Overall purpose of the role:

The SA M&E officer shall be stationed in Jigjiga and Gode, Somali region where the project is operating. S/he is responsible for overall monitoring, data collection, knowledge management and support to evaluation in the SA project and its intervention woredas.

Main tasks of the M&E officer:

• Support the PC in activity planning and budget forecasting – so that every team member (as well as the contract partners) understands the project activities and results indicators, and how to monitor these;
• Provide technical and coaching support to all the WSAEs in the project (including those employed by partners) so that they develop M&E skills such as work planning for results, timely and regular data collection and mobile data uploading, and quarterly reporting;
• Plan own activities in coordination with the PC and the GSIE, including joint monitoring and technical support trips as per needs of the WSAE;
• Ensure timely and regular completion of M&E data forms by WSAEs s (e.g. essential SA meeting SAC membership etc.) and provide him/her with data generated to facilitate woreda level monitoring of the SA process;
• Document interesting practice lessons and results and disseminate these lessons within the cluster and to another stake-holders;
• During project team meetings, share M&E data to improve implementation performance;
• Ensure, in collaboration with the WSAE, that key project events and documents (e.g. JAPs) are properly documented and stored in woreda office, IP office and MA;
• Ensure that progress of program implementation against indicators is documented and that activities are on track, according to action plan;
• Contribute to writing of quarterly narrative reports:
• Provide training to WSAEs and enumerators on data collection and survey completion;
• Ensure WSAEs and enumerators generate complete and quality-checked survey questionnaires in accordance with the MA CRC guidance and standards;
• Together with other M&E officers and the MA, prepare ESAP grantee participation in the regional FTA-SA partnership meetings for sector responsiveness, policy dialogue, and SA systems development – debrief the project team on follow-up activities;
• Participate in and provide input to learning and capacity development events organized by the MA with the federal/regional governments and relevant sector ministries/ bureaus – actively share learning with the project team, and roll-out agreed M&E actions to the project team;

Upon request of the project coordinator, organize and participate in monitoring visits planned by ESAP3 MA and/or as requested by government or development partners;

Upon request of the project coordinator, support ESAP3 baseline and end-line activities and other research activities as appropriate.