Volunteer/Monitoring & Evaluation

Organizational Setting and Reporting

The JRS Lebanon monitoring and evaluation department is responsible for collecting relevant, accurate and timely information to ensure project targets are achieved and to inform decision-making. Ongoing monitoring includes quantitative and qualitative data collection from four project sites in the areas of education, social services, protection and mental health as well as the Beirut Blast response.

General Purpose of the position:The monitoring and evaluation and reporting volunteer will work closely with the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) officer as well as field staff across five projects and report to the JRS Lebanon country director.  This is a remote-based position.  

Duties & Responsibilities

The volunteer will support the M&E department in all relevant activities with a focus on data collection and analysis and reporting.  The interested candidate will support and enhance the JRS monitoring and evaluation system by ensuring the collection of quality, disaggregated data and corresponding recording and storage of information, assist with reporting needs, and perform other duties associated within the monitoring and evaluation department or other JRS departments as requested.

Internship duties will include:

• Translating documents from Arabic to English and English to Arabic
• Create and manage online surveys e.g. Microsoft Forms
• Manage and support collection of quantitative data
• Contribute to developing data collection tools
• Provide weekly updates to M&E officer highlighting areas of concern as well as progress made
• Assist in ad hoc requests and projects as needed

Internship requirements:

• Fluency in Arabic and English
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to write clearly and concisely
• Basic analysis skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with M&E officer to achieve goals
• Desire to learn and be curious
• Strong command of MS Office programs
• Basic knowledge and understanding of humanitarian contexts, including in Lebanon