Planning Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Assistant

About the role

The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is recruiting one Planning Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Assistant for its merged areas headquarters in Kurram District, reporting to the IMRO. The project runs for 5.5 months and supports a donor multi-sectoral emergency response in Bajaur covering Health and WASH interventions for conflict- and flood-affected IDPs and host communities. Local candidates are given preference and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor Health, WASH and MPCA interventions with Program Officers and IMRO, focusing on women, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities
• Support baseline, midline and endline assessments, needs assessments and market assessments
• Visit IDP camps, schools and host communities regularly, ensuring activities meet SPHERE, CHS, PGI and CEA guidelines
• Assist in post-distribution monitoring, after-action reviews and beneficiary feedback collection
• Support data collection, entry, cleaning and validation using digital tools, maintain organized files and help build beneficiary databases
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly reports and contribute to MEAL tools, surveys and data analysis
• Run community sensitization sessions, manage feedback and complaints response mechanisms and document case studies and lessons learned
• Ensure safeguarding, protection and inclusion are mainstreamed, train staff and volunteers on MEAL tools, and liaise with community committees and local authorities

Required profile

• Master's degree in social sciences, Development Studies, Statistics, Public Health or a related field
• At least 2 years' experience in monitoring and evaluation, accountability or humanitarian program support; Health and WASH experience preferred
• Knowledge of humanitarian standards (SPHERE, CHS, PGI, CEA)
• Experience in report writing, data visualization and knowledge management
• Commitment to humanitarian principles, accountability to affected populations and gender-sensitive communication
• Willingness to travel extensively to field locations; maximum age limit of 45 years

Required skills

• Data management and analysis with Excel, Kobo, ODK and SPSS or similar tools
• Report writing and data visualization