Manager, Monitoring and Learning

Job Description

Title: Manager, Monitoring and Learning

Company Name: BRAC International

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 24 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 24 years

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 03 of experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning in national/ international development organisations.

• Experience of qualitative and quantitative analysis and narrative report writing.

Required Skills, Competencies & Knowledge:

• Understanding of contemporary Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) trends.

• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office and appropriate data analysis packages (MS Excel, Google Sheets, Google Slides, NVIVO or any other qualitative data analysis tool, etc.).

• Proficient in using digital data collection tools such as, KOBO toolbox, ODK, CommCare, etc.

• Excellent inter-personal communications skills.

• Self-driven and team player.

• Commitment to gender and safeguarding issues.

• Excellent written and spoken English skills.

• Mobile and flexible mindset to travel to project site when required.

• Flexible to work from distant location.

• Overseeing and travel to project site when required.

• Possess high ethical and moral standards.

About the Role: BRAC International (BI) is seeking a Manager, Monitoring and Learning who is aligned with its ethos of working in partnership with communities to create impact for scale. The incumbent will play an important role in strengthening credible, actionable, and responsible Monitoring and Learning systems across BI countries. The role provides technical and managerial support to ensure process and progress monitoring data are timely, accurate, and meaningfully used to drive adaptive programming and organizational learning.

Key responsibilities include designing and implementing process and progress monitoring, cleaning and analysing monitoring data – both qualitative and quantitative, producing concise analytical reports, and translating insights into actions to improve program quality. The Manager will also contribute to report writing, proposal development, and promote a culture of data-driven learning and continuous improvement across BRAC International programmes. S/he will also ensure that the core values and mission of BI are upheld, promoted, followed, and applied across the Technology team at BRAC International.

Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring, Learning, and Evidence Management

• Support BI country teams in development and roll-out of a comprehensive programme monitoring system that monitors progress and process, measures quality of implementation, and generates actionable insights through efficient data collection.

• Contribute to strengthening the monitoring and learning functions across all BI countries by providing technical support in developing Project Learning Plans, process and progress monitoring tools, data verification, data analysis, and reporting.

• Provide technical assistance to the BI countries by ensuring systematic, timely and credible data collection, cleaning, validation, analysis, and reporting.

• Conduct qualitative and qualitative data analysis and prepare reports as directed by the L&E department.

• Provide technical assistance in fundraising proposals to secure adequate resourcing for MERL activities during the project lifecycle.

• Facilitate learning agendas, reflection sessions, and adaptive programming based on monitoring findings.

Capacity strengthening

• Strengthen the capacity of country M&L teams in monitoring, analysis, and digital data management.

• Provide technical backstopping support to ensure effective use of monitoring tools and systems.

Safeguarding responsibilities:

• Implement programme decisions keeping the safety and dignity of programme participants/clients at the center, mitigate safeguarding risks and contribute to a safe working environment where staff are respected and feel confident to voice concerns without fear of retaliation.

• Receive mandatory training on the safeguarding policies and reporting channels and have access to policies.

• Participate in discussions on the safeguarding agenda in monthly meetings and actively voice concerns without fear.

• Report safeguarding incidents witnessed or experiences to the Safeguarding department. For known cases, maintain neutrality, be sensitive and non-judgemental to victims/survivors, and cooperate with organisational investigations providing accurate information as needed.