M&E and Communication Officer

The Asia Foundation’s Lao PDR Office seeks a qualified and motivated Lao national for the position of Monitoring, Evaluation and Communication Officer. The full-time post. full-time and will be based in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR.

The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities across Asia and the Pacific. Informed by decades of experience and deep local expertise, our work across the region is focused on governance, women’s empowerment and gender equality, inclusive economic growth, environment and climate action, and regional and international relations.

The AMPLIFY: Amplifying Women’s Peace Actions in ASEAN is a 5-year regional initiative of The Asia Foundation and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) that aims to mitigate the disproportionate impacts of conflict and insecurity on women in ASEAN and to strengthen peace actions through women’s participation and receipt of benefits. The program is focused on Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar/Thailand with three objectives:

1. ASEAN and ASEAN Member States demonstrate a meaningful commitment to women, peace, security, and advance knowledge and dialogue.
2. Civil society organizations in ASEAN influence women, peace and security commitments, and delivery of commitments.
3. Women meaningfully participate and lead in peace and security actions in areas vulnerable to insecurity so that responses are informed by women’s voices and mitigate insecurity.

The M&E and Communication Officer reports to AMPLIFY Laos’ Program Manager and works closely with country and regional teams, including AMPLIFY Regional Program Manager and Regional MERL Specialist.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Localize, implement, and review the AMPLIFY Regional MERL and communication Framework and develop Laos’ country M&E and Coms plan including tools, methods, and processes to monitor and evaluate Amplify Laos activities.
• Ensure quality assurance of subgrantees and that partners have the tools and capacities to meet the reporting requirements for Amplify results indicators. Contribute to the design and lead implementation of all project learning activities and work with technical staff to adapt project interventions based on the information captured through M&E and Coms activities.
• Update and refine internal tracking systems to maintain M&E data in an organized, secure, and easy-to-understand way.
• Support the design and implementation of flagship research activities and other research studies under the Amplify program.
• Support production of communication material, most significant change stories, follow-up surveys, and interviews with beneficiaries, in coordination with program staff, as required.
• Oversee data quality assurance (including field visits and spot checks to assess data accuracy and means of verifications) and data management to promote evidence-based programming, interpretation, and report writing.
• Lead on Amplify Laos activities documentation, follow-up surveys, and interviews with beneficiaries in coordination with the program manager and regional MERL specialist.
• Support the collection, verification, and reporting of M&E data from key partners, grantees, mentors, and technical specialists required in the M&E and Coms plans in compliance with donors and internal data quality and reporting requirements.
• Contribute to semi-annual country reporting and annual donor reporting to the donor. Ensure that all data submitted to MFAT meets donor requirements and includes a narrative that documents data sources, assumptions, deviations from prior reports, and other potential data issues.
• Support AMPLIFY partners (selected CSO grantees) and other partners to strengthen data gathering and reporting systems. Follow up with partners on reporting requirements and validate data.
• Hold periodic and regular review and reflection exercises with partners and prepare data and insights for country and regional quarterly and other periodic reflections and review exercises.
• Other relevant M&E and Coms duties as assigned.