Third Party Monitoring Analyst, Third Party

**Project Summary**:
This five-year Third-Party Monitoring and Evaluation Project will establish increased access to independent, impartial information on the outputs, progress, quality, challenges, and successes of selected humanitarian assistance projects. This project will provide a comprehensive range of verification, monitoring, and evaluation services that will improve the quality of programming, allow for real-time program adjustments, and increase accountability to beneficiaries. The project will confirm that assistance is addressing the urgent needs of target beneficiaries by conducting monitoring that applies Do No Harm approaches and cognizant of the trauma suffered by recipients.

**Please note: Only Columbian citizens are eligible for this position.**

**Position Summary**:
The Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) Analyst will work closely with the M&E Specialist and Deputy Chief of Party to provide regular support and guidance in the areas of data management, examination, and reporting. In this role, the TPM Analyst will conduct independent evaluation of quantitative and qualitative data collected by the project and will develop timely and concise rational reports from this evaluation. The TPM Analyst will also have a strong role in quality assurance, including the review of site visit data and draft reports conducted by other members of the team and third-party contractors. In addition, the Analyst will conduct desk studies to inform site visits and Data Quality Assessment (DQA) data collection. The position will report to the M&E Specialist and is full-time.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and execute data review plans for discrete tasks based on Tetra Tech/MSI’s interpretive framework for effective humanitarian assistance.
- Conduct desk reviews to understand interventions, M&E tools, beneficiary groups, and local contexts to inform monitoring site selection and DQA data collection.
- Contribute to the development of quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments in consultation with the M&E Specialist, the DCOP, and the subcontractor responsible for data collection.
- Develop coding frameworks for the examination of qualitative data using qualitative software and use these frameworks to understand qualitative data collected by the project.
- Synthesize qualitative and quantitative information to tell a concise and coherent story about what is happening at a site.
- Use quantitative software, such as Excel, SPSS, STATA or R, to process raw data and organize the preparation of data set codebooks.
- Use qualitative software, such as AtlasTi, NVivo or similar, to organize information, codify it and later evaluate it.
- Draft Monitoring Summary Reports in English expressing trends in visual graphics and clear, concise narrative.
- Contribute to drafting DQA reports in collaboration with the DCOP.
- Help the team identify gaps in data collection approaches.
- Contribute to evaluation design, evaluate, and report drafting as needed.
- Assist in the presentation of findings, conclusions and recommendations to program stakeholders as requested.
- Other duties as assigned by the M&E Specialist, DCOP, or COP.

**Perfil de la empresa**:
**Resumen del proyecto**:
Este Proyecto de Evaluación y Monitoreo de Terceros de cinco años establecerá un mayor acceso a información independiente e imparcial sobre los resultados, el progreso, la calidad, los desafíos y los éxitos de los proyectos de asistencia humanitaria seleccionados. Este proyecto proporcionará una amplia gama de servicios de verificación, seguimiento y evaluación que mejorarán la calidad de la programación, permitirán ajustes del programa en tiempo real y aumentarán la rendición de cuentas a los beneficiarios. El proyecto confirmará que la asistencia está abordando las necesidades urgentes de los beneficiarios objetivo mediante la realización de un seguimiento que aplica enfoques de No Hacer Daño y consciente del trauma sufrido por los destinatarios.

**Resumen de posición**:
El Analista de Monitoreo de Terceros (TPM) trabajará en estrecha colaboración con el Especialista en M&E y el Subdirector del Proyecto para brindar apoyo y orientación regulares en las áreas de administración de datos, análisis e informes. El Analista llevará a cabo un análisis independiente de los datos cuantitativos y cualitativos recopilados por el proyecto y desarrollará informes analíticos oportunos y concisos a partir de este análisis. El Analista de TPM también tendrá un papel importante en el aseguramiento de la calidad, incluida la revisión de los datos de las visitas al sitio y los informes preliminares realizados por otros miembros del equipo y contratistas externos. Además, el analista llevará a cabo estudios para informar respecto a las visitas y la recopilación de datos para la realización de evaluaciones de la calidad de los datos (DQA). Este cargo se reporta al especialista en M&E y es de tiempo completo.

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