Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) at Concern Worldwide

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Support and Survey Management

• Planning, designing and implementation of all NAWIRI surveys, surveillance activities and assessments undertaken by Concern across all its sectors of operation
• Provide technical support to Nawiri in designing survey/ assessment methodologies and survey materials
• Ensure presentation of survey proposal/methodology/results preparation and validation process is done in a timely and proper manner.
• Conduct training of the survey teams, supervise data collection, data entry and ensure quality data is collected in all supported assessments and surveys
• Lead the survey teams to conduct data analysis and production of draft and final report

Capacity Building

• Train staff on the use of digital data collection platforms
• Provide continuous support to field staff on use of the MEL system
• Provide technical support on other identified MEL needs among the project team on ongoing basis

Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Provide technical support to in the development of program log frames, program indicators, Theory of Change, and other project design tools for NAWIRI
• Periodic monitoring of the existing MEL system to ensure quality data is collected and utilized to support periodic reviews of the project’s performance
• Conduct regular visits to the field to monitor the quality of intervention and propose recommendations to Project Lead and Senior Manager, MEAL for follow up and implementation
• Produce quarterly indicators monitoring report and share results of projects’ quality performance based on monitoring data findings.
• Participate and contribute in the writing of the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual project reports
• Spearhead internal evaluations and participate in external project evaluations

Learning and Knowledge management

• Organize learning events for the project as necessary
• Support the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned on the H&N component of the project
• Work closely with program teams at Concern and at the Consortium level to analyze and strengthen the use of lessons learned for decision making to improve quality of the project
• Participate in quarterly program review meetings and other learning platforms

Representation

• Participate in consortium level MEL forum
• Participate in other coordination and review meetings as and when required

Others

• Adhere to and promote the standards outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct and associated policies to their team, beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment
• Participating and contributing towards Concern’s emergency response, as and when necessary
• Maintain the minimum gender standards
• Take all possible measure to meet Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
• Any other duties as assigned by the Line Manager

Person Specification

Minimum Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

• A Degree in Statistics, Project Management, Epidemiology, or Economics with a strong statistical focus and survey/surveillance background.
• Six (6) years’ experience in surveillance and surveys (SMART, SQUEAC and LQAS methodologies)
• At least five (5) years’ experience in data management including qualitative and quantitative data analysis for large data sets
• Substantial experience in information management, M&E designs, tools and methodologies using digital tools and platforms
• Proficiency in the use of statistical software (Epi Info, ENA, SPSS, STATA and ArcGIS) and digital data gathering technologies.