IREX: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer, Supporting Independent Media in Syria (SIMS)
The Supporting Independent Media in Syria (SIMS) program fosters sustainable independent media in Syria and empowers Syrians of diverse backgrounds by offering reliable, locally relevant sources that promote accountability, counter extremist narratives, promote gender equity, and encourage social cohesion. Working in partnership with media outlets in Syria and in exile, SIMS provides training, coaching, and mentoring to improve partners’ capacity in journalism, production, technical skills, and management to ensure their sustainability and to provide access for Syrians to high-quality, unbiased, and accurate information. SIMS also provides infrastructure and equipment support to media partners, and regular monitoring, research and feedback on their television, radio, and social media content.
As part of the SIMS team, the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Officer (MEL Officer) will support all project MEL activities including tracking progress on activity indicators, the development of project work products, including but not limited to, data collection tools, reports, and other MEL products/documents. The MEL Officer will play a key role in quantitative and qualitative research activities, be responsible for the analysis and presentation of SIMS social media data, and will support the Editorial & Training Team and Program Team across MEL activities.