Job Detail

In countries affected by conflict and war, Women for Women International (WfWI) supports the most marginalized women to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community and connect to networks for support. By utilizing skills, knowledge, and resources, she is able to create sustainable change for herself, her family, and community.

Since 1993, Women for Women International (WfWI) has helped nearly 447,000 marginalized women in countries affected by war and conflict. We directly work with women in eight countries (including Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Sudan.), offering support, tools, and access to life-changing skills to move from crisis and poverty to stability and economic self-sufficiency.

Purpose of the Role

The MERL Officer is responsible for coordinating the monitoring and evaluation activities in Parwan through implementation of WfWI’s established MERL strategies and guidelines, including working closely with the Program team to capture all relevant data and information from program participants throughout the program cycle and ensuring the correct use of field data collection tools, coordination of data collection, and field data processing and reporting.

Engagement

• Assist the Acting Sub Office Manager in developing Country Office framework and schedule of implementation for all components of the MERL system.

• Assist Program team with the enrollment of women into the program as required, highlighting any errors to be corrected in subsequent enrollments.
• Assist the Acting Sub Office Manager to train other members of staff or contractors to carry out data collection tasks and completion of M&E forms as needed.

Delivery

• Participate in community assessment and pre-selection of new participants and collect and record information as required.
• Attend and oversee the intake/ registration process with MERL Assistants.
• Ensure the accurate completion of forms by MERL Assistants to include Baseline-Enrolment Forms for the sampled participants as they enroll in the program; Evaluation Forms for the sampled participants as they are finishing their 12-month program cycle; Graduate Follow-Up Forms for a select sample of women one and two years after their graduation from the program and report to MERL Manager for approval
• Conduct and oversee Focus Group discussions with participants for mid-term assessment, ad-hoc surveys and studies and submit a report with findings to sub office manager and M&E manager as well as any pertinent observations about the focus group discussion process.
• Participate in any monitoring visits, evaluations or impact studies as required.
• Participate in regular field visits to observe program activities and identify areas where adjustments are needed for better MERL reporting.

• Sharing MERL reports to Acting Sub Office Manager and MERL Manager on regular bases and attend follow up meetings if needed.
• Attend and support stipend and/ or cash assistance distribution process in coordination with program team (MERL assistants may be delegated to do so)
• Attend meetings with MERL team as well as other meetings which are requested by supervisor.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date filing system with coordination of MERL assistants.
• Supervise the MERL Assistants and provide support, training and coaching as needed.
• Follow the WfWI Performance Management Framework with each direct report to set annual performance objectives and development plans, complete the annual performance appraisal, and conduct regular 1:1 meeting to review progress throughout the year.
• Implement and monitor the training schedule in all TCs and record the key findings of program.
• Submit monthly and Bi-Weekly reports to MERL and Sub office manager.
• Attend team’s meetings and justify the key findings of program with Program Manager.
• Assist the program team in stipend distribution monitoring the participants and the transparency of stipend distribution and cash assistance.
• Keep and updating the data base of delivery lists of all TCs after stipend distribution.
• Keeping the records of all participants (picture, ID cards, agreements, IPP form and booklets) in data base.
• Keeping the MERL tools update and timely review the tools.

• Any other tasks assigned by Supervisor.

Other Responsibilities

All our staff are required to adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies and to our organizational values: Empowerment, Integrity, Respect, Resilience.

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