Egypt: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Founded in 1979, St Andrew’s Refugee Services (StARS) is a refugee service provider in central Cairo that works to enhance the quality of life for refugees and vulnerable migrants through four programs: adult and children’s education, legal, and psychosocial services. We provide high-quality services meeting the unaddressed needs of refugees, and we provide a safe and inclusive space for displaced people to come together as a community. We work for refugees, with refugees, to make rights recognition a reality.

StARS’ Mission is to enhance the quality of life of refugees in Egypt and make their rights a reality through client-centered programs.

Our vision is a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for refugees in which they can exercise their rights, pursue their aspirations, and live in dignity.

We serve people from many places, including Ethiopia, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Syria. To learn more please visit www.stars-egypt.org.

Role

Reporting to the Director of Programs, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will support the development and implementation of StARS monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, program reporting, agency strategic planning, and the identification and development of funding applications. The M&E Officer will maintain the organization’s M&E Plan (logical framework approach), provide advice to programs on the M&E system, and provide support and guidance on developing and using M&E Tools. StARS programs are dynamic and must respond quickly to shifting community needs and available resources. The M&E system should be flexible to reflect this dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

All duties are carried out under the supervision of the Director of Programs.

M&E System, M&E Plan, Reporting Indicators, and M&E Tools

• In consultation with the Executive Director and Program Directors, review and revise as appropriate the M&E strategy for StARS programming.
• In consultation with program staff and management, maintain the StARS’ M&E Plan (logical framework approach). This includes developing or adjusting the M&E plan program theories and indicators for new programs, expanding programs or as programs change. Ensure M&E systems allow for timely reporting both internally and externally and for timely decision making.
• Provide training, support, and guidance to program staff on developing and maintaining the M&E plan and M&E system. Support learning-to-action to systematically analyze data for programmatic use, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into program design and implementation.
• Improve quality and coherence of M&E by assisting and supporting the development, regular review, and monitoring of M&E strategies and plans.
• As needed, provide support to program staff on reporting requirements, including reporting indicators, data integrity, data analysis, and data management.
• Maintain indicators matrix for all internal and external reporting. Develop summary reports for programs based on progress on indicators.
• Provide support to program staff on developing and using M&E tools including questionnaires, assessments, focus group discussions, and pre- and post-tests.
• As needed, complete data entry and data analysis, and develop reports on results from M&E tools used by programs. Maintain accurate records on data collection and analysis.

StARS Strategic Plan, Fundraising and Reporting

Support the Director of Programs, if needed, in:

• Monitoring progress on StARS’ strategic plan. Communicating with management and staff on progress.
• Co-facilitating staff and/or management workshop sessions on the strategic plan.
• Providing six monthly reports on progress on the strategic plan.
• Assisting in the identification of funding opportunities.
• Providing support in the drafting of funding applications.
• Assisting in drafting reports to funders.

Qualifications and characteristics of the ideal candidate:

• Experience developing or using an M&E plan, particularly results framework or logical framework approaches, including developing program theories and indicators.

• Experience using M&E tools for qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.

• Experience reporting to donors on and developing performance indicators.

• Familiarity with principles and current approaches to M&E.

• Competence using Excel for data analysis. Experience using other database systems or data analysis systems an asset.

• Experience in making successful funding applications and in maintaining relationships with donors.

• Past volunteer or work experience with low budget non-profits or community based organizations an asset.

• Experience working with refugees or other vulnerable populations preferred.

• Excellent verbal and written English. Fluency in Arabic an advantage.

• Good communication skills and flexibility to work with diverse programs.

• Relevant academic degree and/or training in fundamentals of M&E.

• Work history demonstrating a commitment to professionalism, effective communication skills, and the ability to work with a multi-cultural team.

• Capacity to work both independently and within a team.

Hours: 8 hours/day, 5 days/week (Sunday – Thursday), and other hours (weekends and evenings) as required.

Supervised by: Executive Director

Salary: EGP 5000-7000/month, dependent upon experience (plus EGP 100 monthly medical allowance and EGP 50 pension contribution).

Benefits: All StARS official benefit policies as stipulated in StARS Policies and Procedures Guidelines.

Closing date for applications: 5 June 2016

To apply: Please send a resume and cover letter addressing the role and requirements to bwibmer@stars-egypt.org. Use the subject line ‘**M&E Officer**’.