Your mission
War Child is an independent and impartial international non-governmental child rights organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. Focusing on education, child protection, mental health, and psychosocial support, we strive to empower children and young people while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people. War Child has been working in the oPt since 2006 and has offices in Jerusalem, Hebron, Nablus, and Gaza.
War Child is seeking to hire qualified Monitoring & Evaluation officer to join our program quality team in the Gaza Strip. War Child is an independent and impartial international non-governmental child rights organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. With a focus on child protection, mental health, and psychosocial support, we strive to empower children and young people while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people. War Child has been working in the occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) since 2006 and has offices in Jerusalem, Hebron, Nablus, and Gaza.
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Job Summary / Scope of Work:
As a member of the program quality team, the M&E Officer is responsible for data collection (using quantitative and qualitative methods), analysis, and reporting. The officer will manage relationships with program staff and implementing partners in the West Bank and Gaza.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure full alignment of indicators, objectives, and results under the direct supervision of the M&E Coordinator.
- Regularly update tools and processes as reviewed and approved by the M&E Coordinator.
- Analyze project performance data in coordination with the M&E Coordinator to identify trends and recommend improvements.
- Support adaptive management by presenting findings to the M&E Coordinator for strategic decision-making.
- Escalate key evaluation insights to the M&E Coordinator for organizational learning.
Responsibilities and Tasks:
Job Responsibility 1: Data Collection & Management 20% of time
- Develop and implement data collection tools in collaboration with program teams, ensuring instruments are tailored to project needs under the supervision of the M&E Coordinator
- Design quantitative/qualitative data collection tools (surveys, interviews, focus groups) for approval by the M&E Coordinator.
- Execute timely and accurate data gathering from field teams/partners, under M&E Coordinator guidance
- Maintain and update project databases, adhering to M&E data management protocols.
- Conduct field visits for data verification and progress monitoring, submitting findings to the M&E Coordinator.
- Manage data storage systems under established M&E guidelines, ensuring secure access for authorized staff.
Job Responsibility 2: Data Analysis & Reporting 30% of time
- Create project-specific MEAL plans and Indicator Tracking Tables (ITT) for M&E Coordinator review, ensuring alignment with objectives and clear role clarification for teams/partners.
- Develop tools and methodologies under M&E Coordinator guidance, ensuring adherence to donor and organizational standards.
- Manage project M&E systems (supervised by M&E Coordinator), ensuring indicator-objective alignment and data integrity.
Job Responsibility 3: M&E Planning and System Development 20% of time
- Create project-specific MEAL plans and Indicator Tracking Tables (ITT) for M&E Coordinator review, ensuring alignment with objectives and clear role clarification for teams/partners.
- Develop tools and methodologies under M&E Coordinator guidance, ensuring adherence to donor and organizational standards.
- Manage project M&E systems (supervised by M&E Coordinator), ensuring indicator-objective alignment and data integrity.
Job Responsibility 4: Coordination & Stakeholder Support 15% of time
- Continuously assess partner M&E needs and escalate gaps to M&E Coordinator for targeted support
- Work closely with program teams to integrate M&E into project planning in coordination with M&E Coordinator
- Liaise with implementing partners (West Bank & Gaza) for data sharing and reporting.
- Participate in meetings and workshops to present M&E findings.
- Analyze data and compile performance reports for M&E Coordinator validation before dissemination.
Job Responsibility 5:Evaluation & Performance Review 15% of time
- Prepare comprehensive reports, analyze data and compile reports detailing project performance, outcomes, and impact for stakeholders.
- Ensure timely submission of reports, adhere to reporting schedules and ensure all reports are submitted promptly to relevant parties.
- Administer surveys and manage data for M&E Coordinator-led evaluations, documenting lessons learned and share it with learning officer.
- Analyze project strengths/weaknesses and propose adjustments to M&E Coordinator for program enhancement
- Support evaluation processes, assist in evaluations by administering surveys, managing data collection, and supporting data management and analysis efforts.
Qualifications Required:
1. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, Statistics, Development Studies, or related fields.
2. Experience:
- At least 3 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, data management, or a similar role.
- Experience working with international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) is an asset.
3. Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, SPSS, or Power BI).
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with humanitarian principles and MEAL frameworks is an asset.
Closing date for applications: 25 May 2025
“Commitment to the vision and goals of War Child in oPt, including adherence to the Child Safeguarding Policy, is essential”.
About us
The War Child Alliance is an international non-governmental organization committed to providing psychosocial support, child protection, youth empowerment programming and quality education to the children affected by armed conflict. We implement evidence-based interventions to empower key stakeholders—including governments, educators, caregivers, and communities—to foster children’s wellbeing, education, and self-determination.
We work with global teams with team members being based in different locations. War Child is currently operates in: Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine (soon to be registered), and Yemen. We also have offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.Learn more about War Child and our programmes
https://www.warchild.net/ SafeguardingWar Child is committed to
humanitarian values, standards and norms and we expect the same from job applicants. War Child is especially committed to safeguarding the children and youth we support and doesn’t tolerate any form of abuse. Because we want to prevent and deter any actions that place children and youth at risk, conduct references are an important part of our recruitment procedure. As part of the selection process, War Child will request standardized references in accordance with the
Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and a recent Criminal Records statement.
The safety of children is essential to War Child. War Child does not tolerate or accept any form of abuse. This subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures.
