Location: Remote – Preferably based in Syria or Europe
Position Type: Full-Time
Compensation: Monthly fixed payment and bonus based on performance
Start Date: Immediate or upon mutual agreement
About Ektimisi
Ektimisi is a research and development consulting firm working across the Middle East and Eastern Europe, with a focus on complex environments including Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. We support international organizations with research, evaluations, third‑party monitoring, and capacity building.
Position Overview
We are seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Specialist to support Ektimisi’s research and capacity-building workstreams. The role will coordinate field data collection, ensure data quality, analyze findings, prepare clear reports, manage training assignments, coordinate with trainers and clients, and build Ektimisi’s pools of field researchers and field trainers.
This is a coordination role requiring strong follow-up, communication, analytical thinking, reporting skills, and the ability to keep field teams, trainers, clients, and internal project teams aligned.
Key Responsibilities
1. Research, Data Collection, and Reporting
- Coordinate field data collection with field team leads, enumerators, and project teams.
- Support tool testing, Kobo rollout, field team briefings, and daily fieldwork follow-up.
- Review incoming data for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and quality issues.
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data and summarize key findings, risks, patterns, and recommendations.
- Prepare fieldwork updates, data quality notes, analytical summaries, and report sections.
2. Capacity-Building Coordination
- When training programs are available, Lead the coordination and delivery of training assignments, ensuring alignment among clients, trainers, and Ektimisi’s team.
- Manage trainer communication, timelines, deliverables, participant arrangements, and client follow-up.
- Coordinate with trainers who develop training materials and ensure outputs meet client requirements.
3. Pool Development and Internal Support
- Build and maintain Ektimisi’s pools of qualified field researchers, enumerators, facilitators, and trainers.
- Maintain organized project folders, datasets, trackers, and reporting materials on SharePoint.
- Support improvement of ME&R, reporting, data management, trainer coordination, and capacity-building management templates.
Required Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 4 years of experience in ME&R, research, data collection coordination, data analysis, reporting, training coordination, or humanitarian/development programming.
- Strong English writing skills, with the ability to prepare clear reports, summaries, and analytical narratives.
- Proven experience coordinating field teams, enumerators, or trainers.
- Strong Excel and data quality review skills, including cleaning, summary tables, charts, and analysis.
- Good understanding of humanitarian or development project cycles, indicators, research tools, and reporting requirements.
- Strong organization, communication, follow-up, and deadline-management skills.
- Reliable internet connection.
Highly Desirable
- University degree in international development, social sciences, statistics, economics, public policy, information management, or a related field.
- Experience with MEAL frameworks, evaluation criteria, logical frameworks, indicators, or research methodologies.
- Familiarity with KoboToolbox, ODK, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
- Strong command of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and AI-assisted productivity tools.
- English Arabic language is highly desirable
Work Modality and Compensation
· Remote work with flexible hours.
· Preferred availability for coordination: 9:00–17:00 (Turkey).
· Fixed monthly compensation + performance-based bonuses.
· Exposure to international partners and multi-country projects.
· Opportunity to develop ME&R, reporting, data analysis, and project coordination skills.
How to apply
How to Apply
Applicants must ensure their CV meets all of the following criteria:
- Maximum 3 pages
- Full address (including the country of residence) clearly written on the first page
- Education and work experience must include both month and year
- Example: Jan 2020 – Aug 2022
- Start with the most recent experience and go backwards
- Expected monthly salary stated at the beginning of the CV
- WhatsApp number included on the first page of the CV
- CV should be well‑structured, clear, and easy to read
Shortlisting will take place on a rolling basis, and early applications are strongly encouraged.
Applications submitted outside the application link will not be considered.
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