Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer

5. Your Experience

This is an entry-level position. We are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• University degree (e.g. BA or BSc).


• Experience of data analysis in an academic humanitarian or development role.


• Excellent written and spoken Dari and/or Pashto.


• Strong working knowledge of written and spoken English.


• Practical knowledge of monitoring methodologies of humanitarian or development activities.


• Exceptional organizational skills attention to detail and follow-through.


• Intermediate user knowledge of Microsoft Excel with a preference for candidates with experience using the following qualitative and quantitative analysis software: PowerBI and NVIVO


• Experience working with Government Ministries and international donors or development agencies preferred.

6. Required Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to effectively and efficiently handle multiple tasks simultaneously with precision and adapt to changes in responsibilities and workloads.


• Must be professional possess a high degree of urgency and self-motivation and have a strong work ethic.


• A results-oriented approach to problem-solving.


• Strong communication skills including note-taking for meetings.


• Excellent professional standards and highly detail-oriented.


• Accustomed to teamwork and able to sustain positive and frequent communications for a remotely managed monitoring team in a challenging high-risk environment.


• Ability to work independently where necessary.


• Works well in a diverse team.

7. Reporting

The M&E Officer will report directly to the M&E Analyst.

8. Location

The position will be based in Kabul Afghanistan.

9. Level of Effort

The position will be full-time from November 2020 – December 2021 with the possibility of extension.

1. Introducing Integrity

Integrity is an ethical consultancy and service provider working in challenging and complex environments around the globe.

We help our clients succeed in fragile and challenging environments while building trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change. We work across all phases of the programme and project cycle delivering ten complementary services: programme and project management / monitoring evaluation and learning / research evidence and analysis / stakeholder engagement / capability and capacity development / risk management / data and knowledge management / communications / technical assistance / grant and fund management. Our services are underpinned by the principles on which we were founded a commitment to providing reliable information and evidence and expert and high-quality delivery. Headquartered in London and Washington DC Integrity also has offices in Jordan Kenya and Pakistan. Our multi-national team of over 50 specialists deliver a diverse and global portfolio of projects for a range of government clients and international institutions including DFID USAID the FCO US State Department and the World Bank.

Vision: Integrity sets the international standard for ethically delivered expert services in conflict post-conflict and fragile contexts. We transform conflict and build stability accountability and prosperity.

Mission: We help clients and communities to build trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change. We do not advocate: we listen comprehend and recommend.

Commitment: We uphold the highest ethical standards in our service delivery our employment of staff and our interaction with people. This ensures not only that our clients receive the best possible service but that we benefit the individuals and communities amongst whom we work.

Further information about Integrity can be found at www.integrityglobal.com.

2. Overview of Project

Since 2002 the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank has supported immediate stabilization and reconstruction needs in Afghanistan. It helps to fill the large financing gap in both the operating and development budgets of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The Fund also provides a platform for pooled on-budget financing and coordinated implementation support to the government. As of February 2019 34 donors have contributed a cumulative $11.4 billion through the ARTF to fund Afghanistan’s development priorities through policy-based budget support and investment projects that aim to reduce poverty service delivery citizens’ engagement and social inclusion as well as support of governance and state effectiveness.

To support the fund the World Bank contracted a Third-Party Monitoring Agent (TPMA) in its largest third-party monitoring contract in the world. The overall goal of TPMA is to maximize value for money of ARTF-financed programs and provide fiduciary assurance on the Afghan government’s use of grant proceeds and their likely development impact to the ARTF partners the World Bank management the Government and the public. The specific objectives of the assignment are to:

• Verify the eligibility of recurrent expenditures for financing based on agreed sample-based reviews of relevant financial records.


• Assist in minimizing weaknesses in payroll management.


• Assure value for money of ARTF investment projects through integrated oversight of project implementation performance and compliance with fiduciary standards and requirements and with the environmental and social safeguard policies and/ or framework.


• Provide additional assurances through ad hoc “special” assignments on deeper reviews of project performance and fiduciary and/or safeguards compliance.


• Contribute to improvements in project-level performance monitoring fiduciary oversight (control reporting etc.) environmental and social safeguards and data management.

3. Scope of Work

Integrity is recruiting an M&E Officer – Kabul to work with our M&E Team in Kabul and Washington DC to assist with the analysis and reporting process for Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) of the ARTF. Under the supervision of the M&E Analyst s/he will assist the M&E Analysts in the cleaning coding and analysis of third-party monitoring data. The M&E Officer may also contribute to the drafting monitoring reports and other deliverables. Expected outputs and deliverables will include:

• Participation in skills and systems workshops.


• Cleaning coding and quality checking monitoring data each monitoring cycle.


• Conducting data analysis with the supervision of the M&E Managers & Expert.


• Written input into monitoring reports.


• Input into presentations and handouts as needed.

4. Terms of Reference

Planning and Design

• Participate in monitoring and analysis approaches skills and processes training.


• Support the establishment of data analysis and reporting processes with the M&E Analyst working with representatives from the Physical and Financial Monitoring Teams and Digital Platform Unit.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Work with M&E Analysts and Third-Party Monitoring team members to transfer raw monitoring data onto analysis system for cleaning and quality assurance checks.


• Review clean and quality control and monitoring data.


• Code quantitative data using Excel and qualitative monitoring data using NVIVO.


• Prepare quantitative data for analysis in PowerBI.


• Support coding of qualitative data in NVIVO.


• Support the M&E Analyst with data analysis conducted in PowerBI and NVIVO.


• Assist the M&E Analyst and Digital Platform Manager with the management and upload of analysed data into reporting dashboards.


• Participate in the planning and management of the data analysis workshops as needed.


• Support the draft and finalization of assigned sections of monitoring reports and other deliverables with the oversight of the M&E Managers and Expert.


• Support presentation of project activities and findings to external stakeholders and monthly meetings with Afghan government ministries as needed.