M&E Officer - Youth Resolve (Phase II)

Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA) is a nongovernmental, secular association that works through a wide range of networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) to meet the needs of the local community on the basis of sustainable development. DPNA was established in 2003 and now has 85 full- and part-time staff members as well as 980 volunteers supporting DPNA to accomplish its vision and mission.
DPNA’s Vision: A non-violent democratic society where individuals enjoy all their rights and freedoms without discrimination.
DPNA’s Mission: To empower, mobilize, and enable citizens to change and meet the needs of the communities, as individuals and/or groups, specifically the marginalized communities in rural, bordered, and poverty areas, through human rights based approach.

In response to youth experiencing “the violence of exclusion” and the pressing social and economic needs, the proposed intervention promotes an integrated, sustainable and holistic approach to empowerment and resilience for youth among refugee and host communities. The design builds on two major components of social stability and advocacy that are closely interconnected and mutually reinforce each other - applying a gender-sensitive and disability inclusive approach.

The overall objective of the proposed action implemented by the Youth RESOLVE consortium is to strengthen social stability among youth by empowering them to become leading actors in their communities. This will be achieved through two Specific Objectives:

SO 1:  Refugees and host communities youth interact for the benefit of their communities 

SO 2: Municipal/community decision makers implement refugee and host community youth-led propositions for change

DPNA is responsible to implement the project activities in the following geographical scopes: Barja, Saida, Mghayriye, and Bkossta

The role of the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (M&E Officer) is mainly to: 

• Develop and strengthen monitoring and evaluation procedures;
• Monitor all project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the project output;
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results;
• Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities;
• Suggest strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying blockages in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such obstacles;
• Support Project Manager in the development of reports (Monthly, Annualy etc.);
• Assist the project team with M&E tools and in supporting them in their use;
• Implement Field Visits to check on the quality of the project activities implementation;
• Collect Human Interest Stories for reporting;
• Compare achievements to the needed indicators of the project;
• Coordinate all M&E works with partners;
• Attend capacity building sessions and meetings with partners and team;
• Support evaluation team in mid-term and final project evaluation;
• Perform other duties as required;

Professional Competencies:

• Bachelor degree in social sciences, humanities quantitative/qualitative research methods, business, or any relevant field 
• Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience preferably in social work, community development, non-government etc.
• Minimum of 1 year of related experience in monitoring and evaluation;
• Fluent in English and Arabic, both written and spoken
• Proficient in MS Office applications, including Word and Excel 

Behavioral Competencies:

• Planning and delivering results
• Working with youth
• Analyzing
• Attention to details 
• Responsible
• Flexible and Adaptable 
• Communication skills