Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

Job Description

Ipas Nepal is non-profit international organization that works to increase women’s ability to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health, especially the Right to Safe Abortion. We seek to eliminate Unsafe Abortion and the resulting deaths and injuries and to expand women’s access to Comprehensive Abortion Care, including contraception and related reproductive health information and care.Ipas Nepal is non-profit international organization that works to increase women’s ability to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health, especially the Right to Safe Abortion. We seek to eliminate Unsafe Abortion and the resulting deaths and injuries and to expand women’s access to Comprehensive Abortion Care, including contraception and related reproductive health information and care.

The Research Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant will provide assistance for routine monitoring of safe abortion services, research activities and reporting. The Research Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant responsibilities include collection and management of routine safe abortion data. Under the technical guidance of Research, Monitoring &Evaluation Advisor, s/he ensures that routine and periodic safe abortion service-related information is collected using global and national tools, edited, compiled, validated, analyzed and shared within and outside Ipas on a regular basis. S/he reports to the Research, Monitoring &Evaluation Advisor of Ipas Nepal.

The main job responsibilities for this position are:

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Ensure coordination with relevant team members for timely collection of routine service data
• Ensure verification and correction of routine service data as needed coordinating with relevant team members
• Complete entry, processing and analysis of M&E data maintaining M&E databases up to date within a month of reports/data received
• Provide technical and project management support on R&E unit
• Provide technical support to field team to enable them use terra
• Participate in designing data entry screens and generate graphs and tables for internal/external data sharing meetings
• Conduct need-based monitoring visits, joint visits with program or evaluation team in program districts

Research activities and reporting

• Provide technical and administrative support to the data entry, statistical analysis of studies and research activities 
• Assist in the donor reporting process involving in data cleaning, verification and; responding to data request

Documentation, Coordination and Communication

• Communicate with R&E Senior Advisor, other unit Advisors in reference to data queries, data collection/analysis, structure and process
• Maintain close communication with R&E NC for technical issues and validation of data
• Communicate with relevant team in reference to sharing data/information, problems in the field

Performs other duties as assigned by Ipas.

Qualification and Experience Requirements:

• Candidate must have minimum bachelor’s degree in Public Health or Statistics, Research or related field of study,
• With at least 3 years relevant work experience, including design and implementation of safe abortion program monitoring and research activities, especially in Nepal,
• Candidate must be able to demonstrate computer experience; proficiency with Stata, EpiData, word processing, spreadsheet, Presentation software, and email,
• Has good written and spoken communications skills in English,
• With positive work attitude who will abide by Ipas core value and build mutual trust, respect and co-operation in the team.

Ipas is strongly committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of harassment, discrimination, and inequity.  We recruit, employ, train, promote, and compensate our personnel without regard to race, age, sex, religion, national origin, color, creed, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, military service, disability, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic protected by law or outlined by Ipas policy

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