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­­­­­VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Community Partners International (CPI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering vulnerable communities in Asia to meet their essential health, humanitarian and development needs. Founded by U.S. doctors in 1998, the organization has grown to serve more than one million people each year. Community Partners International focuses on helping communities affected by conflict, violence, and displacement, in remote and hard-to-reach contexts, and marginalized by poverty and exclusion.

The Local Empowerment and Resilience Network (LEARN) Activity is a 5-year, USAID-assisted project that aims to empower citizens and communities in southeast Myanmar by developing and strengthening collaboration between civil society, ethnic service providers, and local administration/community-established governance structures to increase local agency, encourage social cohesion, and address community needs and concerns.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the design and implementation of M&E plans and reports to capture the LEARN project’s performance and achievements

• Review the data collection, entry, and storage systems and the data security policies of two LEARN consortium members and their local implementing partners, and identify opportunities for the LEARN project to work with partners to enhance the quality, timeliness, and safety of project data

• Conduct Routine Data Quality Assessments for two LEARN consortium members and their local implementing partners

• Conduct data analysis and synthesize findings according to the M&E plan

• Work closely with LEARN program staff to coordinate data collection activities, data verification processes, and feedback to partner organizations

• Conduct regular field visits to monitor project implementation and data systems at the field level, and support remote monitoring as needed

• Prepare and present routine monitoring data for quarterly performance review sessions

• Support LEARN’s Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting activities

Regular Responsibilities

• Develop and update the LEARN Activity’s M&E training curricula, standard operating procedures, and other M&E resources

• Conduct tailored training for local partners to strengthen their M&E knowledge and practical skills

• Maintain documentation of M&E activities

• Provide initial review and clearance of M&E reports submitted by the LEARN consortium member organizations, and provide feedback to partners focusing on data quality and M&E performance

• Ensure that accurate and timely information is available to senior management and team members for real-time decision-making

• Conduct other duties as assigned by the M&E Manager

Evaluations, assessments, and learning

• Support the M&E Manager with LEARN program evaluations and assessments, and the sharing of findings through review meetings, technical working groups, and the publication of reports

• Provide inputs for evaluation, assessments, and research design, implementation approaches, and data collection instruments

• Facilitate data collection and analysis for LEARN’s learning agenda

Partner support

• Assess the M&E capacity of LEARN’s consortium member organizations and their local partners, share the assessment results, and co-develop plans for M&E capacity strengthening activities

• Support partners to establish secure electronic databases for M&E data as needed

Operations and Administration

• Maintain regular contact with M&E focal persons from donor agencies, partner organizations and relevant stakeholders

• Participate in the development of the M&E team’s work planning and monthly cost projections

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Public Health, Community Health or relevant field 

• Master's degree in Statistics, Research, Public Health or Epidemiology preferred 

• At least five years professional experience in designing and implementing M&E and Health Information System strengthening activities

• Experience working in humanitarian and emergency response programs preferred 

• Sound understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies preferred

• Proficiency in statistics, statistical software (Stata, SPSS, Atlas.ti, NVivo) and online data collection tools 

• Experience utilizing and managing database and information management software 

• Experience coordinating with local CSOs, ethnic service providers, and local communities for the design and implementation of data collection

• Fluency in both spoken and written English and Myanmar languages 

• Proven analytic and report writing skills, and the ability to present M&E data and survey findings clearly 

• Self-motivated and able to work independently as well as being part of a team

• Highly organized and able to work to deadlines 

• Confident and cooperative, even under pressure

• Ability to quickly develop a strong understanding of the local cultural and political context and be able to motivate others and work successfully within these contexts.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

All interested and qualified candidates are requested to send an Application Letter, Curriculum Vitae to:Email: recruitment@cpintl.org

• The closing date for application will be on 1 November’202(Tuesday),17:00pm(Thailand Standard Time)

• Please clearly mention the Position and Location you are applying for in the email Subject Line.

CPI’s Value

• At CPI, we believe that all people have right to live their live free from sexual violence and recognized that there are unequal power dynamics across the organization. CPI does not tolerate discrimination and harassment under any circumstances and will take disciplinary action, which may include dismissal, against any worker who discriminates or harasses any worker. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, at all times (both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.

• CPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability.

Note to Candidate

• Candidates are required to declare in advance that should there be any relative or family member currently being employed in CPI. Failure to do so can lead to termination of the employment contract even after successful selection.

• Because of the large volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

• Contract and position are contingent upon successful award of the project and final approval by the donor.