Good Neighbors is an international humanitarian development NGO founded in Korea in 1991 to make the world a place without hunger, where people live together in harmony. Good Neighbors is working in 192 communities in 40 countries with our focus on an inclusive community development approach and child protection.
Good Neighbors Guatemala is implementing a long-term development program focusing on sponsorship, child protection, education, health, WASH, income generation & partnership building, and advocacy in 8 Community Development Programs.
We are currently seeking a qualified and highly motivated Guatemalan national candidate to serve as M&E Coordinator for Good Neighbors Guatemala country office, based in Guatemala City.

The M&E Coordinator oversees the M&E function and will work with the Social/Economic Development Division and partners’ program teams to design and lead a strong M&E system. The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator will develop and ensure that the Good Neighbors’ country program implements the monitoring and evaluation commitments as set out in its Country Strategic Plan (CSP). The M&E coordinator will ensure that suitable monitoring and evaluation systems are in place, implemented as intended, and reporting comprehensively and timely to facilitate program coordinators and managers to deliver programs that achieve the desired outcomes/impacts.

Key Responsibilities and Duties Program Design

• Assess the needs and capacities of the target communities.
• Develop the TORs for needs assessments and surveys. Lead design and planning of needs assessments in coordination with other external sector
• Lead development and analysis of GN program baseline, mid and end-line surveys
• Involve communities in problem analysis and project design.
• Provides inputs from survey and assessment data for tracking overall progress on projects, programs and strategic priorities
• Implement gender assessment studies and other key project deliverables in line with the theory of change
• Provides inputs from survey and assessment data to track overall progress on projects, programs and strategic priorities.

Responsible for setting up the M&E system and operationalizing the monitoring

1. Provide an indicator matrix,
2. Map M&E roles and responsibilities of project and support staff
3. Consider ethical and safe collection and storage of data,
4. Consider data quality audits,
5. Consider storing, protecting, and sharing project documents
6. Consider the end of the project learning review.

• Determine which monitoring activities will take place and which data collection methods will be used to ensure their adequacy and appropriateness.
• Ensure that monitoring activities are adequately resourced, with sufficient project and support staff and an adequate budget;
• Ensure that the project work plan includes monitoring activities (or that a stand-alone monitoring work plan is in place), is up-to-date, and progress tracked.
• Develop, translate, pilot and finalize data collection tools as needed.
• Establish project/program databases &/or tracking sheets, &/or set up in the data platform.
• Assist in training staff in data collection methods, management, analysis and action techniques.
• Seek solutions for more complex data management requirements by working with IT staff, leading the development of databases, etc;
• Ensure that data is collected and entered into databases &/ tracking sheets, &/or the data platform regularly.
• Providing consistent, supportive supervision to strengthen staff performance as necessary to meet monitoring objectives and ensure data quality.
• Conducting data quality audits of projects & programs to identify and resolve systemic problems affecting data quality and documenting and storing findings in project files on Box or similar applications.
• Assist in conducting regular analysis and action planning meetings to (1) compare data against project milestones, targets, and quality expectations across project sites; (2) identify issues requiring further attention; (3) define action needed and assign responsibility and deadlines.
• Track progress on action points related to implementation and M&E activities.
• Provide M&E inputs for reports written during project implementation.
• Share reports written during project implementation with donors and other stakeholders and upload them to project files;
• Lead design and planning of beneficiary selection criteria in collaboration with technical staff;
• Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained following the Good Neighbors’ Code of Conduct

Strengthening country program M&E

• Compiling routine data across sites and for cross-cutting strategic objectives.
• Establishing country program core indicator tracking sheets &/or dashboards.
• Establishing cross-sectorial approaches to monitoring (for example for activities being undertaken by more than one sector, or beneficiary counting);
• Assist in completing quarterly Monitoring for Action project assessments and identifying projects needing targeted support. Build culture of Learning and Knowledge Management
• Participate/coordinate the design of quantitative and qualitative participatory Programme evaluations (baseline, annual and final evaluations), assessments, reviews and other special studies
• Facilitate documentation of the project results, impact, best practices and the most significant changes.
• Document learnings and best practices; disseminate learnings, reports, and publications and participate in learning sessions, and ensure that the lessons learned are utilized to inform programming and advocacy.
• Support conceptualization and planning of learning events/activities
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in statistics, social science, public health, development economics, or a related discipline
• At least 7 years of experience in the development / humanitarian sector. Experience in INGOs and Government grants (USAID, EU, KOICA, etc.) would be an advantage;
• Technical skills in monitoring and evaluation, including experience with multi-sectorial and multi-donor funded programs and experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis;
• Abilities in developing monitoring plans, data collection, information management, use of databases, and analysis and performance monitoring;
• Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others;
• Comprehensive knowledge of humanitarian accountability principles and their translation into practice;
• Ability to prioritize, organize and carry out multiple tasks efficiently and under pressure with little supervision
• Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and reporting skills;
• Excellent data management and data analysis skills, with solid skills in Microsoft Excel;
• Experience using at least one software application amongst Microsoft Access, Power BI, Tableau, SPSS, STATA, R software, Kobo ToolBox or CommCare;
• Willingness to travel to various provincial and field-level offices.
• Good attitude, self-motivation, and ability to work well individually as well as in teams.
• High proficiency in English required.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE:

• A cover letter
• A provided application form (we will proide it during the process before the interview)
• Photocopy of degree certificate(s) / diploma(s)
• At least two employment references (Name, Phone Number, Email Address)

SUBMIT AN APPLICATION:

• Subject: “Application–M&E Coordinator-Candidate full name”
• No later than 15 Feb 2024.

Note:

• Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
• Full benefits will be included in the compensation package.
• All applications will be carefully considered, but only short-listed applicants will be interviewed.

Good Neighbors Guatemala provides equal employment opportunities for all qualified candidates. The organization does not discriminate for employment based on age, color, disability, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by laws and regulations.