Overview of position

• Since the formation of the Federal Government of Somalia, the country has made significant progress towards restoring peace & security. However, significant destabilizing factors remain. These include most notably, the persistent threat of violent extremist group Al Shabaab, particularly in rural areas; recurrent & unresolved clan, land & resource based conflicts, weak & nascent institutions & the internal displacement of more than 2 million individuals.  

• While the transition, recovery & development needs of Somalia, after almost 3 decades of civic conflict & violent extremism remain a long term, if not generational process, such progress will be unachievable in the absence of solid foundations for peace & security, particularly at community levels. Currently, several regions remain at risk of deteriorating into clan based conflict & falling under the occupation of violent extremist groups, in the absence of consolidated, strategic support for stability.  

• Since 2016, our client has been supporting the government to lead & for communities to drive transition & recovery processes in areas impacted by displacement, conflict & violent extremism. These programs, which are implemented through our clients Somalia’s Transition & Recovery Pillar (TRP), are intended to promote peace, security & stability in fragile & displacement affected areas of Somalia.

• Under the overall supervision & management of the Program Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation & Communications) & the direct supervision of the National Program Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation), the Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant will be responsible for supporting the activities of the program’s monitoring, evaluation & reporting functions.

Role objectives

• Assist in developing project monitoring plans & operational monitoring tools (e.g., checklists, questionnaires, interviews & survey forms, etc.) with clear & concise roles, timelines & targets. 

• Support data collection through household surveys, key informant interviews & focus group discussion in timely manner & assist in translating data collection tools including post intervention monitoring tools, baseline, mid  term, end line, impact evaluation methodologies from English to Somali.

• Participate in strengthening existing M&E systems for the projects & keep records of M&E documents in hard & soft copies, organize them based on the activity related & upload into Share Point accordingly the data management system & present when required.

• Support in assessing the validity of monitoring & evaluation data through a review of activities, completed monitoring forms / databases & a review of aggregate level statistics reported.

• Conduct periodic field monitoring visits to maintain current information for accurate documentation & reporting, coordinate logistics & play a key role in all internal & external assessments.

• Assist to collect & present relevant information & support in the project reporting by closely coordinating with project teams & focal persons to assist the program implementation teams provide timely & accurate reports & draft forms that harmonize between field needs & database reporting.

• Work closely with the project staff to document accurate & concise success stories / human interest stories & record & share lessons learned from project evaluations.

• Closely follow up with complaints, response & feedback mechanism.

• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Project reporting

This role reports to the line manager.

Key competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Development Studies, or a related field, from an accredited academic institution with 3 years of relevant professional experience or completion of High School Degree in the above fields with minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience.

• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability & learning, including knowledge of remote implementation.

• Experience producing M&E reports including baselines, endlines, FGD reports, post intervention monitoring.

• Experience working for an International NGO or UN agency.

• Experience with international humanitarian organizations, non governmental or governmental institutions / organizations in a multi cultural setting.

• Experience supervising a team & coordinating with different stakeholders for the implementation of M&E activities.

• Knowledge of working in conflict / volatile contexts on community stabilization in Somalia.

• Knowledge of implementing M&E activities for community stabilization programming.

• Excellent & demonstrable analytical, communication & writing skills.

• Knowledge in the usage of Kobo collect for M&E data collection & MS Office software packages (Word, Excel, etc.) & knowledge of spreadsheet & data analysis.

• Must have prior & relevant work experience of minimum of 5 years in Africa.

• Must be fluent in both English & Somali.

• Respects & promotes individual & cultural differences; encourages diversity & inclusion wherever possible.

• Maintain high ethical standards & acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles / rules & standards of conduct.

• Demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent & committed manner & exercises careful judgment in meeting day to day challenges.

• Develops & promotes effective collaboration within & across units to achieve shared goals & optimize results.

• Produces & delivers quality results in a service oriented & timely manner, is action oriented & committed to achieving agreed outcomes.

• Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge & innovate.

• Takes ownership for achieving the organization’s priorities & assumes responsibility for own action & delegated work.

• Encourages & contributes to clear &d open communication, explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring & motivational way.

Team management

This role has no team management responsibiity.

Further information

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.

• Educational certificate of the selected candidate will be sent for cross verification.

Disclaimer: At no stage of the recruitment process will CTG ask candidates for a fee. This includes during the application stage, interview, assessment and training.