Post Date: ug 28, 2024

Closing Date: Sep 06, 2024

Reference: IRW-NGR-008-2024

Number of Vacancies: 20

Salary Range: ؋ 1300

Years of Experience: 2 years

Probation Period: Not Specified

Contract Type: Survey

Contract Duration: Not specified

Contract Extensible: Maybe

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Gender: Any

About Islamic Relief Worldwide

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non-profitable, non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life-changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.

Job Summary

All IRW employees and part time and daily workers are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

Job Overview:

The purpose of the job is day to day implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Larning activities across the projects in the central area. The enumerator will be responsible for the data collection, PDM (Post Distribution Monitoring), analysis, spot checks, data verification, data entry, and data analysis if needed. The enumerator will work in accordance with IRW Data Protection Policy.

Duties & Responsibilities

Job Description:

The purpose of the part time enumerator is to contribute to the monitoring and evaluation process in the data collection, cleaning, entry, verification, and possibly analysis stage. The enumerators will contribute to the learning process through field visits, observation, and quality data collection for all IRW Afghanistan component or sectors (programmes) including WASH, Shelter, Food security & nutrition, sustainable livelihood, education and skills, cash and voucher assistance and social protection and governance.

Generic responsibilities:

These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.

1. Ensure adherence with IRW policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines

2.      Implement field visit and observation checklists as needed

3.      Conduct data collection as per the developed questionnaires

4.      Support in tasks related to data entry and data collection software

5.      Contribute to success stories and case studies data collection

6.      Contribute to photography as per IRW photography and beneficiary consent policies

7.      Ensure proper filing of documents soft and hard copies and submit to IRW MEAL staff

Specific responsibilities

These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.

Planning and Maintaining MEAL Systems

• Conduct data collection process as per given questionnaires and carry out pilot data collection to test those data collection tools.
• Support in giving critical and timely feedback in case of any adjustments needed on the questionnaires or data collection tools.
• Support in uploading surveys and other quantitative data collection tools to Kobo.
• Support in preliminary data cleaning and analysis before submission to the MEAL Officer.
• Conduct quantitative data collection including survey, data checklists, and scoring based tools.
• Conduct qualitative data collection including Focus Group Discussions, Key Informant Interviews, Semi Structured Interviews, and other Story Interviews.
• Ensure gathering the recommended sample size as per the data collection framework/plan.
• Ensure inclusion of different gender, age, and demographical background as per the data collection framework/plan.
• Contribute in collecting data for success stories, case studies and other significant change interviews as per the provided data collection guide.
• Support in beneficiary selection verification visit and data collection through pre-identified checklist.
• Other activities agreed and discussed with the MEAL Officer and Coordinator.

Job Requirements

Competencies 

Competencies are important for the employee and the organization to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

1. Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

Generic professional competencies:

•                    Minimum of a university degree in social science, economics, rural development or in other related fields.

•                    Prior experience with data collection is preferred

•                    Prior experience in humanitarian context is preferred

•                    Knowledge of the concept of surveys design, sampling, data analysis is a plus

•                    Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

•                Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision

•                Ability to meet deadlines in multiple tasking environments

•                Ability to engage and motivate staff in a challenging program area

•                Strong coordination skill

•                Strong communication skill

•                Strong leadership skill

•                Strong work ethics

•                    Familiarity with data confidentiality and data protection concepts

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience from working in IDP /refugee related programmes
• Experience in interacting with vulnerable community in an ethical and courteous manner
• Experience with and knowledge of principles and current approaches to MEAL including data collection ethics
• English language proficiency (speaking, reading, writing)
• Fluency in Dari and Pashto
• Computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Knowledge of digital data collection platforms (KoBo, CommCare, Ona)
• Knowledge of designing form on KoBo platform is a plus
• Knowledge in media, design, photography is a plus
• Knowledge in story writing or report writing is a plu

2. Behavioural competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. IRW’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

·        Planning and delivering results

·        Empowering and building trust

·        Communicating with impact and respect

·        Handling insecure environment

2.      Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the IRW Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

•            The Job Description

•            The Work and Development Plan

•            The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template

•            The End-term Performance Review Template

• •            The IRW Competency Framework

Submission Guideline

Submission Guideline

Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following link:

The closing date for accepting applications is 06-Sep-2024.

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Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview.