M&E Assistant-Vacancy-NFI

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Naz Foundation International: Vacancies Announcement 16

Job Title: M & E Assistant

Employing organisation: Naz Foundation International (NFI)

Location: NFI South Asia Regional Office, Lucknow, India

Date of issue: 30th August 2010

Closing date: 15th September 2010

Naz Foundation International is strongly committed to ensuring diversity within

our organisation. We strongly welcome applications from sexual minority

communities. NFI does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on

their HIV status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Background:

Naz Foundation International (NFI) is an international development agency

headquartered in the UK, with its regional programme office based in Lucknow,

India, where it implements a regional programme of technical and institutional

assistance to support its South Asia country partners to strengthen their

capacity to support locally-based MSM and HIV and sexual health interventions in

their countries.

As a coalition response to the sexual health needs of MSM and hijras in South

Asia (PSI Nepal, UNDP, NFI, and its four country partners), a South Asia

multi-country regional application was made to the Global Fund on AIDS, TB and

Malaria Round 9, which was secured.

Countries engaged in this will be Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,

Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

NFI as a sub-recipient (SR) of this project, where PSI Nepal will be the

principal recipient (PR), will be responsible for implementing the range of

MSM/hijra technical assistance and support to the different countries through a

process of Community strengthening, reducing vulnerability, and minimising risk

of the further spread of HIV for men who have sex with men and transgender

populations in South Asia.

NFI Regional Office is now seeking to secure staff to implement the two-year

Phase 1 of the project.

Position Description:

The M & E Assistant Is responsible in supporting the M & E Manager for the design,

implementation and oversight of NFI's monitoring tools, procedures and surveys

to assess NFI's and its partners success in achieving the targets as developed

for the GFATM Project.

Key Responsibilities:

Will support the M & E Manager in collecting and collating all M & E data from the

range of country partners engaged with NFI Regional Office and submitting

regular reports to both the Regional Project Director and NFI Secretariat (based

in London UK) for the GFATM supported regional project. This will include

designing and developing NFI's monitoring and evaluation strategy, and ensuring

the establishment of key success indicators and milestones, frameworks and tools

for activity monitoring and evaluation of programme impact. A range of

multi-country field visits will be required, along with working closely with

in-country Technical Advisors seconded to each country partner.

Summary of responsibilities:

Will support the M & E Manager in

• Develop and implement NFI's monitoring and evaluation strategy, especially the

establishment of key success indicators and milestones of the GFATM programme.

• Working with the GFATM Grant Manager (based at the NFI Secretariat, London,UK)

and project sub-recipients (NFI's country partners) to implement the monitoring

strategy, frameworks and tools for activity monitoring and evaluation of

programme impact.

• Collate M & E data from the various country partners and produce monthly and

quarterly reports.

• Conduct field visits to verify data and monitoring records.

• Supervise the collection, quality control, consolidation and analysis of

activity-related data in cooperation with all country partners.

• Design and implement surveys to assess success of the programme in meeting key

project outputs where appropriate and in collaboration with key stakeholders.

• Share findings and evidence with relevant stakeholders and contribute to

discussions on how to re-direct interventions as appropriate.

• Establish networks of information collection and sharing, and strengthen

overall M & E capacity.

• Facilitate the utilisation of M & E data for advocacy and resource mobilisation

and support National AIDS Control Programmes in South Asia.

• Support the process of national AIDS planning, ensuring focus and strong

evidence-based inputs drawn from surveillance, operational research and

strengthening of M & E.

Skills and qualifications required:

• Bachelors in Public Health with substantial monitoring and evaluation

experience.

• Experience of working with MSM and transgender populations

• Proven understanding of the issues of MSM and sexual health issues in South

Asia.

• Demonstrable ability to consolidate information from multiple resources,

design, development and implementation of M & E frameworks.

• 1-3 years of experience in working in a challenging developing country

context.

• Demonstrated experience with quantitative and qualitative research processes.

• Strong English written and oral communication skills; ability to present

information effectively to various audiences, large and small; and sound

computer literacy skills

• Ability to work productively in a fast-paced team environment and capacity to

exercise influence with sub-recipients diplomatically and effectively.

Will report to the M & E Manager.

Applications are welcomed and encouraged from candidates from sexual/gender

minorities with the required skills and qualifications.

Remuneration:

Salary package will be commensurate with qualifications and experience, and

budgetary requirements.

To apply:

Interested candidates should send their CV with a cover letter and photograph to

applications_gfatm@... clearly mentioning the subject line and location M & E

Assistant, Lucknow.

Contact address:

Employment

Naz Foundation Regional Office

9 Gulzar Colony, New Berry Lane

Lucknow, 226001

India

Likely interview for shortlisted candidates will be intimated via email.