The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with 190 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC or “the Federation”) is the World’s largest volunteer-based humanitarian network. The Federation is a membership organization established by and comprised of its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Along with National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Federation is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The overall aim of the IFRC is” to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” It works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises. The Federation is served by a Secretariat based in Geneva, with regional and country offices throughout the world. The Secretariat is led by the IFRC Secretary General and provides the central capacity of the International Federation to serve, connect, and represent National Societies. The Secretariat’s focus includes providing support to the IFRC governance mechanisms; setting norms and standards; providing guidance; ensuring consistency; coordination and accountability for performance; knowledge sharing; promoting collaboration within and respect for the RCRC Movement; and expanding engagement with partners. The Secretariat’s headquarters is organized in three main business groups: (i) Partnerships, including Movement and Membership; (ii) Programs and Operations; and (iii) Management. The Secretariat has five regional office, as follows: Americas (Panama City); Africa (Nairobi); Asia/Pacific (Kuala Lumpur); Europe (Budapest); Middle East and North Africa (Beirut)..

The PMER Intern will assit to the program department of the Cluster for coordinating the planning, monitoring and evaluation and reporting for the programmes covered by the Cluster and provides technical assistance and support to IFRC Project Managers and Red Cross National Societies (NS) in emergency operations and development programmes, as well as National Society PMER capacity building in Central Africa.

The selected candidate shall have the responsibility to assist the program team in the following activities:

Provide technical assistance in program planning and annual reviews and the review of all relevant documents such as the logic model, performance measurement framework, which includes indicators as well as monitoring and evaluation plan; risk registers, annual work plans and project implementation plans

Develop capacity in these areas within Central Africa

Coordinate the effective implementation of needs assessments or gap analysis where required in project cycle

Coordinate the effective implementation of baseline surveys and barrier analysis as required in projects

Develop and implement a harmonized planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting system within Central Africa IFRC and program teams (staff and volunteers)

Develop processes/procedures and tools that support the data collection and analysis in a quality and credible manner

Ensure cross cutting issues (gender equality, governance and environmental sustainability); lessons learned and best practices are being integrated into projects and plans

Ensure continuous and effective learning and improvement throughout projects implementation

Support IFRC and NS staff/volunteers in the development or enhancement of monitoring plans and systems.

Support the design/development and maintaining of project Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems to ensure smooth measurement of the indicators identified in the various projects/programmes proposals. Specifically, support the design/review and implementation of data collection systems to measure the indicators; the design and maintenance of an electronic data management system; and lead data analysis

Provide the necessary training and coaching to staff and volunteers on how to use the data collection tools.

Ensures that projects have systems to aggregate, store and manage data coming from different locations

Inform the project managers on the progress based on the findings of data analysis and recommend necessary adjustments to implementation plans.

Support IFRC staff and NS in the execution of mid-project surveys.

Develop knowledge management and learning mechanisms among IFRC and NS staff

Design and lead the documentation process of lessons learned and best practices

Participate in the design and management of evaluations activities for the Central Africa Cluster Support team, including hiring of consultants where required, and maintain and update a calendar of evaluations

Participate in mid- term and final project evaluations including operational audits of project/program activities when required. Contribute to the development of terms of references, inception reports and data collection tools. Review and provide feedback to draft evaluation reports

Ensure effective and concrete participation of NS staff and volunteers in the ongoing evaluation of projects, and their implication in formal evaluations. Develop tracking mechanisms for implementation of the recommendations from the evaluation and report the status on a regular basis.

Develop and maintain a reporting calendar for IFRC and NS in Central Africa

Provide technical assistance to IFRC program team and Central Africa NS in results-based reporting

Lead the preparation of projects narrative reports

Support the Central Africa Cluster Support Team in the development of monthly regular operational reports.

In collaboration with NS PMER counterparts, identify M&E training needs of project staff and volunteers

Contribute to increasing the technical capacity of NS staff in the area of planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning

Organize and conduct refresher trainings on PMER for project and NS staff as needed

Support IFRC and NS in annual program and departmental planning and review processes

Provide technical support and advice to NS PMER counterparts on an ad hoc basis.

The role holder will need to carry out any other tasks requested by the line manager relevant to this role. They might also be expected to be on call, work on weekends or difficult hours on an ad-hoc or emergency basis.

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with Red Cross Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Additional job responsibilities

The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Required :

Fluent in spoken and written English

High degree of integrity, discretion and personal conduct

Flexible and adaptable to changing working conditions

Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills

Ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and work under pressure

Excellent staff management skills

Self-Motivated, proactive with good judgement and initiative

Strong will to learn and ability to work in a fast-paced environment