Number of Vacancy: 1
Duty Station: Kathmandu, Nepal

Job Summary

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