Job Description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

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Monitoring & Evaluation Officer-Luuq

The Role Summary:

The M&E Officer supports implementation of the RISE (Resilience through Inclusive Women’s Leadership, Nutrition Security and Peacebuilding in Somalia) project MEAL system in Luuq under World Vision Somalia and its partner SWCCA. The officer tracks indicators for climate-resilient livelihoods and nutrition security, inclusive women's leadership and peacebuilding, and community protection; conducts monitoring, assessments, data quality checks and analysis; strengthens community accountability; and provides timely evidence for adaptation, partner coordination and BMZ reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design, Assessment, & Planning

• Support implementation of the RISE log frame, indicator tracking table, indicator reference sheets, MEAL plan and reporting calendar across the three outcomes.
• Develop and adapt quantitative and qualitative monitoring tools, Kobo/ODK forms, sampling plans and checklists for World Vision and SWCCA.
• Support baseline, periodic assessments, gender, resilience and peace/conflict-sensitive monitoring, and midterm/end-line evaluations.
• Establish secure indicator evidence files, disaggregation protocols and partner data flows.

2. Implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Activities

• Coordinate routine field monitoring and verification in Luuq, including supervision of enumerators and partner field data collection.
• Monitor Outcome 1: Farmer/Pastoral Field Schools, climate-smart agriculture, irrigation, nutrition activities, savings groups, diversified livelihoods and disaster risk management.
• Monitor Outcome 2: inclusive local mediation, inter-community dialogue, social cohesion, conflict early warning and women/youth leadership
• Monitor Outcome 3: community protection systems, referral pathways and Women and Girls Safe Spaces, using safe aggregated reporting.
• Track indicators against targets with appropriate sex, age, disability, displacement and minority disaggregation; facilitate monthly/quarterly performance reviews and action follow-up.

3. Quality Assurance & Knowledge Management

• Conduct regular data quality assessments, spot checks, source verification, cleaning and triangulation of World Vision and SWCCA monitoring data.
• Maintain secure, version-controlled data and evidence repositories with informed consent, confidentiality and restricted access to sensitive information.
• Prepare indicator analyses, dashboards, field reports, donor reporting inputs and documented lessons for adaptive management.
  

4. Humanitarian & Program Accountability

• Ensure participants receive accessible information on project objectives, targeting criteria, activities and feedback mechanisms.
• Coordinate with accountability and safeguarding focal points to analyze feedback trends and monitor timely responses without exposing confidential complaints.
• Mainstream Do No Harm, conflict sensitivity, gender equality, disability inclusion and safe participation in monitoring.

5. External Engagement, M&E Capacity Strengthening

• Coach World Vision and SWCCA staff and enumerators on indicator definitions, digital data collection, data quality, reporting and ethical monitoring.
• Coordinate non-sensitive monitoring and validation with district authorities, line ministries, community structures and project technical leads.
• Facilitate partner learning, joint monitoring and documented follow-up on agreed improvements.

6. Safeguarding

• Comply with World Vision child and adult safeguarding, PSEA, confidentiality and security policies and promptly report concerns through approved channels.
• Apply survivor-centered, consent-based and non-identifying approaches to protection and GBV-related monitoring; follow authorized referral procedures.
• Assess fieldwork risks and ensure safe participation of women, children, people with disabilities and marginalized groups.

Experiences and Qualifications

• University degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health or related field.
• At least 3 years of M&E/MEAL experience in humanitarian or development programmes.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research, field monitoring, DQA and reporting skills.
• Experience in livelihoods, nutrition, peacebuilding, protection or gender equality.
• Experience with BMZ/German-funded projects, results frameworks, resilience programming, gender-transformative approaches, protection-sensitive data and local partner capacity strengthening preferred.
• Proficiency in Excel, Kobo/ODK and statistical analysis;
• Strong written English and spoken Somali.
• Training in digital data collection, safeguarding, accountability and conflict-sensitive monitoring desirable.

Working Environment

• Office-based in Luuq, Jubaland State with domestic travel required from time to time.

World Vision adheres to strict child and adult safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks which will include criminal background checks. They will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Academic certificates will be verified with the issuing institution.

Skills Required

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