Monitoring Assistant
Medical Teams International
Published 3 weeks ago · Expires 1 month from now
Job description
About Medical Teams International
Medical Teams International is committed to daring to love like Jesus by boldly breaking barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world. The organization holds strict child and vulnerable adult safeguarding principles and maintains a zero-tolerance policy for misconduct related to sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization's activities are conducted.
Job Summary
The Field Monitoring Assistant supports the implementation of monitoring activities at the field level to ensure quality data collection, accurate reporting, and effective tracking of project performance. This position works closely with program staff, partners, and community stakeholders to collect, verify, and report data in line with organizational and donor requirements.
The Monitoring Assistant conducts routine field visits to project sites to monitor activities, verify reported results, and ensure compliance with project plans and standards. The role also supports data quality assurance, beneficiary registration and verification, distribution monitoring, post-distribution monitoring (PDM), and feedback collection mechanisms.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct daily/weekly rapid monitoring at health posts, nutrition centers, mobile clinics, and outreach sites using mobile tools (KoboToolbox, ODK, CommCare)
- Collect, validate, and input critical health/nutrition indicators including OPD visits, disease outbreaks (cholera, measles), and malnutrition data
- Support data quality assurance and verification processes
- Assist with beneficiary registration and verification
- Monitor distributions and conduct post-distribution monitoring (PDM)
- Collect and document feedback from community stakeholders
Selection Process
Recruitment and hiring decisions will emphasize technical competence alongside thorough background checks, police clearance, and professional reference verification processes.