Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Description

THE PROJECT

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GF) is providing grants to Pakistan since 2011 for prevention of HIV. The current grant is being implemented by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Nai Zindagi Trust (NZT) as Principal Recipients (PR). The PRs are responsible to implement various objectives of the overall Grant.

The overall goal is to reduce the number of new HIV infections and increase uptake of HIV preventive and treatment services with a high impact HIV response to improve the health and quality of life of people living with and affected by HIV in Pakistan. The objective of Global Fund HIV grant is to increase the prevention services for PWID and other key populations.

NZT is implementing HIV prevention services for PWID and spouses of HIV+ PWID through 45 CoPC+ sites and ART Adherence Units across  Pakistan providing coverage to 62 districts.

Nai Zindagi has a zero-tolerance policy towards Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH). All employees, partners, and representatives are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct. Recruitment is subject to thorough background and reference checks, and any form of misconduct may lead to disqualification, termination, and legal action. By applying, candidates commit to adhering to the organization’s PSEAH policies

QUALIFICATIONS/SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences/Management Sciences or equivalent. (16 years of education).
• Atleast 3 - 5 years experience in relevant field.
• Experience in Program management, monitoring and evaluation or related field  in  development programs.
• Ability to write high level technical documents/reports
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Must be proficient in the use of computer especially MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Previous experience in working with a variety of donors and I/NGOs
• Excellent Communication skills both speaking & writing
• Expertise in interacting with key populations
• Strong data management skills in excel and ability to handle complex datasets
• Preference will be given to candidates having served in an NGO providing harm reduction and HIV prevention services for injecting drug users and extensive experience of technical insight into key problems and its management among people who use drugs.
• Demonstrated flexibility and openness in responding to changing work priorities and environment
• Strong interpersonal communication and coordination skills
• Effective trouble shooting skills

Responsibilities

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The M&E Officer at Nai Zindagi conduct field monitoring visits as planned and report findings. Assist in development of a comprehensive data collection and reporting system.

Capacity Building

• Provide field based M&E support and technical inputs to field teams during field visits
• Evaluate performance of field team and generate reports to build capacity of field staff accordingly.
• Conduct observations and share findings on implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), protocols and systems for programatic review and quality accurance
• Provide training to Sub Recipient’s program and M&E staff on M&E related aspects of the project with special emphasis on Performance Framework and indicators that need to be reported. 

Routine oversight

• Under the supervision of the M&E Manager, and as a member of the PR office team, participate in reporting on Global Fund project activities.
• Monitor projects implementation reports received from SRs and Project sites on regular basis to assure identify missing data or inconsistencies and report back such errors to respective entities.
• Assist in tracking progress against targets, analyze data sets and make recommendations for enhanced program planning, coordination and management of the project.
• Assist in analyzing monitoring and evaluation data for inclusion in the phase wise reports to be submitted to the LFA and the Global Fund.
• Ensure timely data collection with the help of Management Information System (MIS) and suggest improvements and additional features to be incorporated in the MIS for effective and efficient data collection.
• Ensure proper application of internal mentoring mechanisms and templates for quantitative and qualitative monitoring of the service delivery.
• Assist in preparation of reports and presentations based on monitoring and evaluation data to serve as reference, informational and advocacy purposes.
• Devlop field M&E plan and ensure quality implementation.

Field Visits

• Conduct physical monitoring of the projects as per field monitoring plans and submits comprehensive reports to M&E manager.
• Review and validate clients’ files consistency between hard & soft record
• Interact with clients during spot visits to ensure participatory M&E.
• Willingness to travel extensively

Correspondence & Coordination

• Close coordination with the MIS and Program team to verify the data quality, data management, tracking tools, and data synthesis in line with performance indicators.
• Closely work with MIS department for development of essentials reports of Plus component.
• Participate in internal meetings for knowledge sharing

Experience

3 Years

Apply By

Nov 5, 2026

Required Skills

• Data Analysis
• Monitoring and evaluation frameworks
• Survey Design
• Data Visualization
• Report Writing
• Project Management
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Excel