Monitoring and Evaluation Intern (Regional Project Support)

Context

The IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) in Bangkok, Thailand, covers 40 countries across the Asia and Pacific region: https://www.iom.int/asia-and-pacific. ROAP’s key responsibilities are to formulate regional strategies, processes and programmes in line with the overall priorities and policies of the Organization and to provide strategic and programmatic guidance and support to countries within its region. Six Regional Thematic Units are based at ROAP to fulfill this responsibility, covering issues including Emergency and Post Crisis and Disaster Risk Reduction, Labour Migration and Human Development, Immigration and Border Management, Migration Health, Migrant Protection and Assistance and Counter Human Trafficking and Migration, Environment and Climate Change. IOM activities that cut across these areas include the promotion of international migration law, research, policy debate and guidance, protection of migrants’ rights, migration health and the gender dimension of migration.

The Regional Project Support Unit (RPSU) coordinates and facilitates RO support to country offices (COs) in project development, M&E, and project reporting.

Supervision and Internship Modality

Working under the overall supervision of the Regional Project Development Officer (RPDO), and the direct supervision of the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) officer in IOM Regional Office for the Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok the intern will support the RPSU for the smooth implementation of ongoing work.

This internship is home-based, applicants from any location are welcome to submit their application. The intern will have to keep ROAP office hours (8am – 5pm Bangkok time) and exceptions may be possible in the rare case.

Core Functions/Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have the following duties and responsibilities:

1. In coordination with the Regional M&E Officer, assist in creating and updating a repository of Monitoring and evaluation tools for use by country and regional projects.
2. Assist in analysis and visualization of data on M&E trends to enable RPSU, country offices and RO management make informed decisions on ongoing projects.
3. In consultation with the Regional M&E Officer and the M&E focal points, assist in managing the regional evaluations tracker and performing quality assurance functions during data collection, entry, and storage.
4. Assist in planning and tracking of M&E capacity building calendar, as well as completing and maintenance of M&E training database.
5. Assist in capacity building on data capture and analysis for routine monitoring data using excel and other data analysis tools, including developing and orienting staff on data visualization systems including Power Bi and excel.
6. Assist in consolidating simple guides for retrieval, collation and use of data from institutional platforms for monitoring and reporting purposes.
7. Support RPSU to improve knowledge management by creating and maintaining a repository of knowledge products from M&E processes and assist in disseminating of such information to relevant audience in collaboration with regional communication unit and country offices.
8. Assist in developing and administering survey tools for M&E processes in the region.
9. Assist in drafting and finalization of RO Bi-annual and annual monitoring reports.
10. Assist with any other duties as required in the Regional Support Unit.