Field monitor – Consultant

[Basrah,Iraq ]

 

 SWEDO is a Swedish non-profit, non-political, non-religious development aid organization that was founded in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. Having continuously operated in the Kurdistan Region ever since, SWEDO’s main priorities of work are construction and infrastructure activities, refugee and IDP initiatives, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and capacity building. 

In 2021 SWEDO entered a partnership with the WFP to implement a Food for Assets (FFA) project in Basra Governorate 

Basra Governorate is at the intersection of overlapping drivers of crisis such as water scarcity, climate change, neglected infrastructures and raising unemployment. The impact of such drivers of crisis is exacerbated by more frequent drought, COVID19 and loss of jobs due to the drop in oil prices, resulting in food insecurity, malnutrition, water-induced displacement and further degradation of the community livelihoods and ecosystem resources 

Rural communities paid a high toll with loss of livelihoods and health: in summer 2018, due to water pollution over 118,000 people were hospitalized in peri-urban areas and the water scarcity led about 4,000 people to abandon their homes with over 200 families becoming water-displaced in rural locations 

Agriculture provides over 70% of the livelihoods in the Governorate and is the largest single source of employment for rural communities, yet the combination of water crisis, raising temperatures and high water salinity has turned many farmers from producers into consumers with over 80% of the vegetables imported and farmers lacking SBCC adaptation, infrastructures, and inputs to cope with climate change and ecosystem degradation.

 

Duties, Responsibilities and Deliverables:

• Conduct frequent field visits to the project’s activity sites to collect quantitative data,
• Conduct qualitative data collection through frequent visits to the field and have focused and well- structured discussions with the beneficiaries,
• Ensure that all field-data is collected in a timely and efficient manner while emphasizing accuracy and;
• Ensure that collected data for M&E purposes are handled in the proper way and according to methods and via tools designed and implemented by M&E
• Understand all aspects of each activity he/she monitors and identify areas of improvement and strengths
• Ensure that activities are carried out according to policies and the correct procedures are followed throughout the time of project implementation;
• Identify any apparent issues in the program and report them to M&E officer;
• Working throughout areas of Basra Governorate;
• Research and obtain further information for incomplete documents
• Respond to queries for information; scan documents, print files, as

 

 SWEDO is a Swedish non-profit, non-political, non-religious development aid organization that was founded in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. Having continuously operated in the Kurdistan Region ever since, SWEDO’s main priorities of work are construction and infrastructure activities, refugee and IDP initiatives, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and capacity building. 

In 2021 SWEDO entered a partnership with the WFP to implement a Food for Assets (FFA) project in Basra Governorate 

Basra Governorate is at the intersection of overlapping drivers of crisis such as water scarcity, climate change, neglected infrastructures and raising unemployment. The impact of such drivers of crisis is exacerbated by more frequent drought, COVID19 and loss of jobs due to the drop in oil prices, resulting in food insecurity, malnutrition, water-induced displacement and further degradation of the community livelihoods and ecosystem resources 

Rural communities paid a high toll with loss of livelihoods and health: in summer 2018, due to water pollution over 118,000 people were hospitalized in peri-urban areas and the water scarcity led about 4,000 people to abandon their homes with over 200 families becoming water-displaced in rural locations 

Agriculture provides over 70% of the livelihoods in the Governorate and is the largest single source of employment for rural communities, yet the combination of water crisis, raising temperatures and high water salinity has turned many farmers from producers into consumers with over 80% of the vegetables imported and farmers lacking SBCC adaptation, infrastructures, and inputs to cope with climate change and ecosystem degradation.

 

Duties, Responsibilities and Deliverables:

• Conduct frequent field visits to the project’s activity sites to collect quantitative data,
• Conduct qualitative data collection through frequent visits to the field and have focused and well- structured discussions with the beneficiaries,
• Ensure that all field-data is collected in a timely and efficient manner while emphasizing accuracy and;
• Ensure that collected data for M&E purposes are handled in the proper way and according to methods and via tools designed and implemented by M&E
• Understand all aspects of each activity he/she monitors and identify areas of improvement and strengths
• Ensure that activities are carried out according to policies and the correct procedures are followed throughout the time of project implementation;
• Identify any apparent issues in the program and report them to M&E officer;
• Working throughout areas of Basra Governorate;
• Research and obtain further information for incomplete documents
• Respond to queries for information; scan documents, print files, as

• Bachelor Degree in Statistics or Project Management;
• At least two years’ experience in the same position or monitoring field;
• Fluency in Arabic and English Languages;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook email;
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills;
• possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Must be organized, able to multi-task, flexible, and able to work as a team and individual;
• Be very flexible regarding time, tasks and responsibilities

 

Interested applicants must send their most recent CV to [email protected], Subject line must read: 3/VA/WFP/BAS/SW/21, Field Monitor, Basra.

Note: Applications not meeting the specified minimum requirements or received after closing date may not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.