Collaboration, Learning, And Adaptation Director at Winrock International

Essential Responsibilities:

The CLA Director will collaborate with the Chief of Party, M&E Director, technical staff, USAID, and project partners to develop and implement the project M&E Plan. In addition, he/she will develop systems to track overall project and subaward activities, outputs, and results to ensure they are on track to meet the annual and life of project benchmarks and results targets. The CLA Director will also contribute to the design and lead implementation of all project learning activities.

The CLA Director will carry out the following responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for M&E to the project team to ensure USAID and Feed the Future M&E requirements are met on timely basis and guides data collection, management of the data, and display of the results. This includes data analysis, reporting, and dissemination, building capacity of M&E and technical staff in these areas, and ensuring compliance.
• Develop efficient and accurate data collection system that includes efficient processes for collecting data and ensuring data quality. Provide general oversight of the M&E database, using it to track progress and trends, generate reports per USAID requirements, and conduct data quality checks.
• Design the project’s Learning Agenda including surveys, case studies, and other tools to evaluate project impact, trends, and other learnings.
• Provide comprehensive analysis of learning outcomes to inform project interventions.
• Other M&E related work assigned by the COP, M&E Director and BCD.

Qualifications & Background Education:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, computer science, or relevant field.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 10 years’ managing and implementing complex M&E systems for international development projects.
• Proven record of designing and implementing data collection tools including surveys.
• Experience managing large M&E databases and conducting timely data analysis and developing reports.
• Experience developing and implementing learning activities a plus.

Skills:

• Familiarity with USAID M&E requirements strongly preferred;
• knowledge of Feed the Future M&E system desired.
• Basic understanding of livestock/agricultural development, resilience preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.
• Ability to use the latest ICT technology and computer software programs, including GIS mapping software and M&E databases.
• Ability to perform to the highest ethical standard at all times.