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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Community Partners International (CPI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering vulnerable communities in Asia to meet their essential health, humanitarian and development needs. Founded by U.S. doctors in 1998, the organization has grown to serve more than one million people each year. Community Partners International focuses on helping communities affected by conflict, violence, and displacement, in remote and hard-to-reach contexts, and marginalized by poverty and exclusion.

CPI has offices in Bangkok and Mae Sot, Thailand. The position will be based in Maesot with frequent travel to Bangkok or other countries as necessary.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide support in monitoring and evaluation to prepare M&E plans, reports, and indicators to capture project performance and results of the humanitarian and developmental projects implemented across the country by Community Partners International

• Oversee data collection and data entry system of partner organization and conduct routine data verification

• Conduct data analysis and prepare report to measure project progress and achievements according to M&E plan in terms of using current database tools

• Work closely with program staff in term of data collection activities, data verification and providing feedback to partner organizations

• Ensure appropriate flow of data and other key information for decision making to regional program director and other stakeholders

• Undertake regular field visits to monitor the project implementation, data recording system at field level and perform Routine Data Quality Assessment

• Support M&E Manager by reviewing literature, desk review of the existing health and humanitarian research documents and submit analysis report

Regular Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain training curricula and handbooks, then conduct tailored training on such topics as presenting indicators, designing quality data collection tools, standardizing information systems, creating parameter queries, etc.

• Maintain documentation and implementation of M&E activities that are in line with training curricula and practices, providing recommendations for changes as needed that are taken into account of the local context and mainstream emerging successful practices

• Review/clearance of M&E reports of CPI partner organizations, and provide feedback to partners focusing on data quality and M&E performance

• Ensure accurate and timely information is available to senior management and team members

• Conduct other duties as assigned

Evaluations, assessments, and learning

• Support Monitoring and Evaluation Manager for program evaluations, assessments and dissemination of results through review meetings and publishing report to promote the learning across the programs

• Support in designing both quantitative and qualitative survey, facilitate data collection and analysis to promote data driven learning process to make efficient program implementation

Partner support

• Access M&E capacity of CPI partner organizations, share the assessment results and develop a plan for M&E capacity building activities for them

• Regular monitoring visit to partner organization and provide technical assistance on partners’ M&E system according to their requirements

• Support necessary assistance on utilizing electronic databases and manipulating database objects for accurate data collection, analysis, report and dissemination among stakeholders

• Provide capacity need assessment regarding M&E to partner staffs and conduct/ facilitate necessary trainings

Capacity building and supporting other staff

• Provide inputs for survey/research design, sampling and questionnaires development (if necessary)

• Provide M&E, data collection, collation and analysis trainings to internal staffs as needed

Operations and Administration

• Maintain regular contact with M&E focal persons from donor agencies, partner organizations and relevant stakeholders

• Involve in the development of team’s work plan and cost estimation in monthly basis and communicate closely with CPI program team members for required operations

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Public Health, Community Health or relevant field 

• Master's degree in Statistics, Research, Public Health or Epidemiology preferred 

• At least five years professional experience in both executing and implementing monitoring, evaluation and health information system and related activities

• Experience working in nutrition, humanitarian and emergency response programs preferred 

• Sound understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methodology is an asset 

• Proficiency in statistics, MS office application, statistical software (Stata, SPSS, Epi Info, Atlas ti. Or Nvivo) and online data collection tools 

• Experience utilizing and managing database and information management software 

• Experience coordinating with governments, ministries and/or local CSOs, as well as local communities, for the design and implementation of surveys and other data collection techniques

• Fluency in both speaking and writing English 

• Proven analytic and good report writing skills, ability to present monitoring data and survey findings clearly 

• Self-motivated and ability to work independently as well as being part of a team

• Highly organized and able to work to deadlines 

• Confident and cooperative, even under pressure. Ability to quickly develop a strong understanding of the local cultural and political context and be able to motivate others and work successfully within these contexts.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

All interested and qualified candidates are requested to send an Application Letter, Curriculum Vitae to

Community Partners International

Email: recruitment.th@cpintl.org

1. The closing date for application is 17:00 p.m., (Sunday, 7 August 2022)

2. Please clearly mention the Position and Location you are applying for in the email Subject Line.

3. CPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability.

4. Candidates are required to declare in advance should there be any relative or family member currently employed in CPI. Failure to do so can lead to termination of the employment contract even after successful selection.

5. CPI is committed to safeguard violation against human rights including Child Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) according to CPI’s safeguarding policy. To comply with the Safeguarding Policy is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA and Child Safeguarding, at all times (both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause. Any breach or violation against the Safeguarding Policy may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of the employment.

6. Because of the large volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

7. Contract and position is contingent upon successful award of the project and final approval by the donor.