M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) Lead

Job Description

Title: M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) Lead

Company Name: People`s Courage International

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 5 years

• Master of Arts (MA) in Social Science
• Master of Science (MSc) in Statistics
• Master of Commerce (MCom) in Information Science & Library Management
• Master of Development Studies (MDS)

• Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Social Sciences, Statistics, Management, etc.)

• At least 5 years

Experience Requirement for the M&E Person will be as follows- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in statistics, demographics, public policy, international development, economics, or related field.

Master’s degree or Bachelor’s plus an advanced certificate in M&E, statistics, economics, or international development preferred; or, ten (10) years or more of related work experience.

Minimum of five years of professional experience in a senior M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities of international development projects.

• Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages.

• Experience in planning and managing various studies.

• Experience designing and managing multiple disaggregation variables for participant monitoring and database systems, including gender and age.

• Experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator design, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/performance monitoring plans.

• Experience in designing and administering data collection tools, conducting data entry, data cleaning, data processing and analysis.

• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.

• Experience managing and providing ongoing training to M&E field officers and/or sub-recipients. Experience with data quality assessments and oversight.

About Peoples Courage International (PCI)

Peoples Courage International (PCI) is a USA based section 501 (c) not for profit organization committed to empowering marginalized communities and addressing the challenges faced by internal migrants in South and Southeast Asia. To know more, please visit - https://peoplescourageinternational.org/

About the Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC)

Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) is an initiative with a far-reaching mission to support and strengthen social protection for internal migrants in South and Southeast Asia. The initiative is led by Peoples Courage International is focused on transforming social protection delivery systems to ensure the dignity and resilience of migrant workers. To know more, please visit – https://www.migrantresilience.org/

About the role

The Lead - Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) will play a crucial role in driving the MEL agenda for MRC`s Bangladesh and regional operations. The position will involve developing and implementing robust evaluation frameworks to measure program impact, facilitate continuous learning, and ensure evidence-based decision-making.

Responsibilities:

Preparation:

• Develop overall monitoring and evaluation plans at the program level.

• Propose appropriate designs suited for the nature of the monitoring and evaluations in close consultation with the Program and MEL teams.

• Develop and finalize indicators to be tracked, specifying the sources and the frequency of tracking them.

Execution:

• Lead the conceptualization and finalization of the Monitoring and Evaluation systems (including finalizing SOPs, MEL plans, and assessment tools).

• Provide technical support and guidance to the MEL team in executing various monitoring and evaluation assignments, including design, tools, fieldwork monitoring, analysis, and reporting.

• Generate insights based on the analysis shared by the MEL team and present insights periodically at the program level.

• Ensure the timely submission of reports to program and partnerships teams; ensure the quality of all MEL outputs.

• Participate in program strategy meetings and provide input into the design and evaluation of program strategies through small pilots.

• Provide support to Country Coordinators and partners to analyse data for taking informed programme decisions.

Data Management and Analysis:

• Improve the Dashboard to make it easier for teams to access necessary data.

• Handle data requests from internal and external teams, fetch data from Power BI, and work with the external data team to fetch information from the database.

• Analyze data and propose strategies for program improvement.

• We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.

• Annual CTC: Commensurate with experience and skills.