Mine Action Third Party Monitoring Field Team Leader (national position in Ukraine)

Organization

iMMAP Inc. is an international non-governmental organization that provides information management services to humanitarian and development organizations. Through information management, we help our partners target assistance to the world’s most vulnerable populations. Our core philosophy is that better data leads to better decisions and that better decisions lead to better outcomes. iMMAP Inc.’s critical support to information value chains helps to solve operational and strategic challenges of our partners in both emergency and development contexts by enabling evidence-based decision-making for better outcomes.

Background

iMMAP Inc. implements a Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) project funded by the US Department of State Office for Weapon Removal and Abatement (WRA) with the purpose of monitoring and verifying U.S. funded Conventional Weapons Destruction activities in Ukraine at regularly scheduled intervals to confirm the accuracy of PM/WRA implementing partners’ reports and the compliance with the terms and conditions of their respective agreements or contracts.

Description of Duties

The Field Team Leader is responsible for all assigned tasks by the Project Manager as follows:

• Oversee the M&E teams’ training and fieldwork.
• Ensure to conduct after-action reviews after site visits and include the same in your daily reports to the Information Management officer (IMO).
• Close monitoring of the data collection process of M&E Teams’. This includes field visits for data collection and validation through post-distribution monitoring, focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
• Conduct internal quality assurance and quality control to ensure the integrity of M&E data collection.
• Ensure regular updates, relevant monitoring, and tracking tools and share with IMO for consolidation.
• Assist in the development of relevant M&E tools and frameworks and ensure that tools are utilized during the site visits.
• Participate in the development and implementation of assessments, studies, surveys, and data collection methodologies.
• Work closely with IPs to ensure that project-relevant information is shared promptly and Liaise with IPs to facilitate implementation
• Conduct, coordinate, and supervise regular sit visits for Implementing Partners (IP) and prepare mission reports.
• Provide weekly reports based on thorough site visits that monitor, verify, and report the activities conducted by IPs Report any capacity gap on an ongoing basis as it relates to M&E implementation.
• Coordination with IPs in order to determine evaluation objectives and methods.
• Complete additional tasks assigned by the Project Manager M&E and Country representative.
• Coordination of TPM staff activities, including facilitating access to inspection sites without U.S. government assistance,
• Assist the Project Manager in training and nurturing M&E teams on the monitoring and verification process required.
• Conducts visits to at least 10 sites cleared by each IP during the past quarter. If an IP has completed less than 10 tasks during the quarter, the team will visit at least 50% of the completed task sites.
• Actively engage local communities in the locations reported by PM/WRA IPs to verify that CWD activities were carried out in these areas and to determine if these activities have, and to what extent, improved the quality of life and access to basic social services and economic opportunities for the affected communities.
• Analyze the output of the monitoring and evaluation processes to include comparative performance indicators and benchmarks derived from other operating organizations in Iraq to aid in accurately gauging IP’s performance and risk, and to identify areas requiring improvement.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with the IPs in your area of responsibility and interest, as well as the identification and maintenance of access routes to the partners’ work sites. Also, build on iMMAP’s existing strong relationships with the national mine action authorities (NMAA) and IPs to allow for close coordination with these organizations.
• Conduct Quality Assurance and Quality Control to ensure the integrity of M&E data collection during the site visits.
• Report any capacity gap on an ongoing basis as it relates to information management implementation
• Assist the Project Manager in the development of M&E training packages and conducting different training levels for M&E Teams.
• Monitoring results, in-country evaluation reports, and numerous additional data, that can be used by the M&E Teams to determine the effectiveness and impact of the program since its inception.
• Complete additional tasks assigned by the Project Manager M&E.
• Act as security focal point when security staff is not joining the field visit.

Requirements

Required Competencies & Knowledge:

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to coordinate activities and projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to establish relationships with stakeholders, with good negation skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of mine action mandates and operations.
• Capacity to produce coherent and good-quality reports.
• General computer skills (use of MS Office package)
• High level of motivation and proactivity
• Ability to work under pressure and long hours at different locations.
• Flexible and adaptable to any situation.
• Self-reliant and able to work independently

Academic Qualifications/Experience/Language

• Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences, humanitarian and/or development studies, or relevant field
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience within the Mine Action Operations and management.
• Previous experience in either program implementation, coordination, analysis, or monitoring and evaluation is essential
• Experience in working in complex and volatile contexts
• Good working knowledge of English (written and spoken)

Guiding Principles

Personnel are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs, and iMMAP Inc.’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all Countries.

iMMAP Inc. has zero tolerance for sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, human trafficking, child abuse, and exploitation. Any violations of these principles and policies will be treated as serious misconduct.

iMMAP Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of background.