NETZ Partnership for Development and Justice is an international organisation based in Bangladesh and Germany. In collaboration with a partner NGO, we seek new colleagues for the position of Programme Officer “Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E).” The expected PM&E Officer will play a pivotal role in further developing the PM&E and knowledge management system at the NETZ Bangladesh Office in Dhaka. The NETZ team is responsible for the partnership with local and national NGOs to empower marginalised communities. The Programme Officer- PM&E will be based at the NETZ Bangladesh Office in Dhaka and is reportable to the PME Manager of NETZ.
Major role
The major role of the PM&E Officer is to ensure the further development and management of the PM&E and Knowledge Management system at the NETZ Bangladesh Office and by this contributing to enhance the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the projects supported by NETZ. Furthermore, the PM&E Officer shall coordinate the conduction of studies under the NETZ sector programmes for contributing to the project and programme designs as well as for supporting policy dialogue initiatives.
Responsibilities
a. Support in the Systematisation of the PM&E system in the NETZ Bangladesh Office
- Examine/Identify the needs of the sector programmes of NETZ regarding planning, monitoring and evaluation.
- Support in further development of the PM&E framework for major programmes under the NETZ Bangladesh Offices with programme-specific tools and processes in consultation with Manager PME
b. Support the programme design
- Provide analyses on the context of the working areas to identify and adjust the needs of programmes
- Share data and findings from major external and internal studies
- Generate concepts and new ideas based on analyses and experiences
- Support the development of theories of change for projects as well as logical frameworks
c. Inform project-related decision-making.
- Further develop a database for storing information and data from projects
- Make the information and data accessible to project management in required formats
- Orient partner NGOs colleagues/stakeholders about the process of collation and utilisation of data on basis of high ethical standards
d. Monitoring of results, outcomes, impacts and sustainability of projects
- Develop/Review tools for efficient participatory monitoring
- Supporting the preparation of periodic project reports in collaboration with the respective project teams (e.g., interim reports, final reports, baseline and end line survey reports, reports for third-party donors).
- Share findings and suggestions for changes needed for improving project implementation
- Measure results against the set project targets of the respective logical frameworks
e. Ensure documentation of good practices and lessons learnt
- Undertake field visits to identify and document project specific good practices and lessons learnt for all sector programmes
- Orient partner NGOs’ staff on documentation and dissemination
- Disseminate documented good practices and lessons learnt to stakeholders, e.g. decision makers and project participants
- Make sure the documented good practices and lessons learnt are published and updated online
Qualifications
The candidates should have
- an MA (along with Bachelor with Honours) with thesis in any subject of social sciences from a reputed university in Bangladesh or abroad
- proven track record of working in PM&E and/or knowledge management units for well-known institutes or NGOs
- several years of working experiences with a PM&E and/or knowledge management unit
- published publications on development issues as the first author, preferably in a peer-reviewed journal
- high proficiency in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis and proficiency in in using statistical analysis tools (e.g. SPSS)
- high proficiency in English and Bengali for generating and publication of reports, documents and articles in journals, popular newspapers and online
What we offer
a) Comprehensive on-boarding, b) Participation in regular further trainings, c) Joining a highly committed team working in a sensitive, friendly and egalitarian manner, d) Flexible working hours.
Compensation
The selected candidate will be provided with a salary of BDT 60,000 to 90,000 with other admissible benefits like provident fund, gratuity, insurance, festival allowances etc.
Job Location: Dhaka with frequent field visits in Bangladesh.