About Exigo: Exigo Research & Communications is an independent and non-partisan consulting firm headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Our team of local and international experts include monitoring and evaluation specialists, social researchers, technical experts and media experts with on the ground experience and access to hard to reach and marginalised communities around the world. Exigo provides Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and research services for humanitarian and development actors, to inform their programming and inform decision-makers through evidence based research by documenting lessons learned from past experiences, and informing future interventions and policy.
About the position: The Project Officer will be a member of Exigo’s team responsible for the coordination, management and implementation of a number of different M&E and research projects and actions undertaken by the company.
- Location: Desk-based
- Contract type: Full-time short-term consultancy assignment (6 months), with possibility of extension
- Job level: Junior position
- Starting date: As soon as possible
KEY ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES
- Day-to-day management of projects
- Draft work plans, training materials
- Follow up of data collection process, field work progress, data transcription and translation process
- Provide logistical support to teams
- Serve as a point of contact for teams and ensure team actions remain in synergy
- Communicate with management to keep projects aligned with set goals and deadlines
- Support in some aspects of projects implementation including: Qualitative data collection, Data coding, Translations and transcriptions
- Development of internal capacity building material, such as PPT
- Financial and administrative follow up of projects
- Follow up with and ensure that field staff for individual projects sign and submit necessary human resources documents, such as contracts, copies of IDs and relevant policies (code of conduct, child protection policy etc.)
- Invoicing and payment review
- Follow up of projects expenditure
- Develop and update databases
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with Exigo’s field staff and consultants
- Participate in team meetings
PERSONAL SKILLS
- Able to handle multiple competing priorities, while adhering to strict timelines
- Has close attention to detail and is deadline-conscious
- Strong team player with good interpersonal skills
- Fast learner, able to adapt to change quickly
- Comfortable in cross-cultural communication with people from different backgrounds
KNOWLEDGE and TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
- Proficient user of MS office (particularly Excel)
- Proficiency, written and spoken in English and Arabic
- Relevant experience in project implementation
- Willingness to learn and open to new ways of working
- Able to take initiative, work under minimal supervision and be flexible
- Good organisational and effective time management skills
- Ability to think, plan, prioritise and organise in a clear and structured way
- Ability to multitask and work on a number of projects simultaneously
How to apply
Interested applicants should submit their Curriculum Vitae and Letter of interest at vacancies@exigo-global.com by April 1, 2022. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview.
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