Overview
The Field Monitor Assistant (FMA) is responsible for collecting data related to WFP’s programme implementation at the field level and ensuring its submission for analysis and dissemination to inform operational decision-making. The FMA engages with WFP’s beneficiaries and Partners.
Tasks Summary
- Apply corporate standards in monitoring activities, including SOPs, CRF, and M&E corporate policies.
- Work closely with programme units at the field level to ensure monitoring provides necessary information for programme improvements.
- Establish and maintain partnerships with WFP’s beneficiary communities and partners.
- Mainstream gender, equity, disability, protection, human rights and other inclusion issues in M&E work.
- Support training of enumerators and partners.
- Suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures.
- Collect output, process and outcome monitoring data, including distribution monitoring, activity implementation monitoring, Post-Distribution Monitoring, retail performance monitoring, surveys and qualitative monitoring methodologies.
- Provide information about activity sites to the country office to inform sampling plans.
- Ensure CFM channels are established and issues raised are incorporated in M&E tools.
- Keep track of monitoring visits and coverage.
- Follow ethical guidelines during monitoring activities.
- Conduct regular data quality checks.
- Verify, clean, analyze and interpret monitoring data.
- Submit data to centralized databases.
- Assist during technical support missions from the CO M&E team, evaluation teams or other missions related to M&E.
- Submit back-to-office reports from field missions and use an escalation system for reporting on issues.
- Work closely with programme staff in the field to ensure quality data is captured in COMET.
- Attend regular meetings between M&E and programme at the field level to review monitoring findings and discuss recommendations.
Experience Requirements
- Four years' experience in data collection, analysis or data management.
- Has experience in using one of the analysis software such as microsoft excel, SPSS, R etc.
Qualification Requirements
• Post high school diploma in Social Sciences or related field
