Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

Job Description

Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.

Vacancy: 3

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ S/he will establish effective Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning system in the project for constant quality improvement through implementation
∎ S/he will develop and execute the project MEL Plan according to the standard of organizational MEL&R guideline
∎ S/he will closely work with different units of the project and other team at field and Dhaka based team;
∎ S/he will prepare MEL tools to implement MEL events as per MEL plan and conduct regular monitoring visit and prepare report based on field findings and recommendation.
∎ S/he will assist in conduction of result based monitoring, study/assessment in field level.
∎ S/he will collect the performance data/information, it’s analysis to measure actual progress and performance against the planned work and MEL plan;
∎ S/he will track achievements against outputs and outcomes indicators through routine monitoring and different assessments
∎ S/he will support to measure efficiency, effectiveness, impact and find out limitation, challenges and learning of the project;
∎ S/he will maintain a clear and results oriented database of the project information and results for any kind of reporting and evaluations;
∎ S/he will support project team to produce periodic progress report and assist in producing donor report;
∎ S/he will document the learning and best practices for use in the programme and future programme development with proper Means of Verification (MoV)
∎ S/he will collect, collate and maintain project documents required for terminal evaluation of the project;
∎ S/he will design the digital (ODK) data collection process, orient the team, collect the data and ensure its cleaning and result production;
∎ S/he will support to MEL&R team to prepare Global Indicators report of Practical Action;
∎ S/he will follow the indicator compendium in tracking the project performance and try to align those indicators in the project activities and routine assessment;

Additional Requirements:
∎ A university degree, preferably Masters in social sciences, statistics, population science, development studies, urban and regional planning, civil engineering or related discipline;
∎ At least 5 years of working experience in relevant field, especially in monitoring; evaluation, learning and research in the development sector;
∎ Has practical working experience in WASH, SWM, FSM, agriculture, resilience and energy
∎ Strong data management, data quality assurance, data analysis and report writing skills;
∎ Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research/study methodologies;
∎ Proficient in information-flow management, tablet/mobile based data collection tools: KoBo, ODK, etc.;
∎ Knowledge in geographic information system, STATA, SPSS and statistical data analysis;

Salary:
∎ Tk. 50000 (Monthly)
∎ BDT 50,000/- plus benefits

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 16 Apr 2021

Company Information:
∎ 6 Apr 2021
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ Address : House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Web : www.practicalaction.org
∎ Business : Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Category: NGO/Development