BACKGROUND

People in Need (PIN) is an international, non-profit organization providing humanitarian and development assistance in over 20 countries worldwide. Formed in 1992 in the Czech Republic, PIN has grown to be the biggest organisation of its kind in post-communist Europe, providing relief where it is needed, and empowering civil society at home and abroad.

PIN began its work in Iraq in 2003 focusing on reconstruction and renovation of schools and health centres. After a short break, PIN decided to re-establish its presence in the country in January 2015, mainly in response to deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country and massive displacement of people from conflict-affected areas. Since then, PIN has maintained a strong presence in Iraq, and has gradually extended its activities across the Governorates of Ninewa, Salah Al-din, Kirkuk and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Typical recipients of our aid are internally displaced persons, returnees, and people who survived the fighting near their homes and meet the pre-defined criteria of vulnerability.

Apart from humanitarian aid, PIN is currently working on long-term programmes supporting restoring livelihoods, education, and climate change.

Job Purpose:

The Programme and MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluating, Accountability, & Learning) Intern works in close collaboration with the PIN programme and MEAL team to learn and support on the basic MEAL tasks and programme archiving.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provide accurate qualitative and quantitative data collected in the field according to deadlines and use different data collection tools (e.g., KoBo collect) and good data entry skills.
• Conduct surveys and questionnaires for monitoring purposes.
• Conduct field monitoring visits to all project activities at the field level and support PIN MEAL Team to prepare the field monitoring reports.
• Support the PIN MEAL team to ensure all MEAL-related data and files are properly organized and archived.
• Work closely with field staff to collect data and implement activities to support beneficiary accountability.
• Support the MEAL team with the accountability/feedback/ CFRM mechanism at the PIN project level and country office level.
• Implementation of activities of the MEAL plan under the supervision of the PIN MEAL team.
• Support the MEAL team to review and consolidate data for the Indicator Performance Tracking Table and Beneficiary Tracking Sheet if needed.
• Work with the program and MEAL team to ensure documentation of programmed learning initiatives and outcomes (case studies, photos, lessons learnt, most significant change stories) if any.
• Carrying out and supervising data collection (Focus group discussions, post-distribution monitoring surveys, observations, etc.) and data entry. Support the coordination of field-based data collection activities.
• Following up with the MEAL enumerators, attendance sheets, payment and contracts.
• Perform any other related activities as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

GENERAL EMPLOYEES OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Employer stipulates the right to assign the Employee any other kind of work derived from his specialization. In case of urgent work and such like the Employee may be asked to work overtime as well as during public and other holidays.
• Adhering to all PIN policies and procedures at all times including those stipulated in the Code of Conduct, National Staff Handbook, Security Standard Operating procedures, etc.
• Punctual attendance to work including both working hours in the assigned office and schedule field trips if applicable
• Ensuring timely and effective delivery of tasks
• Correctness and completeness of given tasks
• The Employee takes over the responsibility for all entrusted material or cash. The Employee is obligated to cover all damages or losses caused by his carelessness. The Agreement of Liability of Assets has been signed separately.
• Prompt providing of all relevant information to their supervisor
• Maintain confidentiality of all information gained from employment within not publicly available
• Archiving of all entrusted and acquired documents in proper manner
• Representing and upholding the values of People in Need at all times
• Behave in appropriate manners at all times and in all places.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Experience in management of people and projects requirements.
• 0-1 year of relevant work experience in a similar field
• Upper intermediate English language
• Fluent Arabic and Kurdish are required
• Good communication skills, highly organized, result-oriented, responsible and reliable manner
• Ability to work under pressure, proactive and independent working style
• Good understanding of community participation and ability to communicate with impact and respect
• Ability to deal with complex situations and solve related issues.
• Critical thinking and good analysis skills.
• Flexibility and good time management.