Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (11-597)

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

Reporting to Health Technical Unit M&E Advisor

Accountable to - Health Technical Unit - Director of Health Policy & Practice

SUMMARY

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, working as part of International Medical Corps’ Health Technical Unit (HTU), will provide technical assistance and build capacity of M&E within our programs worldwide. The M&E Officer will identify proven M&E approaches and tools and work closely with International Medical Corps staff at headquarters and the field to implement these techniques. S/he will also assist in proposal writing, reporting and new program development in full collaboration with the HTU and relevant Operations regional desk teams.

• Review proposals to ensure IMC’s M&E guidelines are followed, appropriate indicators are selected, targets are appropriate, etc.  and that the proposals are technically sound and evidence based
• Provide technical support for design, implementation and analysis of periodic quantitative and qualitative data collection activities, including baseline, midpoint and end of project assessments
• Contribute extensively to development of IMC’s internal systems for information and knowledge management and utilization, including standardized country-level monthly reports and grant tracking functions
• Provide technical input and review for quarterly and annual to meet donor and IMC needs
• Advise IMC international operations staff in the planning and monitoring of M&E related expenditures and make recommendations for required human and financial resources
• Design, test, implement and review routine project monitoring and report forms and data flow mechanisms and oversee the management of data for regular reporting on program process
• Assist in the development of an IMC data quality and use initiative
• Collaborate with the IMC Operational Research working group to facilitate and conduct operational research activities as appropriate to support effective and efficient program implementation and M&E strategies, tools and policies
• Work with technical advisors to develop M&E processes and related tools that support quality assurance for key program areas (women and child health, water and sanitation, mental health, emergency response, health capacity building)
• Establish and maintain feedback mechanisms for M&E results with all stakeholders to indentify and share lessons learned and best practices
• Design and roll-out initiatives to strengthen IMC’s technical approach to program development, design, monitoring and evaluation including adoption of standardized indicators and benchmarks; M&E plans; PMPs; activity and indicators tracking tools
• Assist in the development of IMC evaluation policy

REQUIREMENTS

• Masters level or higher degree in epidemiology, public health, social sciences, health information management, biostatistics or a related discipline;
• At least two years of field experience with an INGO in humanitarian and/or transitional contexts.
• Experience in program cycle management including logframe development, reporting and application of evaluation methodologies;
• Competent in quantitative and qualitative approaches and participatory assessment;
• Competent in MS Excel, word processing, Power Point and experience using statistical packages such as SPSS, EPI-info, STATA, SAS, etc.;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate technical material to both expert and lay audiences;
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time

OTHER

• Strong organizational and time management skills and capacity to coordinate work across multiple departments;
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and analytical skills;
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required
• Fluency in written and spoken French strongly desirable

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

To officially begin the application process, please visit our website at http://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx and complete the online employment application form.