Details
  • Job Title: Senior Monitoring Assistant
  • Organization Name: UN IOM
  • Location: Quetta
  • Duration: 3 Months
  • Number of Vacancies: 1
  • Gender: Any
  • Closing on: 2026-10-20
How to Apply
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Background
  • Under the overall supervision of National Deputy Programme Manager, the Senior Monitoring Assistant will be responsible for deliverables outlined in the following sections:

    Responsibilities

    1. Prepare weekly site visit plans for monitoring ongoing grants and project activities.
    2. Conduct regular field and project site visits to monitor implementation progress, verify project activities, assess quality and compliance, and obtain feedback from target communities, particularly women and vulnerable groups.
    3. Collect, verify, and analyze monitoring data from field visits, project databases, implementing partners, and other relevant sources.
    4. Compile comprehensive monitoring reports using established monitoring and reporting templates and provide accurate and timely findings for Program Management.
    5. Identify implementation gaps, challenges, risks, and areas requiring corrective action and provide appropriate recommendations to improve project performance.
    6.  Provide timely feedback to Program Management on project progress, quality of implementation, beneficiary feedback, and emerging issues identified during monitoring visits.
    7. Review monitoring and reporting tools based on field experience and recommend improvements to enhance the quality and effectiveness of monitoring processes.
    8. Identify and document success stories, case studies, good practices, and lessons learned from project implementation.
    9. Conduct Broad-Based Evaluation Studies and thematic assessments on assigned grant-related topics and provide evidence-based findings and recommendations.
    10. Support Program Management in conducting additional field assessments, verification exercises, spot checks, and follow-up monitoring as required.
    11. Ensure meaningful engagement with female beneficiaries and community members during monitoring activities and document their feedback, concerns, and recommendations.
    12. Maintain complete and accurate monitoring records and documentation, including field visit reports, observations, beneficiary feedback, photographs, and follow-up actions.
    13. Monitor the implementation of recommendations and corrective actions identified through monitoring visits, assessments, and evaluations.
    14. Provide regular updates to the supervisor and Program Management on monitoring findings, project progress, identified gaps, risks, and required follow-up actions.
    15. Ensure compliance with monitoring standards, organizational policies, safeguarding principles, and confidentiality requirements during all monitoring and assessment activities.
    16. Perform any other monitoring, assessment, reporting, and evaluation duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Requirements
  • Education

    • Master’s degree in political science, Law, or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or University degree in the above-mentioned fields with relevant professional experience.

    Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.

    Experience

      • Experience in development assistance projects, engagement with Legal and Governmental procedures & processes.
      • Experience in Programme/project monitoring and evaluation, preferably with international organizations
      • Experience working in challenging field-based environments.
      • Experience in humanitarian situations is highly desirable.
      • Experience in stakeholder coordination and liaison is an advantage.

    Skills

      • Managing challenging field-based environments.
      • Project Monitoring & Evaluation
      •  stakeholder coordination and liaison

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