably a Bachelor's degree in a related field: social sciences, development studies, education, etc. or at least one year of work experience in a related discipline.
• Experience in community work with previous experience in project monitoring, preferably with an NGO within Gombe State;.
• Demonstrated skills in planning, organizing, analyzing and reporting.
• Ability to interact effectively with various community members, conducting him/herself with sensitivity and respect towards others
• Fluency in English and Hausa is a must
• Excellent computer skills – Word and Excel are required;

Success Factors:
All positions require high motivation, positive attitude, and willingness to work with multi-cultural and multi-ethnic team. Successful candidates should have cheerful personality, be able to work after hours, if need.

Application Closing Date
10th of October 2014.

How To Apply:
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit CV and Cover Letter, addressing the position requirements to: [email protected] . Please note that a candidate can apply for 1 position only.

All applications must include the position title in the subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity organization and we encourage women to apply to these positions.