Job Detail

About Afghanaid

Afghanaid is a British international NGO (www.afghanaid.org.uk) that has been working in Afghanistan since 1983. Headquartered in Kabul, Afghanaid implements projects directly in 8 provinces and through partners in a further number of provinces and maintains a marketing and fundraising office in London. Afghanaid works in some of the most remote areas of the country and through a range of programme interventions supports development of basic services, such as water and sanitation, access roads, education facilities and other community infrastructure; strengthens livelihoods through improved natural resource management, agricultural and small enterprise development, and improved access to markets; and provides humanitarian assistance in times of emergencies. Gender mainstreaming, local governance and community development are integrated into all of Afghanaid’s work. The results achieved have earned Afghanaid the respect and recognition of stakeholders as an effective and collaborative charity.

Job Description

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E):

• Based on the project narrative and logframe, develop project M&E documents including the M&E plan, indicator tracking sheet and activity tracking sheet;
• Design and conduct baseline surveys, evaluations and impact assessments, and oversee the execution of these where they are conducted internally;
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to project sites;
• Proactively gather participant feedback through FGDs, KIIs and other methods, and assess whether project and organisational complaint and feedback mechanisms are available and accessible for project participants;
• Regularly gather evidence of project impact, including through the collection of success stories, photos and videos;
• Facilitate and participate in external monitoring and evaluation missions;
• Oversee the collection of project progress data to comply with donor requirements, and contribute to project progress reports;
• Identify and promote innovative approaches for M&E to effectively engage with marginalised groups including women;

Geographic Information System (GIS):

• Develop and implement GIS components of the project M&E system, including tool design and roll-out.
• Oversee the collection and analysis of GIS data;
• Develop data visualisation products for internal and external reporting;
• Present GIS data to Afghanaid and NGO partner teams to inform adaptive management and decision-making;
• Train Afghanaid and NGO partner staff in GIS methods and approaches, including the use of GIS software;

Consortium Coordination:

• Plan, design and implement M&E capacity building across the consortium partners;
• Work with the PM and partners’ M&E staff to set up a project database and tracking system to measure progress made by the project against milestones and targets;
• Coordinate and organise M&E-related meetings and discussions across the consortium;

Adaptive Management:

• During and following field visits, develop monitoring visit reports outlining key findings from the visit as well as recommendations for improvement;
• Ensure monitoring findings are discussed in appropriate forums;
• Track the project team’s follow-up on recommendations from monitoring visit reports and management response plans, as well as findings from internal and external evaluations; 

Learning and Project Design:

• Collaborate with programme development staff to design and conduct needs assessments and market assessments;
• Contribute to the generation and documentation of project learning, e.g. by participating in lessons learned sessions;
• Providing technical support to programme development and project teams in revising logframe indicators as and when required;
• Support the development of new projects by advising on new logframes, contributing to narratives describing M&E approaches, and collecting and analysing evidence of past programming;

Mentorship and Capacity Building:

• Provide technical support, training and mentorship on GIS tools and technologies to Afghanaid and partner NGO staff.
• Develop tailored capacity development plans for M&E staff as assigned, and oversee the follow-up on these plans;
• Participate in regular management meetings to review the status and progress of the capacity development plans;

Any other duties as and when assigned by the line manager and/or overview manager.

Skills Required

• having experience in the mentioned field

Submission Guideline:

Please submit your application by filling out the Afghanaid standard job application form and email a completed application form, cover letter and your CV, by or before 30 May 2024 to vacancies@afghanaid.org.uk including your name, vacancy number and the job title in the subject line. Your cover letter should be no more than 1 standard A4 page in length and explain how you meet the essential and desirable position requirements and why you feel you would be a suitable candidate for this role. Your CV should be no more than 4 pages and include 3 professional references including your current employer. The precision and style with which you present yourself in your cover letter and CV will be given significant weight in shortlisting candidates. Application with no proper subject (requested above), without the application form or submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every application. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the deadline, then you have not been successful for shortlisting.

Please note that applying without filling the standard job application form will result in disqualifying the applications to review for shortlisting.

Link for the Afghanaid Standard Job Application form:  https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vLmMCTTa7peZ-8Odm-L4xm_5ULr6nvRG

Submission Email:

vacancies@afghanaid.org.uk