Job Description

Monitoring And Evaluation Officer – MEO – (Level 6-7)-1, Nepalgunj Office (Frequent Travel To Fields).
Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) is a non-profit making, non-governmental organization (NGO) established in October 1995 with its Head Office in Pokhara, Nepal. LI-BIRD is committed to capitalizing on local initiatives for sustainable management of renewable natural resources and improving livelihoods of rural people who are dependent of natural resources in Nepal and South Asia region.

LI-BIRD provides a collegial, supportive and multidisciplinary working environment where young professionals with a learning attitude thrive and succeed.  LI-BIRD provides unparalleled mentoring support while challenging its staff to learn, innovate and acquire skills and experiences that will become foundational for the rest of their careers.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – MEO – (Level 6-7)-1, Nepalgunj Office (Frequent travel to fields). 

Job Summary: The MEO shall be responsible to ensure monitoring and evaluation of project and provide technical support to the implementing partners and ensuring the quality delivery contributing to the project goal, objectives and outcomes. MEO's duties include; project planning, ensuring timely implementation, M&E, and reporting of the project; database management, maintaining good working relationship with all project partners, MoAD, DADOs, Local NGOs and other stakeholders.  

Competencies and Personal Specification:

• Experience in areas of horticulture, climate change adaptation and Gender and Social inclusion.
• Proven knowledge of multi-stakeholder involvement in M & E mechanism; good understanding of local governance, decentralization, transparency, accountability, good governance practices and multi-stakeholder partnership in forestry related project.
• Knowledge on monitoring and evaluation, project management and project cycle management and result based monitoring.
• Knowledge on statistical software packages such as MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS and R-software.
• Demonstrated ability in documentation, information management and analysis
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with varied workloads
• Demonstrate good database management skills
• Strong analytical, critical thinking; ability to produce, edit, and assemble routine progress summaries for donor reporting purposes
• Ability to synthesize complex or diverse information and to design work flows and procedures 

Education and Experience: MSc in Natural Resource Management or relevant field  with 2 years of work experience in relevant field.

LI-BIRD offers competitive remuneration and other benefits as laid out in its Personnel Policies. Interested candidates are requested to submit their applications with CV including two references, citizenship certificate and relevant testimonials by Deadline by Email with the e-mail subject starting as: [VACANCY]. Only short listed candidates will be called for the interview. Telephone calls will not be entertained and could lead to disqualification.

Applications from female candidates and members of indigenous and disadvantaged groups are highly encouraged.