Monitoring Assistant

The Monitoring Assistant coordinates and performs monitoring activities within specific coverage areas and provides reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages. The role involves verifying distributions, collecting and analyzing programme data, liaising with partners, and supporting programme reviews and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Verify the planned movements and distribution of food or non-food items, resolving routine issues and escalating where appropriate, to ensure that the quantity distributed and the quality of the operation is in line with WFP standards.
• Collect and summarise assistance programme(s) data, collaborating with cooperating partners where required, conduct analysis and prepare reports in order to support programme reviews and informative decision-making.
• Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services.
• Suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures for efficient implementation of the assistance programmes.
• Arrange for regular meetings with community leaders and cooperating partners on commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food entitlements and other relevant issues to support effective communication flow and efficient operations.
• Allocate tasks to other staff, providing guidance and on-the-job training to support their development and high performance.
• Provide standard trainings for cooperating partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to independently self-monitor and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas.
• Prepare field mission reports to document programme implementation.
• Follow set emergency response processes and procedures for emergency food assistance.
• Perform other related duties or assignments in line with the position level and expertise as assigned by activity manager.

Requirements

• Completion of secondary school education.
• A post-secondary certificate or bachelors degree in social sciences, business administration or other any other related field is desirable.
• Minimum 5 years of field work experience in any sector of social development, humanitarian work, health, nutrition, or food security.
• Experience of collecting programme output and outcome data, conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, and reporting findings to management team, partners and other stakeholders.
• Experience of utilizing WFP monitoring and evaluation systems and standards.
• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Urdu.

Skills

• Field Work Experience
• Social Development
• Humanitarian Work
• Health Sector Experience
• Nutrition Programmes
• Food Security
• Data Collection
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• WFP Monitoring Systems
• Programme Reporting
• Stakeholder Liaison
• Programme Review
• Secondary Education
• Post-secondary Education

Languages

English, Urdu