M&E Consultant

Rights Respected, People Protected

NRC in Palestine

 

“A seven-year-old child in Gaza has already witnessed three wars in their lifetime. This is unacceptable.”

Jan Egeland, NRC’s Secretary General

 

Large-scale displacement took place during the wars of 1948 and 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.  Many of those displaced have never been able to return. There are currently over 5 million Palestinian refugees spread across Palestine, as well as in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

Through our programme in Palestine, we protect and assist those affected by or threatened with displacement. NRC Palestine has offices in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Hebron and Gaza, where we provide legal counselling to promote access to human rights, shelter, water and sanitation, and quality education.  Nationally and globally, we advocate for the rights of displaced Palestinians. We work to reach Palestinians who are displaced or who face imminent threats of displacement. Together with local authorities and community-based organisations, we establish mechanisms monitoring the needs of displaced Palestinians, and promoting community-owned solutions.

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) system assessment (100% of time)

Palestine’s M&E system is relatively well established and has been running for several years. The Palestine office would like to assess the system components and the elements within them, to optimize what the programme and M&E team do that would be characterised as M&E work. The ultimate goal of this review is to provide a path towards an M&E system that emphasizes NRC’s current strengths, simplifies the system and its related inputs to the maximum extent possible, clarifies NRC’s impact, and results in use of the appropriate indicators and philosophical approach. NRC’s activities and successes should be easily stated, measured, and learned from.

This involves what data, processes and initiatives are undertaken and by who under monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning themes. This assessment follows NRC’s Middle East Regional Office assessment of Palestine’s M&E system undertaken in January 2017 and few other Core Competency review undertaken internally. Most of the recommendations from those assessments are still valid; the assessments and reviews will be made available and can serve as a guide as to how to conduct the assessment (i.e. prioritizing specific areas of enquiry).

Additionally, NRC Palestine’s M&E team possesses significant experience and has already made great headway on systems review including several suggestions and starting points where this review may begin and ways in which current processes can be simplified. The consultant is expected to take team input from the West Bank and Gaza into equal account and to work with the current Acting M&E Coordinator in identifying the best way to incorporate and contextualize current thinking into a broader systems review.

Role Specific Information

 

Generic responsibilities:

-        At least 5 years’ experience in an international NGO preferably in an emergency or post-conflict setting, including M&E capacity and systems development
-        Thorough experience with and knowledge of  principles and current approaches to monitoring and evaluation in relief and development programs, using both quantitative and qualitative methods
-        Understanding of data and information needs for program management and decision making
-        Experience in facilitating the capacity building efforts of diverse colleagues, including local partner agencies
-        Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring and other formal and non-formal methods
-        Analytic and computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)
-        Native fluency in English, intermediate to advanced Arabic desirable (speaking, reading, writing)
-        Must be willing and able to travel throughout the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza for work purposes including overnighting in each location when required. NRC will support the permitting process for such travel where applicable.

Our Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for a university Graduate degree or significant experience above requirement in lieu in directly related field, such as operations research, quantitative analysis, etc; significant work experience in directly related field will be considered in lieu of specific M&E related education, with a minimum of 5 years previous experience .  Fluency in English, both written and verbal. We are particularly looking for a positive individual with strong communication skills, who can build trust and confidently navigate both internally and externally at different levels.

In this position you will join highly motivated and expert staff who are making a difference to the most vulnerable people in the world's biggest displacement crisis.

Additional Information:

Candidates are encouraged to apply early

Contract period: 6 weeks with possibility to extend if need identified

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s Consultancy terms and conditions

Duty station: East Jerusalem, Will supervise key components of the review process; Monitoring & Evaluation staff in West Bank and Gaza offices will follow the guidance of this consultant during activities related to this consultancy

NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
 

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