Community Monitor

TOR for Community Monitor – CM-SV

Duty stations – (SMLP2 regions) Marodijeh, Awdal, togdher, Sanaag , Sool (Ainabo district only)

Position: Community Monitors (One position)

Reporting lines: Reports to the DARS Manager (TPM Team Leader)

Background

DARs is a subcontractor for Integrity, implementing Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) activities in Somaliland as part of the Somali Monitoring and Learning Project 2 (SMLP-II).Data and Research Solutions (DARS) is a statistical research company established by a group of development, statistical, and social science research experts which is officially registered in Hargeisa, Garowe, Mogadishu and Nairobi Kenya.

Mission Our mission is to support result-based policy and decision making to clients, public or private institutions by providing high quality information solutions with dedication and integrity in a timely manner. We believe in providing accurate and independent data and research services to our clients. 1.3 Vision Our vision is to be the regional leader in research, data and analytics not only in Somalia but in whole African region with our strong and experienced team of research professionals.

1.      Duties and Responsibilities

o   Community Monitor is responsible to conduct Site Visits as assigned in Somaliland sites  and adjacent sites (such as IDP camps and adjacent rural villages). The assigned communities will either be areas with a high concentration of USAID -BHA activities, or an area that is perpetually inaccessible due to insecurity.

o   The community monitor conducts data quality reviews with special attention to data completeness, data accuracy, data integrity, validity, and timeliness, and submits the Community Monitoring Site Visit data for each assigned sites to DARs team leader by the 20th of each month so that DARs TPM manager can review and share the report by 28th of each month.

o   Community Monitor, who already lives in the assigned community, is expected to provide ongoing context monitoring including capturing contextual photographic information when photographs are determined to be safe.

o   The community monitoring collects Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of each of the (SMLP2 regions) Marodijeh, Awdal, togdher, Sanaag , Sool (Ainabo district only)sites as well as other points of interest (such as major infrastructure or IP offices) when use of GPS is determined to be safe.

o   The Subcontractor collects data using one Community Observation Tool for each of the sites assigned sites per month.

o   The community monitor will carry out mapping of humanitarian aid organizations, actors, and facilities. The community Monitor will conduct Local market/supermarket scans for donor-funded food and nutrition commodities.

o   The Community Monitor is expected to record highlights from local media on issues related to humanitarian assistance, including context monitoring on market conditions, natural disasters/disease outbreaks, conflict/insecurity, political /administrative changes, and migration in and out of the communities/camps. 

o   The Community Monitor is responsible for recording highlights of community meetings, when attendance is possible, and/or recording the content of publicly posted notifications from the IPs or community leaders as they relate to beneficiary selection and aid coordination/announcements.

o   The Community Monitor will be responsible to record observations of live activities including distributions, service delivery, training, community awareness events, etc., when security and safety conditions allow.

o   The Community Monitor will record highlights of informal one-on-one conversations (on select guiding topics described in the tool) with community members (particularly members of minority clans, people with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women, families with children under five) community leaders, local officials, and IP/IP local partner staff. These conversations will be completed only when security and safety conditions allow.

o   The Community Monitor will also conduct beneficiary survey (BSs) for at least three beneficiaries for the site monthly. The Monitor will aim to survey those same three beneficiaries each of the months of CM-SVs, to assess changes over time to the respondents’ conditions and perceptions.

o   University degree in public health, social sciences, statistics, planning development, and/or related field is required. Degree in monitoring and evaluation or research will be an added advantage.

o   A minimum of 2 + years’ experience in field work and data management.

o   Ability to work in teams, openness to respond positively to different points of view.

o   Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrate computer skills.

o   Experience and knowledge on mobile data collection ODK, Koobo-toolbox.

• willing to travel to different regions across Somalia/Somaliland and can write and speak the English language fluently, as well as the fluent Somali languages Maxatiri and Maay in your work (SMLP2) region.

o   Experience in undertaking both qualitative and qualitative data.

DARS is an equal-opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent. If you think you are a great fit for this position, please submit your detailed and up-to-date CV, a cover letter, and the contact details of three professional referees in one document by email to [email protected] and cc [email protected] with the subject of the email as “APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY MONITOR" by no later than December 10th  2023. All applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the selection process.