Técnico en Monitoreo Comunitario
Organizational Context
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and building a pathway to peace and prosperity. WFP uses food assistance to support people recovering from conflict, disasters, and extreme weather. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and a commitment to its mission, fostering a skilled and high-performing workforce.
Job Purpose
The Community Monitoring Technician will provide temporary operational and technical support to field monitoring activities within the Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring (RAM) and Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) units in El Salvador. This role focuses on supporting field assessments, data collection, community targeting, and quality control processes. The technician will coordinate with cooperating partners and local actors to ensure the proper application of methodologies and tools. Key responsibilities include conducting field visits, monitoring the implementation of procedures, supporting data quality control, providing technical guidance to partners, and documenting findings. The objective is to enhance WFP's capacity to accompany partners, verify process quality, and generate reliable field evidence to support humanitarian operations.
Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of this role is to provide temporary support for field monitoring activities related to evaluations, studies, information gathering, community targeting, and quality control processes within the Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring (RAM) and Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) units in El Salvador. The position holder will work closely with cooperating partners, local actors, and technical staff to ensure the correct application of established methodologies, instruments, and procedures. Key duties include conducting field visits to monitor ongoing activities, ensuring adherence to data collection and management protocols, and supporting data quality control by identifying inconsistencies and errors. The role also involves providing technical guidance and accompaniment to partners, assisting in capacity building through training and material preparation, and supporting the development and testing of data collection tools. Additionally, the position requires collecting primary data through various methods, assisting in basic data processing and cleaning, and documenting field activities and findings through reports and records. The role emphasizes operational follow-up, process quality, and evidence generation from the field, with a focus on supporting partners and ensuring the integrity of information gathered. Frequent travel to field locations within El Salvador is expected.
Work Experience
Requires a minimum of 2 years of verifiable field experience in information gathering, project monitoring, evaluations, studies, surveys, community work, or supervision of third-party activities. Experience working with cooperating partners, community organizations, or local stakeholders is a plus.
Skills
Field Monitoring, Data Collection, Quality Control, Community Outreach, Capacity Building, Report Writing, Data Analysis, Mobile Data Collection, KoboToolbox, ODK, Excel, Problem Identification, Autonomy, Teamwork, Communication