Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Vacancy Announcement

Position: Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (1 open national position)

Handicap International (HI) seeks a Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Officer for its Growing Together Program based in Mae Sot, Tak province, with frequent travel to camps in Tak and Mae-Hong Son and to Bangladesh and Pakistan

Closing date: 18 August, 2017

Handicap International (HI) reserves the right to not accept applications submitted after the deadline. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for testing and interview. Also, HI reserves the right to contact any shortlisted candidates before closing date.

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Handicap International is a not-for-profit organization with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission. Since its creation, the organisation has set up programmes in approximately 60 countries worldwide and intervened in many emergency situations.  

For more details on the association: http://www.handicap-international.org

Handicap International is composed of 2 operational divisions:

• Humanitarian Action Division (DAH)
• Development Action Division (DAD)

Under the Development Action Division, the incumbent will be recruited for the following project:

Project Overview

The “Growing Together” project targets displaced population, in particular children with and without disabilities in:

Thailand: 5 Refugee camps in Mae Hong Son and Tak Provinces

Bangladesh: Nayapara and Kutupalong refugee camps, makeshift camps including the makeshift camp and surrounding villages in Ukhiya and TeknafUpazilas (sub-districts)

Pakistan: Jalozai IDP camps and host communities in Peshawar.

The aim of the "Growing Together" (GT) project is to create opportunities for children with disabilities and other vulnerable children, in particular children at risk of developmental delays and psychological distress (0-12 years old) in displacement contexts, to learn and develop safely while having fun. The project will coordinate implementation of country-based projects of Handicap International and partners to support communities in raising socially and emotionally healthy kids in refugee/IDPs camps and in host communities in Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

To this end, it will empower families to set up playgroups and parenting clubs for children in early childhood with support from community-based structures. It will engage children of primary school age to participate in clubs, where they learn and socialize through inclusive games, arts, sports and complementary learning, and where they champion rights and needs of vulnerable children in their communities. Simultaneously, the program will engage local child-development service providers to be more responsive to the needs of

boys and girls with disabilities and other vulnerable children, and will assist organisations in implementing measures to facilitate their inclusion.

The Project goal is:

To enable children with disabilities or chronic illnesses, children at risk of developmental delays and psychological distress (0-12 years old), to develop their full potential on an equal basis with other children and acquire fundamental educational and social skills through games, sport, cultural arts, early years education and complementary learning in displacement settings in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Thailand.

The first outcome is:

Children with disabilities and other vulnerable children in early childhood (50% girls and at least 25% with disabilities) have the opportunity to play, learn and develop safely in playgroups and parenting crèches.

The second outcome is:

Children with disabilities and other vulnerable children of primary school age are engaged in child-led games, educational games on disaster risk reduction, arts, sports and complementary learning, promoting their equal participation, safety, protection and well-being (50% boys/girls, at least 20% with disabilities).

The third outcome is:

Local child-development service providers are more inclusive, accessible and responsive to the needs of boys and girls with disabilities and other vulnerable children.

Several technical approaches will be developed in the framework of this Project: the development of a specific tool to measure the quality of life of children with disability, home-based rehabilitation tool, a monitoring of the environmental print of HI’s in-country missions, and others.

MAIN TASKS OF THE INCUMBENT

Under the supervision of the Regional Project Coordinator (based in Mae Sot), and with functional link to the Quality and PME Advisor within the Impact, Monitoring and Evaluation unit in Lyon, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) regional officer will be responsible for creation of the MEAL framework of the project, through development and implementation of tools, and providing capacity building for HI and partners’ staff in each country of the project implementation, ensuring quality data collection at country level.

While the position is located in Mae Sot (Thailand), it will require regular travel to each of the countries where the project is implemented.

RESPOSIBILITIES

Responsibility 1: Establish MEAL management framework, following HI Project Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Policy and according to HI commitments to its donors and beneficiaries

• Lead the development and set-up of the project Monitoring & Evaluation framework, in coordination with GT regional coordination team (operational and technical)
• Develop / update tools for collection and analysis of primary & secondary information project stakeholders (including children)
• Support the development of Information Management (IM) systems, including quality control mechanisms, to increase accountability from and towards project stakeholders (beneficiaries, operational partners, donor etc.)
• Help develop and provide quality assurance of data collection systems by HI and partners’ staff

Responsibility 2: Ensure appropriate management of MEAL products

• Coordinate project baseline assessments, quarterly, bi-annual, mid-term reviews, as well as monitoring missions or project evaluations
• Support the production of Information Management products, including situation analytical reports, assessment reports, country project monitoring monthly information sheets
• Contribute to the production of internal, donor and external reporting
• Ensure appropriate diffusion of MEAL products internally and externally, in liaison with regional project coordinator

Responsibility 3: Guarantee that Learning and Institutional Knowledge Building is disseminated within HI network and externally

• Initiate and coordinate Information sharing and Lessons Learning processes at country level, and compile the information at regional level
• Provide technical support to mission staff involved in the lesson learning component
• Ensure lessons learning processes and outcomes are included at all steps of the project management cycle
• Ensure that innovative experience and lessons learnt are shared within HI network and promoted in external reporting

Responsibility 4: MEAL support to country teams

• Provide training and MEAL-related technical support to the project country teams and partners

Responsibility 5: Representation / coordination: represent HI and promote MEAL unit

• Promote the organisation's mandate and positioning towards partners and stakeholders
• Ensure coordination with existing data collection & MEAL systems used by HI within the Asia Desk and HQ
• Participate in organisation of internal and external events (team meeting, seminars, workshops, conferences)
• Participate and support HQ/regional support missions

PROFILED REQUIRED

• University degree in information management, international development or related field
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in the field of information management, M&E, assessment system in the humanitarian or development sector
• Extensive experience of implementing information management & MEAL systems for end users, and the technical knowledge in the development of such systems
• Knowledge and expertise in Mobile Data Collection (computerised data collection programs)
• Knowledge on child development is a plus
• Strong analytical skills and ability to handle complex issues
• Well organized and ability to plan work accordingly
• Fluency in English, written and spoken
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside the organization
• Prior experience in remote management

 JOB CONDITIONS

• Remuneration: according to HI salary grid
• Start: approximately the end of September (to be confirmed)
• Duration: 12 months renewable

Please send all applications (cover letter, CV, copy of Thai ID/ passport & educational certificate) to  Handicap International, Human resource manager - Thailand site, by Email as below:

E-mail: gtrecruitment@thailand-hi.org