Position:Programme Officer – PM&E (Local staff contract)
Location:Ramallah, Palestine
Reports to:Country Director (CD)
Contract period: On a temporary basis (12 months contract including the probation period)
Commencing Date: Immediately
 
We Effect (formerly Swedish Cooperative Centre) is a development cooperation organization that has acted and worked with a long-term approach since 1958 in order to effect change. Help to self-help is our guiding principle in 25 countries on four continents. One of them is Palestine. In Palestine, our development support is mainly directed to socio-economic development, gender equality and ecofriendly production. Our humanitarian work is guided by the ambition to support poor Palestinians to avoid further deterioration of their livelihood while assisting farmers affected by the occupation and natural disasters. We Effect is willing to recruit a Programme Officer – PM&E to assure efficient planning, monitoring, evaluation (PM&E) and learning within We Effect Europe/Asia Programmes in Israel, West Bank and Gaza..
 
Main Responsibilities:
-Develop and operate a well-structured and efficient monitoring system for We Effect Europe/Asia Programmes in Israel, West Bank and Gaza in accordance with We Effect Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) Manual.
-Enhancing learning within We Effect Europe/Asia Programmes in Israel, West Bank and Gaza though incorporating monitoring results in the “Plan-Do-Check-Act” cycle and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the new implemented measures/adjustments and articulating lessons learnt.
-Ensure quality reporting, documentation and dissemination of We Effect results
-Actively support partners and the country office in the development of new methods and approaches. 
 
Duties:
Programme and Partners:
-Monitor the Country Programme (or any other relevant Programme), developing and operating its PME system.
-Continuously table and update results in the Country Programme (or any other relevant Programme) Matrix and its clusters.
-Be responsible for entering and updating information on the programme(s) implemented by We Effect Europe/Asia in Israel, West Bank and Gaza in We Effect’s project database
-Assist in reviewing partners’ reports and doing quality assurance.
-Assist in drafting semi-annual and annual results reports of the Country Programme (or any other relevant Programme).
-Assist in organizing workshops, meetings and forums for exchange of experience in monitoring, lessons learnt and quality assurance.
-Assist in the development of the Country Office’s work with gender equality.
-Submit monthly/quarterly/semi-annual reports, as requested by CD.
-Attend weekly, monthly and other program/project related meetings.
-Assist in identifying, promoting and facilitating synergies within the programme(s)
-Contribute to the assessment of partners and project proposals
-Facilitate the work of evaluation missions
-Provide technical support to partners and train their staff on PME.
 
Communication, information:
-Assist the country office in the communication of its achievements including production of printing materials.
-Collect news and success stories from We Effect partners and elaborate the relevant inputs for We Effect internal and external newsletters, website and short news to the regional office.
-Support the Lobbying and Advocacy work of We Effect Europe/Asia
-Maintain programmes and projects filing system, including, but not limited to, monitoring data, testimonies and photos, etc.
-Assist in elaborating concept notes and proposals of new projects/programmes
-Assist in preparation of external delegations visits.
 
Other:
1-Accept and respect the principles, policies and ethical values of the We Effect.
2-Respect and adhere to We Effect anti-corruption policy. Never accept or be promised, request or give, promise or offer a bribe or other undue reward, remuneration, compensations, undue advantage or benefit of any kind, which may constitute illegal or inappropriate behaviour.
3-In all administrative practices strictly follow the laws of the country.
4-Keep confidential all sensitive information pertaining to the Country Office and its Programmes.
5-Keep the CD as well as the staff at the Country Office updated on important developments.
6-Carry out any other tasks assigned by the Country Director and/or the Regional Director for the good functioning of the Country Office and its programmes.

Qualifications:
The candidate to be appointed to the position of Programme Coordinator shall meet the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
-A bachelor's degree in social sciences, communication, statistics, economics, agriculture, management, anthropology, or any other relevant field.
-Good knowledge of Results Based Management and LFA. Knowledge in Outcome Mapping is an advantage.
-Minimum of 4 years experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
-Good knowledge and experience in using statistical analysis software(s).
-Good analytical skills
-Good experience in Reporting.
-Good communication skills.
-Good knowledge of computer including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
-Serious, trustworthy, disciplined, dependable and responsible.  
-Excellent verbal and written command of English, native command of Arabic 
-Living or willing to live in Ramallah
-Willing to travel among Palestinian areas of West Bank and Gaza and abroad.
-Assume responsibility for accuracy and timeliness of work.
-Experience of working with INGOs or UN agencies is a preference.
 
Interested and qualified applicants are invited to send their CV and a motivation cover letter, including last employment salary to: 
 

Palestineweeffect.org

by no later than 13:00 Palestine time on 20 June 2015. Please clearly indicate “Application for Programme Officer – PM&E” in your email subject. We respect all candidates but we can only respond to shortlisted candidates. Women candidates have a high preference.