South Sudan: AME Manager (Appraisal Monitoring and Evaluation) – South Sudan

Department: Programme
Position: AME Manager (Appraisal Monitoring and Evaluation) – South Sudan
Contract duration: 6 months renewable
Location: Juba, Republic of South Sudan
Starting Date: ASAP
I. Background on ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential.

ACTED endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.

We go the last kilometer: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard to reach areas. ACTED develops and implements programs that target the most vulnerable amongst populations that have suffered from conflict, natural disaster, or socio-economic hardship. ACTED’s approach looks beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer term livelihoods reconstruction and sustainable development.

With a budget of 164 million EUR in 2014, ACTED is active in 35 countries and implements more than 450 projects a year reaching over 8 million beneficiaries with 400 international staff and 4,300 national staff.

II. Country Profile

Capital Office: Juba
National Staff: 500
International Staff: 50
Areas: 10
On-going programmes: 8
Budget: 2.9 M €

In 2012, ACTED has undertaken an expansion of activities in South Sudan. A Juba level coordination office was opened in 2011, and in 2012 the capital office has expanded to provide additional support to our field offices that opened in Bentiu, Unity State, and Malakal, Upper Nile State. The rapidly changing situation in South Sudan over the past months has led ACTED to up-scale its emergency response capacities, while also continuing to provide basic services in the traditional areas of intervention.
Since January 2012, ACTED has been providing refugee and IDP assistance in Unity and Upper Nile states. In Maban County, this assistance has focused on the life-saving assistance to refugees from Blue Nile State, Sudan. ACTED as camp manager for Jamam refugee camp has strived to provide the basic needs for the population including shelter, waste management, livelihoods, and construction of community infrastructures.
Additionally, ACTED has responded to the new refugee influx in May with the provision of shelter and emergency latrines at transit sites while providing transportation assistance to refugees relocating to permanent settlements. In Unity state, ACTED has focused on the provision of livelihoods assistance to refugees in Nyeel and Pariang refugee camps.
ACTED also continues to build on its traditional areas of intervention, focusing on food security and livelihoods in Western Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap, and water, sanitation and hygiene in both states as well. Tonj North in Warrap was also a new area for ACTED where a Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project is being implemented in the underserved area. All of these interventions continue to provide both basic and live-saving assistance to vulnerable populations throughout South Sudan.

III. Position Profile

The AME Manager, in close cooperation with the Program Coordinator, will develop and manage the M&E strategy for the project, improving program quality, monitoring performance and facilitating the transmission of best practices. He/she will contribute to building ACTED overall M&E capacity, enhancing the overall use of clear program logic, sound data collection and analysis methods; and facilitating assessments that are integrally linked to program design.

1. Project Cycle Management
   Facilitate the development and implementation of project cycle management
   Develop a PCM guide, incl. tools and procedures to be used
   Train the staff to use the PCM guide and related tools and procedures
   Keep track of all projects and programmes monitoring and evaluation schedules and work with field staff to design and implement monitoring and evaluation procedures

2. Information System
   Work with all departments to follow up project and programmes databases incl. work on the nomenclature used (official names etc.)
   Follow up the day-to-day workings of the AME Department, including reading weekly monitoring reports and follow-up
   Ensure that appraisal, monitoring and evaluation reports are made useful for fundraising and add to the general base of field knowledge in the country for all organisations working in the area

3. Participatory Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation
   Ensure that local partners engaged in appraisal for and/or with ACTED are trained and given advice in participatory approaches, minimalizing bias, and other key methodologies for information gathering
   Work with base and field staff to help design and improve adapted participatory appraisal mechanisms for the projects implemented in the country

4. Departmental Follow-up
   Manage the AME staff in cooperation with Area Coordinators and Programme Managers
   Follow up work plans, activities and their quality
   Work with the administrative departments to ensure that procedures are respected
   Solve problems and give professional guidance, specially for interns / volunteers
   Communicate regularly to Programme Managers and Coordinations on all activities

IV. Qualifications

Masters degree
Excellent analytical skills
2 years of experience in AME
Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting on programme financial performance
Ability to monitor and evaluate financial and monitoring skills of communities through capacity-building efforts
Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
Familiarity with the aid system, and understanding of donor and governmental requirements
Prior knowledge of the region an asset
Fluency in English required
Ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management software

V. Conditions

Salary defined by the ACTED salary grid; educational level, expertise, hardship, security, and performance are considered for pay bonus
Additional monthly living allowance
Free food and lodging provided at the organisation’s guesthouse
Transportation costs covered, including additional return ticket + luggage allowance
Provision of medical, life, and repatriation insurance + retirement package

Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to jobs@acted.org
Ref : AMEM/SSUD/SA

For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org