Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

Job Description

Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

Company Name: World Vision Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 4 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Master's Degree in Statistics/Development Study/ Social Science or in any relevant business disciplines from a reputed university

• 4 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Knowledge & Skills:

• Advance understanding of MEAL System.

• Understanding and interpreting results framework, MEAL plan, IPTT

• Knowledge of indicators, strategies and tools to identify project progresses and bottlenecks to achieve cross-cutting objectives, including gender and environment.

• Understanding the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics, understanding the concept of participatory monitoring, approaches to impact evaluation, and planning and use of mixed methods.

• Familiarity with environmental indicators and initial environmental assessments.

• Knowledge and skills on problem statement, cause and effect relationship, formation of problem and objective tree, designing and conduction needs assessments, PLA tools & its application and empirical research

• Identifying performance indicators and tools to inform managers/ program staff about the progress towards project objectives and encouraging management to integrate them into the project design.

• Sampling for qualitative studies and quantitative surveys

• Data quality management for all data collection activities

  Qualitative techniques for monitoring:

• Quantitative techniques for data collection Data analysis

• M&E capacity building

• Evaluation design

• Techniques for presenting information

• Knowledge of modern research and analysis methodologies

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and preferably use of electronic data collection applications (ODK Collect, Kobo Toolbox, Field Task, Formhub, etc.)

• Proficiency using one of the common statistical analysis software package (Stata, SPSS, SAS).Outstanding written and oral communications skills 8-year experience in the humanitarian and development fields with at least 5 years of experience in the M & E including impact evaluations

  Experience:

• Minimum 4 - 5 years proven knowledge/experience in designing, planning and implementation of MEAL interventions, assessment, data collection applying mobile application, and reports preparation. 

• Supervising and Managing skills with influencing capability

• Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative research

• Experience in electronic data capture (use of tablets/phones for data collection) or systems.

• Experience in data collection and analysis on Child Protection, Education, GBV and anthropometric data

• Experience in building evaluation capacity of team members/ counterparts and sub-grantee staff members

  Work Environment:

• Must be able to do multiple tasks and willingness to 60% travel in various locations of BRCR as required.

Position Purpose:

Responsible for overall implementation of MEAL Approaches including but not limited to – development of MEAL Framework, MEAL plan, MEAL tools and guidelines and execution of participatory monitoring and evaluation approaches. Monitoring and data entry in KoBoTool, analyse data and prepare reports in a timely fashion.

Key Objectives of the Position:

• Develop and implement the MEAL plan and mobile technology-based MEAL system for the project.

• Provide leadership in planning & implementing the MEAL system making it an essential management tool allowing the project team to assess progress against benchmark;

• Prepare/collect and analysis on regular periodical (daily/weekly/monthly) MEAL data and report & share it accordingly

• Collect and finalize the beneficiary reach report and share and or upload the excel system web database   

• Take responsibility for coordination and leadership for monitoring and evaluation of the project   through ensuring regular and effective use of data in decision-making initiatives from the daily learning.

• Oversee and execute a utilization –focused approach to MEAL performance indicators to support on-going decision-making, strategic project modification and understanding of the project’s impact on target populations.

• Facilitate collection, aggregation and analysis of routine monitoring data and provide feed-back for improvement.

• Lead the over-all MEAL capacity building for MEAL & MIS Assistant and project staff.

• Establish project-based Monitoring System and follow up.

• Provide feedback to project staff.

Expected End Results:

Facilitated and implemented the MEAL system (to facilitate on- going monitoring):

• Support development of M&E framework closely aligned to the project guideline.

• Develop participatory MEAL tools and ensure these are in practice.

• The project’s Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT) regularly updated.

• Technical program routine monitoring coordinated to support annual donor reporting.

• Evaluation/ surveys conducted to measures key outcome indicators.

• Case study examples collected and shared with different stakeholders.

Data analysis, storage &  reporting:

• Database to capture routine monitoring and processing functions installed and maintained;

• Project participant register maintained;

• Data collection and analysis to meet requirements for monthly, quarterly & project life progress reports.

MEAL capacity building:

• No. of training/orientation provided to the MEAL & MIS Assistant and project field staff.

• Hands on support for the MEAL & MIS Assistant and project field staff to use tools, and gadgets for data collection and activity implementation.

Lead the key learning workshops:

• Organizational learning, strengths and challenges are properly documenting,

• Sharing information in monthly management meeting.

Professional and personal development enhanced:

• Improving capacity through self-learning and consultation with team members

• Understanding of World Vision’s core values in regard to work and relationship