AIPD – Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Results and Knowledge Facility Team - April 2014

Job Type

International Development Assistance/Emerging Markets

Schedule

Fixed Term

Job Location

Asia; Indonesia

Job Summary

The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Decentralisation (AIPD) is funded by Australian Aid for the period 2011–2015. The Program supports the Government of Indonesia (GoI) to improve the performance of provincial and local governments. The Program focuses on resource management, covering both human and financial resources. AIPD creates an enabling environment for provincial and local governments to improve their performance so that sectoral initiatives to improve health, education and infrastructure services have a greater chance of success. At the same time, AIPD pilots new development models that can be replicated in other provinces and districts. AIPD works with the central government as well as five provincial governments: Papua, West Papua (Papua Barat), East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) and East Java, and a total of 20 district governments within those provinces.

AIPD also plays a role in capturing the real challenges that provincial and local governments face and contributes to the development of better policy.

AIPD has vacancy for Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, The purpose of this position is to support the M&E Specialist/ RKF Coordinator in effectively implement the RKF Strategy, particularly the measuring results function. Specifically, the position is dedicated to ensure AIPD’s activities at Central Government Ministries are being effectively monitored and evaluated. This will include developing and implementing the M&E system/plan by the AIPD team, management and analysis of program performance and result. The outputs expected from this role are:

Program Logic of Central Government and Performance Monitoring Framework developed and implemented to assess progress and results.

Updated AIPD Database on information of events, outputs and outcomes at Central Government Ministries, which provides qualitative and quantitative program data.

Analysis Reports on progress and results of Central Government Activities (focus and types of reports will be determined jointly with relevant M&E Specialist and RKF team members).

Progress and Results of AIPD at central governments are well documented and channelled to BaKTI Focal Point for further communication and sharing.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Central Government) is responsible for providing supports to the M&E Specialist/ RKF Coordinator for the development and implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation system for AIPD activities at Central Government Ministries. Effective monitoring and evaluation system will in turn improve the accuracy and reliability of program data, which then will become the basis for further communication and knowledge sharing.

Key Responsibilities

• ​The duties of the M&E Officer include:
• Support the AIPD CG team to clarify the Program Logic  (Results Chain) of interventions at Central Government ministries and develop Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF) to monitor the progress and results.
• Support in reviewing the Central Government Activity Terms of References to ensure that effective monitoring arrangement is being planned and included in the ToR. The follow-up monitoring activities to the implementation of the monitoring arrangement must also be undertaken systematically.
•  Support the AIPD CG team in the implementation of the PMF especially in their roles to monitor, and to compile information of the implemented events which then must be updated in the AIPD database. 
• Jointly with the AIPD CG team, analyze information on the implementation, achieved outputs and outcomes of CG interventions and providing feedback to the Assistant Program Directors (APD) for Central Government for improvement as necessary.
• Develop a monitoring plan and ensure its implementation to assess the effectiveness of AIPD's various supports to DFAT. This is including the knowledge sharing events such as brown bag lunches and technical advices from the AIPD TSF team.
• Support the M&E Officer (Research Analyst) in supervising any review commissioned by AIPD to evaluate AIPD activities at Central Government ministries.

Document the results and lessons that will:

            a) inform decisions  by AIPD Core Team / DFAT to improve program implementation,

            b) become the materials for communication to improve AIPD's visibility, and

            c) be used for sharing of possible further replication.

Note: For 7. b) and c), the M&E Officer should work closely with other relevant RKF member and BaKTI focal point for communication and knowledge management.

A copy of the Terms of Reference and Selection Criteria for this position can be found by clicking on the link: Terms of Reference.

Other Requirements

​How to apply:

To apply for this position, please send your current CV and application letter to:

Send through email your application with the reference “M&EO – Monitoring and Evaluation Officer” in the subject line to recruitment@aipd.or.id

Closing date: 20 April 2014, 5.00pm Jakarta time.

Late applications will not be considered.

Cardno is committed to Child Protection in all fields. Cardno is an equal opportunity employer.  

Employee Benefits

​To be contracted full time over the term of the contract

Contact

​For enquiries, please send an email to recruitment@aipd.or.id with subject: "Query – M&EO – Monitoring and Evaluation Officer".