Volunteer in Humanitarian Monitoring and Evaluation in Zambia

ActionAid Zambia is looking for an experienced volunteer, who can support in building the capacity of local partners on M&E, learning and documentation in relation to their work related to relationship building with local authorities, as well as communities in areas of humanitarian emergency response, integration of early warning systems into local adaptation as well as implementation of adaptation plans.

The volunteer position is part of the EUAID Volunteer’s Initiative – an Initiative that brings volunteers and organisations together from different countries, providing practical support to humanitarian aid projects and contributing to strengthening local capacity and resilience of disaster-affected communities. A core focus is also to promote global solidarity and post-placement information work in Europe.

The placement period is 9 months, with duty station in the Western Regional Hub office in Mongu, Zambia.

Volunteer Tasks

For the placement, the Volunteer will support localised disaster risk reduction in vulnerable communities by providing the following support:

• Support in workshop planning, facilitation and evaluation including reporting with the purpose of strengthening M&E and documentation.
• Promotion and documentation of best practices of enhancing women rights and youth participation in all programming areas to ensure women and young people‘s needs are at the centre of AA Zambia’s Programmes
• Support the undertaking of regular monitoring, assessments and reviews of capacities, progress and impact of AA Zambia’s interventions.
• Participate in strategic engagements including humanitarian cluster meetings to support dissemination of learnings to young people, women and communities.
• Support documentation of success stories and enhancement of information sharing and learning in the province.
• Collaborate with the Global Platform in development of training materials and ensuring young people trained at the Global Platform on M&E and documentation, and support following up at local level to build on their knowledge.
• Participate in and contribute to relevant in-country and cross-country learning and knowledge sharing events and processes within the ActionAid Federation, such as the Youth Community of Interest
• Support communication and visibility of the EU AID Volunteer Initiative, also when back in Europe after deployment

Qualifications:

• Degree in organizational development or similar,
• English proficiency,
• Humanitarian / Development Project Cycle Management knowledge
• Advanced training in M&E and quantitative methodologies
• Strong analytical skills, and an understanding of a range of methods for monitoring, evaluation and assessment
• Demonstrated ability to design, commission, and manage assessment methodologies and evaluation
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and tasks efficiently. Must be flexible and willing to perform other duties and work irregular hours
• Strong intercultural skills, respect of others and diplomatic skills
• Understanding and appreciating that this is a temporary position and thus strengthening the skills and competences of peers and colleagues is key in this placement
• Strong motivation to volunteer with a social justice organisation
• previous exposure to working in a developing context
• Prior volunteer experience is an added advantage

As this volunteer is placed under the EU AID Volunteer Initiative the volunteer must be a citizen of the EU or a third country national who is a long-term resident in an EU Member State and must have a minimum age of 18 years

Terms and condition will follow those of EU AID Volunteers:

• Monthly Subsistence Lump Sum of 424,33 € per month which intends to cover basic needs and local transport.
• Monthly post-deployment resettlement of 100 € per month
• Modest accommodation, Visa fees, insurance and airfare to and from the country of service
• 2 days leave per month of voluntary activity + domestic holidays in the country of service
• Work hours in accordance with ActionAid Zambia

Application and recruitment Process

To apply, the candidate should write a letter of motivation, fill out a Europass CV CV LINK and Self-Assessment Questionnaire SAQ LINK and upload all these documents to the application link below. If you have challenges uploading the Self-Assessment Questionnaire with your application, please send it separately to [email protected].

Application Deadline: August 22 2020

Shortlisting and interviews on SKYPE with the candidates: August/September

Selected candidates from interviews will be obligated to participate in an online training module as well as a 9-12 day in-presence training in Europe as part of the selection process. More than one candidate for each position will be selected for training to support the development of a pool of validated candidates – however only one candidate will eventually be selected for this position.

Travel and training costs to participate in the in-presence training will be covered.

Placement start is expected to be November 2020

Please, visit EACEA’s vacancy announcement page for more information and to see the full vacancy of this position. Here you will also be able to see other volunteer opportunities and read more about the EU AID Volunteer Initiative:

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/echo/eu-aid-volunteers_en/