Technical Specialist-Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL)
Job Description
Title: Technical Specialist-Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL)
Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's Degree in relevant fields; Statistics/ Applied Statistics/ Economics/ Information Systems/ Development Studies are preferable
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ iDE is an international NGO with over 40 years of experience in designing and delivering market-based anti-poverty programs in 11 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest-established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. iDE Bangladesh currently has eight projects in Agricultural Markets, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Climate and Environment focusing on rural entrepreneurship and private sector engagement.
∎ iDE`s emphasis is on delivering cost-effective programs that offer verifiable value for money - for both donors and for the poor households with whom we work. iDE measures its progress through an approach to monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning that we refer to as MERL, which includes both data for action and data for impact; made up of static analyses, using statistical analysis tools for in-depth study, as well as dynamic analyses, that leverage information system to deliver near real-time information to the proper people at the right time.
∎ iDE Bangladesh is looking for a qualified MERL Specialist who will serve as a key member of the MERL unit. This position manages the implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans/processes for key programs across iDE`s portfolio, and in addition, develops, maintains, and supports appropriate digital solutions for such plans and the operational needs of iDE`s country projects. These solutions are key to organizing information for strategic and tactical decision-making, as well as external communications and reports.
∎ Reporting to the Manager of MERL and as a member of the iDE institutional MERL team, the MERL Specialist will manage M&E efforts across four critical areas of iDE`s programming:
∎ Monitoring of intermediate progress and results within project/program lifecycles
∎ Managing the evaluation of projects to meet internal and external accountability requirements
∎ Creating and maintaining project-level management Information Systems for iDE projects and Country Programs
∎ Managing and improving the country program Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting system, by ensuring the timeliness of performance results and the implementation of enhancements to improve usability and insights for project teams and senior management
∎ Job Location: Dhaka with field visits as needed
∎ Reporting Line: Manager - MERL
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 14 Oct 2023
Company Information:
∎ 7 Oct 2023
∎ International Development Enterprises (iDE)
∎ Business : iDE is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) headquartered in Denver, Colorado USA and operating in 11 countries around the world, including Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, iDE has been working since 1984, registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau (NGO AB), registration number 173 dated 27th April, 1984. iDE is currently working in 27 Districts and 123 Upazilas on a wide variety of thematic areas including Food Security, Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, Market Systems Development, Women Economic Empowerment. iDE Bangladesh is supported by USAID, SIDA, Unicef, DFID, the European Commission and other multilateral donors working in in the country.
Category: NGO/Development
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