Position: M&E Officer

Organization: The Aga Khan Foundation

Location: Muzzafarpur

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Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the Project Mesha MIS and monitoring and evaluation framework across the project blocks of Muzaffarpur. In particular, support and oversee the work of the MIS Assistants at the cluster level.
• Be fully responsible for ensuring regular data entry in the project MIS, identifying and responding to challenges faced by the pashu sakhis/ MIS Assistants, and providing handholding support to pashu sakhis/ MIS Assistants as required.
• Undertake regular field visits to monitor and track data entry and identify/ resolve emerging challenges
• Work closely with the Team Leader and Programme Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation) to ensure the smooth functioning of the M&E system to measure achievement against the performance indicators
• Maintain and administer the M&E database; analyse and aggregate findings, generating learning to strengthen project implementation and assess project results and impact.
• Develop monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress reports, tracking progress against the approved workplan.
• Review the project Theory of Change and assess the extent to which the project has achieved the targets and key milestones. Under the guidance of the Programme Officer (M&E) assess the requirement of revisiting/ updating the project Theory of Change.  
• Convene regular learning meetings with the project implementation team to share the results from the project MIS and M&E systems and discuss corrective action where there is a delay in the achievement of agreed targets and milestones.
• Design internal surveys and evaluations working in close collaboration with the Programme Officer (M&E) and support the conduct of external surveys and evaluations.
• Draft Terms of Reference for external evaluations and studies, working in close collaboration with the Programme Officer (M&E).
• Identify and document the best practices and key lessons learned in the project and ensure collection of qualitative evidence of project outputs
• Develop database management systems as required for collection of data manually
• Document reports on M&E findings and case studies and prepare presentations based on M&E data as required.
• Support the process of regular updation of the tablet-based MIS application
• Regularly review the Project Mesha online MIS and support in ensuring real time data entry, data validation
• Identify and communicate the key issues reported in data management and support the resolution of these issues
• Provide necessary support to the cluster offices for data collection, data aggregation, analysis and presentation.
• Regularly review the data entry and emerging results of the community goat breed improvement programme of Project Mesha
• Train and provide handholding support to Pashu Sakhis on all data collection templates in consultation with JEEViKA.
• Develop database management systems for collection of data manually in the three intensive blocks in consultation with the JEEViKA team.
• Gather and analyse pre and post training assessment data of pashu sakhis and JEEViKA staff before and after completion of training.
• Ensure timely data collection on incomes and services delivered by pashu sakhis to the goat rearers (in the intensive blocks) in consultation with JEEViKA.
• Conduct validation exercise of the data collected from the field on a sample basis in coordination with JEEViKA team under the guidance of the Programme Officer-M&E, Project Mesha, AKF
• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications and Skills Required:

• Postgraduate degree in Social Sciences/ Statistics or Rural Development will be desirable.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in project monitoring & evaluation, MIS and database management with leading NGOs or Government programs.
• Preference will be given to candidates having a high degree of computer literacy and experience of working on livelihood projects
• S/he must have excellent documentation, analytical and interpersonal skills along with strong organizational ability; must be able to establish systems for gathering, analyzing and evaluating a range of data and converting them into useable information; learning and knowledge products:
• Proficient with MS Office, especially in MS Excel and/or Database Management
• Excellent documentation and communication skills English and Hindi (both written and verbal) is desirable
• Ability to work under pressure with multiple tasks, demands and deadlines with a positive and constructive attitude
• Willingness to travel extensively in the project area