Monitoring Expert

Main responsibilities
The Monitoring Expert (ME):
·       Supports the Senior Monitoring Expert (SME) and the Output 1 Lead (O1L) in FMV questionnaire development;
·       Supports the FMV-specific training of field monitors;
·       Supports O1L in Field Monitoring Report (FMR) drafting and revision.
 
Technical tasks
The ME:
·       Organises and develops FMV-specific questionnaires on the basis of drafts provided by the SME, in close collaboration with O1L;
·       Participates in the training of field monitors on FMV-specific questionnaires;
·       Checks the quality of the data received from the field team;
·       Analyses the raw data received from the field team and drafts a descriptive summary of findings organised as per FMR assessment criteria;
·       Provides any support requested by O1L for the drafting and/or revision of other sections of FMRs;
·       Carries out FMV validation;
·       Requests complementary information from the field team and from the SME to support FMR drafting and revision as needed;
·       Brings about any issue requiring further consideration to the attention of O1L;
·       Provides any FMV-specific or portfolio-level support requested by O1L.
 
Liaison and line management
The ME:
·       Reports to Aktis for contract-related matters;
·       Reports to O1L for matters related to the organisation, scheduling, content and quality of the work;
·       Is available to respond to inquiries at the request of the Team Leader.
 
Experience and skills required
·       Only perfectly bilingual Arabic-English candidates with impeccable English writing capacity will be considered for the position. In addition, the candidates will be able to demonstrate:
·       An outstanding record in data analysis and drafting;
·       At least two years of experience in monitoring and evaluation;
·       Experience in the development of questionnaires for field surveys;
·       A high degree of attention to both substantive and formal details in drafting;
·       Capacity to work as part of a multi-level team, partly on site and partly remote;
 
Desirable background and experience include:
·       An MSc degree, ideally in the social sciences;
·       Work experience in relation to the Syrian crisis;
·       Experience in the field of humanitarian assistance;
·       Engagement with donors and field work agencies.
·       Location
·       The ME will be based in Beirut (Lebanon), where the SIM O1 Core team is located. Regular visits to the field team in Gaziantep, as well as occasional visits to other locations across the Middle East may be required.