Monitoring Officer (BS-17)

All Pakistan Solvent; Peshawar City Tehsil; Vor Ort; PKR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

All Pakistan Solvent Extractors Association (APSEA) seeks a Monitoring Officer (BS-17) to track performance of association-led and government-funded initiatives. The role focuses on monitoring plans, field verification, and MIS data management to ensure 95% data accuracy and timely reporting to partners and ministries.

The officer will use KoboToolbox/ODK for mobile data collection and Excel/Power BI for analytics, producing monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports.

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in business, economics, statistics, agriculture or project management required.
• Experience in monitoring & evaluation or program management advantageous.
• Proficiency in data collection tools and analytics software expected.

Aufgaben

• Develop and maintain monitoring frameworks including logframes and PMPs.
• Conduct field verification of production data at member units.
• Manage MIS with real-time dashboards and data cleaning/analysis.
• Prepare PC-III/PC-IV reports for PSDP-funded projects.
• Coordinate third-party evaluations and ToRs for consultants.
• Facilitate capacity-building workshops on GMP and traceability.

Kenntnisse

KoboToolbox

ODK

Excel

Power BI

Field visits

Ausbildung

MBA

Economics

Statistics

Agriculture

Project Management

Tools

KoboToolbox

ODK

Jobbeschreibung

The Monitoring Officer (BS-17) at All Pakistan Solvent Extractors Association (APSEA) serves as the primary technical resource for tracking the performance, compliance, and impact of association-led initiatives, government-funded projects, and industry development programs. The role ensures that solvent extraction sector activities — ranging from oilseed procurement drives to capacity-building workshops and quality standardization pilots — are systematically monitored against approved work plans, logical frameworks, and donor or government reporting timelines.

Day-to-day workflows involve designing and updating monitoring plans, conducting field visits to member extraction units for verification of production data and safety compliance, and managing the Management Information System (MIS) for real-time dashboards. The officer utilizes tools such as KoboToolbox or ODK for mobile data collection, Excel/Power BI for analytics, and prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports for the Executive Committee, Ministry of National Food Security, and development partners. Service standards require 95% data accuracy, timely submission of PC-III/PC-IV proformas, and adherence to PPRA rules for any procurement monitoring. Career progression leads to Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist or Program Manager roles within the association or federal project management units.

Selection follows a competitive Category A process: a 100-mark written screening examination (100 MCQs covering General Knowledge, English, Quantitative Reasoning, and Professional Subject — Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Management, Agri-Business Basics) conducted by a designated testing service. Candidates scoring the qualifying threshold are shortlisted on merit (typically top 5 per vacancy) for document verification of educational degrees (Master's in Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, Agriculture, or Project Management) and experience certificates. Final selection is made by the Departmental Selection Committee (DSC) through a structured interview assessing technical knowledge, situational judgment, and communication skills, with final merit combining written test (50%) and interview (50%) weights.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks including Logframes, Performance Monitoring Plans (PMPs), and indicator reference sheets for APSEA projects
• Conduct routine and surprise field monitoring visits to solvent extraction plants to verify compliance with Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) specifications and environmental regulations
• Manage the association's Management Information System (MIS) ensuring accurate entry, cleaning, and analysis of production, import/export, and capacity utilization data from member units
• Prepare and submit timely PC-III quarterly progress reports and PC-IV completion reports for PSDP-funded projects in accordance with Planning Commission guidelines
• Coordinate third-party evaluations, baseline/endline surveys, and value-for-money audits by drafting Terms of Reference (ToRs) and supervising consultant deliverables
• Facilitate capacity-building workshops for member firms on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HACCP, and traceability systems to improve sector-wide monitoring readiness