Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Officer

S/he is responsible for all expected or required actions to ensure quality and timely delivery of planning, monitoring, and reporting documents.

Job Purpose

The role of the PMER Officer is to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of PMER outputs in accordance with agreed donor and IFRC standards. S/he plays a key role in ensuring that projects, programmes and operations are systematically planned, monitored, evaluated and reported. The role enables the Operations Coordinator, Country Plan Managers and Pledge Managers to fulfil their PMER related responsibilities. S/he contributes to capacity building efforts by training staff and volunteers and providing technical assistance and guidance.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and finalize strategies, plans, programmes, and projects, including revisions and updates, ensuring alignment with Strategy 2030, the Agenda for Renewal, and the Secretariat Plan and Budget.
• Prepare, review, and submit high-quality reports on progress, performance, and outcomes for operations, plans,programmes, and projects, ensuring consistency between narrative and financial data, compliance with reporting, standards, and timely submission to meet internal and external deadlines.
• Design, implement, and manage monitoring systems to track progress, performance, and outcomes for projects, programmes, plans and operations.
• Equip staff and volunteers with PMER tools and training, ensuring proper use of monitoring plans, data collection methods, and tracking systems.
• Conduct assessments and evaluations to measure impact, performance, and efficiency, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• Maintain and optimize a reporting tracker to prevent delays and ensure timely submission of all required reports.
• Foster strong working relationships, support effective communication and liaise with stakeholders and counterparts at global, regional and country levels to validate and finalise reports, ensuring accuracy, accountability and Apply rigorous quality control checks to all project data and information, ensuring adherence to IFRC and donor.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date data recording, maintaining data integrity and accessibility across relevant systems.
• Enforce compliance with best practices, standards, and protocols in line with IFRC guidelines across all reporting and data management activities.
• Serve as a liaison to ensure seamless communication and coordination between staff and PMER systems and teams.
• Deliver training and capacity building to ensure consistent application of PMER methodologies and tools across
• operations and programmes.
• Be prepared for immediate deployment as part of the IFRC response system, ensuring readiness for operational
• Take ownership of responsibilities, ensuring the successful implementation of PMER activities and contributing to overall organizational success.