Field Monitors (Couple)

Background & Purpose

UNFPA Afghanistan implements reproductive health, protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and humanitarian programmes across Afghanistan. Field Monitors support programme oversight by independently collecting and verifying field-level information, assessing service quality, obtaining beneficiary feedback, and identifying implementation gaps and red flags.

The position supports verification of programme implementation and reported results at UNFPA-supported facilities and programme locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct routine and assigned monitoring visits to UNFPA-supported facilities and programme locations.
• Verify service availability, staffing, equipment, medicines, commodities and facility functionality.
• Use UNFPA-approved Kobo, DHIS2 and other monitoring tools/checklists to collect and submit accurate data.
• Review registers, monthly reports, DHIS2/Kobo records, beneficiary records and other source documents; cross-check reported figures.
• Interview service providers, implementing partners, beneficiaries and community members, as required.
• Verify services received, beneficiary feedback, satisfaction, accessibility, quality and complaints.
• Monitor distributions including dignity kits, RH kits, multipurpose cash, NFIs and other UNFPA assistance, as assigned.
• Assess infrastructure, privacy, water, electricity, toilets, accessibility, AAP, PSEAH, gender, disability inclusion, visibility and complaint mechanisms.
• Support rapid assessments, emergency missions, verification exercises, market assessments, post-distribution monitoring and spot checks when requested.
• Immediately report serious incidents, safeguarding concerns, data-quality issues, access constraints and other red flags.

• Relevant university/college qualification in health, public health, social sciences, M&E, development studies, statistics or a related field.
• Relevant experience in field monitoring, M&E, data collection, verification, research or programme quality assurance.
• Experience in Afghanistan, remote or humanitarian settings is highly desirable.
• Practical experience with Kobo, ODK, DHIS2 or similar digital data-collection systems.
• Ability to conduct interviews, review records, observe services and triangulate information.
• Good communication skills in relevant local languages; English is an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively to assigned provinces/districts.
• Demonstrated integrity, impartiality, confidentiality and respectful engagement with communities.

Interested candidates must apply as a COUPLE: one male and one female candidate. Both CVs must be submitted together in ONE ZIP FOLDER, clearly showing both candidates' names to m.haroonarif@beidconuslting.com & sajidullah.raeed@beidconsulting.com

Individual CV submissions may not be considered, as the assignment requires a complete male–female couple and an individual CV cannot be assessed as a complete pair.

The ZIP folder should contain two separate CV files, preferably named: “Male Candidate – Name” and “Female Candidate – Name”.

m.haroonarif@beidconuslting.com sajidullah.raeed@beidconsulting.com