Ireland: M+E Support Officer

Job Title:

M&E Support Officer (with Specialism in Survey Design)

Reports to:

Senior Programme Approaches and Learning Unit (PALU) Adviser

Liaises with:

Strategy, Advocacy and Learning, IT and Overseas fields.

Based in:

Dublin based with substantial overseas travel

Pay band:

Pay Band 3: €28,909 - €34,011

Contract Length:

1 year fixed term contract

Job Purpose:

As part of its commitment to improving its Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PM+E) system Concern Worldwide has been strengthening the use of technology for digital data gathering in its overseas projects. This technology is now operational in over 20 countries but continued efforts are needed to scale up the use of this technology for all elements of data collection, analysis and use.

The M&E Support Officer will support countries to look at digital solutions to data collection as part of an holistic approach to M+E, while serving as subject matter expert for survey design, construction, digitisation and analysis, providing information on request to country level programmes. This may involve medium term secondments to country teams.

Main duties & Responsibilities:

· Support country programmes (either in country or remotely) on how to formulate indicators, design questionnaires, design samples, collect data and undertake analysis in a manner which meets their data collection needs.

· Develop, along with country offices and relevant advisers, the most appropriate questions to use to meet specified monitoring requirements, in particular with respect to the construction of appropriate multi-item indicators and scales.

· Conversion of “rough” surveys into more meaningful data collection instruments with a clear survey logic, in consultation with the appropriate technical advisers.

· Undertake conversion from paper based surveys to digital format.

· Support the development of uniform surveys / templates that can be utilised across different countries.

· Support selected country programmes through basic descriptive analysis and report writing. Undertake basic analysis on the datasets produced to ensure they are ready for further analysis.

Training and Capacity Development

· Provide training at field and regional level on basic PM+E and on more specific survey design and analysis.

· Develop a trainer of trainers manual to facilitate the long term roll out of digital data gathering

Organisational Learning

· To participate actively in working groups that develop policy and promote organisational learning, both internal and external to the organisation, utilising past experience as appropriate.

Person specification:

Essential:

• A minimum of two years experience in survey design, development of questionnaires, digitization and analysis.
• Educated to post graduate degree level in a relevant field.
• Excellent understanding of Development issues.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and ability to communicate with those running the survey.

Desirable:

• Experience in an NGO or similar organization based in a Developing country
• Knowledge and experience of monitoring and evaluation systems

This post will be based in Dublin and will involve overseas travel to fields of operation.

To apply:

All applications should be submitted through our website at http://www.concern.net/jobs by closing date 5th November 2015

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Ireland at the time of application.

Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.

Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).

Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.

By submitting a formal application for paid or voluntary employment to Concern, you agree to Concern carrying out a clearance check as outlined above and that Concern will not proceed to recruit you should your name appear on any of the aforementioned lists.

All applications should be submitted through our website at http://www.concern.net/jobs by closing date 5th November 2015

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Ireland at the time of application.