Under the direct supervision and overall direction of our client TPM Manager/VAME Focal Point, the Regional Coordinator will undertake the following duties and responsibilities: 

Team management and supervision

• Act as the main focal point for third-party monitoring activities in the assigned region.

• Oversee day-to-day management of project activities, ensuring provincial coordinators and monitoring team receive necessary guidance and support in a timely manner.

• Represent TPM service provider in meetings with stakeholders and coordination forums.

• Support service provider’s team in developing an objective staff performance appraisal system, oversee staff performance and provide support and guidance to address any performance deficiency.

• Supervise and manage project staff to ensure their adherence to performance standards.

• Conduct bi-annual or ad-hoc field oversight visits to all provincial offices to find out about the problems and challenges of field staff and offices and provide necessary support.

Planning

• Coordinate Monitoring Plan with our client Area Office and disseminate the final plan to Provincial Coordinators.

• Oversight the assignment of Field Monitors to ensure; 1) technical projects i.e., RFS, Nutrition, etc are monitored by Field Monitors who have technical expertise or have sufficient experience in technical projects, 2) maintaining gender equality, equity, effectiveness and efficiency in the deployment of field monitors (regular and standby), 3) fair distribution of assignments to nearby and remote areas, easy and hard to reach locations and, 4) balancing the number of field visits and overnight stays and maintaining equitable rotation among team members.

• Oversee the implementation of our client monitoring plan and ensure effective, efficient and timely execution.

Coordination and engagement

• Coordinate closely with stakeholders to facilitate safe and unlimited access for TPM team to fieldworks.

• Maintain regular communication with both external and internal stakeholders including our client CO, our client AO, cooperating partners, our client donor TPM representatives, line departments, community influential elders and the TPM team itself.

Quality assurance and reporting

• Rigorous and timely review of TPM reports including process monitoring checklists, PDM forms, verification/spot-checks, etc for submission to our client, ensuring that they meet our client quality standards in terms of accuracy, completeness, reliability, consistency, and timeliness.

• Perform spot checks/surprise visits, validation visits and field verifications to ensure the quality of data collected by TPM field monitors and to verify the accuracy and reliability of data.

• Collect, compile and prepare monthly monitoring and other reports and ensure their timely submission to OUR CLIENT.

Logistical, administrative and financial management

• Oversee overall administrative, financial, procurement, human resource and logistical aspects of the project to ensure all provincial offices are functional and have the necessary space and facilities to run smooth operation.

• Oversee transportation arrangements to field staff and ensure local transportation and office rented vehicles are utilized with utmost effective and efficient manner.

• Oversee staff recruitment process of the service provider to ensure experienced, qualified and competent candidates are selected for the designated roles.

• Review and verify monthly invoices of the TPM service provider and ensure timely, accurate, valid and evidence-based invoices are submitted to our client.

• Oversee utilization of project resources, ensuring resources are used rationally and in line with the recommended guidelines and SOPs

• Undertake any other activities related to our client TPM interventions as and when requested.

OUR CLIENT expects the TPM Regional Coordinator to possess the following minimum skills and experiences

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in international/ Humanitarian Development, Economics, Business, law, Civil Engineering, Agriculture, social science, or any other relevant field.

Experience

• Minimum five years of progressive experience in project management/ M&E, leading team and decision-making roles. Having experience in our client projects will be an advantage.

Knowledge and skills

• Demonstrate strong management, communication, coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple stakeholders.

• Knowledge of different projects include monitoring, evaluation, survey, research and TPM.

• Demonstrate ability to develop monitoring plans and TPM protocols, tools and data quality assurance guidelines and forms.

• Practical experience in the use of data management applications including skills to manage and summarize large datasets. Ability to compile, collate, analyze and present data.

• Good knowledge of the context, especially in terms of security, and culture and ability to travel across the intervention areas of the relevant field office.

• Experience in hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving project needs.

• Strong project management skills including experience managing complex and multifaceted projects

• Build and maintain effective relationships, with his/her team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters.

• Ability to speak fluently in both Afghanistan formal languages Pashto as well as Dari.

• Strong communication skills in written and spoken English

• Ability to consolidate data and prepare clear and concise narrative and analytic reports in English.

• Experience in usage of digital data collection platforms, i.e., MODA, KOBO, ONA etc. 

Under the direct supervision and overall direction of our client TPM Manager/VAME Focal Point.

• Demonstrate strong management, communication, coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple stakeholders.

• Knowledge of different projects include monitoring, evaluation, survey, research and TPM.

• Demonstrate ability to develop monitoring plans and TPM protocols, tools and data quality assurance guidelines and forms.

• Practical experience in the use of data management applications including skills to manage and summarize large datasets. Ability to compile, collate, analyze and present data.

• Good knowledge of the context, especially in terms of security, and culture and ability to travel across the intervention areas of the relevant field office.

• Experience in hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving project needs.

• Strong project management skills including experience managing complex and multifaceted projects

• Build and maintain effective relationships, with his/her team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters.

• Ability to speak fluently in both Afghanistan formal languages Pashto as well as Dari.

• Strong communication skills in written and spoken English

• Ability to consolidate data and prepare clear and concise narrative and analytic reports in English.

• Experience in usage of digital data collection platforms, i.e., MODA, KOBO, ONA etc. 

This role has no team management responsibility.

• Interested candidates are required to apply through Tayo. Also, please take note that CTG does not accept applications in hard copies.

   

• Before applying the candidate must carefully read the advertisement.

   

• Applicants are advised to fill in all mandatory fields otherwise they will not be able to apply and should fill in their correct and active e-mail address in the online application as any correspondence will be made by CTG through e-mail only.

   

• Due to the high volume of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please ensure that the e-mail address and phone number that you will indicate are accurate.