Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) Assistant

Youth Digital Training and Development Organization is a non-profit organization based in Kabul, Afghanistan, dedicated to equipping young individuals with the essential digital skills needed to thrive in the 21st-century economy. Our organization is committed to bridging the digital divide, especially among marginalized communities, by providing comprehensive training programs that empower youth.

Job Summary:

The Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant will be supporting systematic data collation validation and analysis to ensure quality reporting and timely information for accountability, decision making.

Job Responsibilities 

M & E Data Support

• Assist in collation of the project data summaries.
• Ensure data integrity is upheld by doing regular data cleaning and validation.

Reporting

• Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate routine, monthly, quarterly and annual programmatic performance reports.
• Assist in developing summary reports on key issues emerging from projects monthly reports, evaluation reports, and feedback reports.

Data Management

• Support in identification, documentation, and dissemination of project experiences, lessons learned, and success stories.
• Assist in preparation of M&E tools and development of data management processes including SOPs. •
• Assist in strengthening existing M&E systems to ensure generation of timely information and feedback to donors and other project stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Social Sciences, Economic, Public Administration, Business Administration, International relations or related field.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in MEL or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of data collection tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with sensitivity to gender and cultural norms.
• Ability to travel frequently to Parwan and Herat provinces.

Key Deliverables:

• Develop relevant MEL tools tailored with project needs.
• Translate MEL tools into local languages as required.
• Accurate and timely data collection and entry for program activities.
• Documented feedback from beneficiaries and stakeholders.
• Regular field reports with insights and recommendations.
• Documented feedback from beneficiaries and stakeholders.
• Regular field reports with insights and recommendations.
• Measuring, monitoring and evaluating project activities.
• Perform data collection, data analysis and data interpretation to support project evaluation.
• Ensure consistency in objectives and use output indicators to deliver timely and relevant reports. referenced in accordance with the logical framework of the project, including outcomes, impacts, ongoing challenges.
• Develop operational arrangements to collect, analyze and report on project data.
• Liaise with staff to meet monitoring and evaluation requirements ensuring the achievement of the project objectives;
• Facilitate learning mechanisms in response to monitoring findings.
• Prepare reports for internal circulation regarding program progress and findings.
• Preparing and sharing field visit report regarding activities progress and findings.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter outlining their relevant experience and qualifications to the following email address hr@ydtdo.org, Please include the position title and Vacancy Number in the subject line of your email.

Only those who submit their applications along with the requested documents within the set timeframe are considered for the next phase. Incomplete applications will be disqualified from the process.

hr@ydtdo.org