Openings at Sightsavers

Main responsibilities of the MEL Manager include:

• Collaborating with institutional fundraising teams, global technical advisors and Country Office teams in the development of project proposals. Tasks may include sharing learning from other projects or evaluations within the region, facilitating theory of change development and/or designing logical frameworks.
• Leading on the design of MEL plans in close collaboration with MEL advisors.
• Supporting the Head of Team, the Senior MEL Manager and Senior MEL Advisors to identify, test, and drive forward new MEL approaches.
• Supporting project evaluations, baseline and endline assessments, the collection, analysis and use of inclusive data, particularly disability data.
• Providing technical support to country teams on their monitoring practice over the project lifecycle.
• Proactively contributing to the development and strengthening of the regional portfolio
• Facilitating the oversight of the regional portfolio as per Sightsavers’ internal oversight processes and being a critical friend in order to hold others to account.
• Maintaining open lines of communication among internal stakeholders about regional performance and using judgement to escalate risk when needed.
• Presenting MEL data and evidence in order to contribute to recommendations on resource oversight and allocation for thematic portfolios.
• Contributing to the strategic development and direction of the MEL team, and to the development and implementation of thematic MEL frameworks

As Monitoring, Evaluations and Learning Manager, you will have:

Essential

• Commitment to Sightsavers’ values, working with marginalised groups, and inclusive development.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant field or subject (e.g., international development, public health, social sciences), or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrable experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning gained within the international development sector.
• Excellent technical skills in monitoring, evaluation and learning. For example, developing theories of change, designing MEL plans, writing logframes, managing oversight processes, sharing evidence and communicating learning.
• Proven ability to manage large, complex pieces of work with multiple stakeholders and to produce key deliverables on time.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise work in a high-pressure environment working to competing deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills in English; communicating clearly and effectively.
• Ability to balance attention to detail with understanding the big picture.
• Highly numerate and confident when working with quantitative data.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Desirable

• Fluency in languages of the region, for instance, Kiswahili, Portuguese
• Experience of working within a geographically disbursed team.
• Experience within the public health, policy, social inclusion or education sectors
• Experience of collecting and analysing qualitative data.
• Experience using statistical packages, qualitative data analysis software, Power BI or other data visualisation software
• Experience of working in disability inclusive programmes.
• Availability to travel up to 8 weeks a year within the region
• Experience in understanding and responding to the complexities of working across multiple countries and diverse cultures in an international development organisation
• Experience producing analytical reports or communication materials for a wide range of audiences.

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties requirements. For further information please refer to the Job Description.

We anticipate that interviews will take place during the week commencing 28 March 2022. This will be a 2 stage interview process that will include a task, further details will be provided at interview invite.

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 20th March 2022

Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

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Responsibilities (shared with SMM):

Lead on the design and development of data collection tools and processes 

• Design the data collection methodology for new indicators
• Identify, adapt or develop data collection tools
• Identify technical, system and staff capacity for the routine analysis of the indicator data.

Support the piloting and roll out of the indicators 

• Design and implement pilot activities for each of the prioritised indicators
• Evaluate the pilots and make adjustments and recommendations
• Assess the feasibility of rolling out the indicator to all countries
• Plan and co-ordinate the roll out of approved indicators
• Write data collection guidance for enumerators and data reporters
• Train staff, partners and enumerators on the new data collection tools and methods.

Contribute to the calculation of the resource implications of LAMP 

• Support the calculation of costs of collecting data for each indicator or learning question, both for the baseline and for routine data collection.
• Support the identification of projects that can fund certain aspects of the indicators going forward.
• Support the prioritisation of indicators to be made operational in 2022.

SDIM Principal Responsibilities

• Support the design of the strategic data infrastructure, data analytics dashboards and reports
• Mapping out a full data flow for each indicator and each country
• Highlighting current gaps in accessing/reporting data against the indicators
• Support the Data Architecture and Governance Manager in the creation of a LAMP data model, with an interim location and structure along with long term full integration into Sightsavers Enterprise Data Architecture.
• In preparation for LAMP data to be systematically evaluated and analysed, ensure that appropriate data views/flows are accessible for data analytics software.
• Support the Data Literacy and Use Manager in the creation of a set of dashboards that provide reliable and current performance against the LAMP indicators, both for reporting and for analysis.

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

About you

As the successful candidate you will possess;

Essential:

• Experience working with organisational data management systems and applying data analysis/statistical techniques to data (ideally in health or international development).
• Strong understanding of the international development/not-for-profit sector, with demonstrable experience in project Monitoring & Evaluation.
• Experience with GIS
• Understanding of the complexities of working across multiple countries and continents in an international development organisation.
• Advanced MS office computer skills – Word, Excel (to include advanced formulae, pivot tables, macros), Powerpoint, and Outlook.
• Use of specialist statistical and analysis software e.g. PowerBI/Tableau or similar, ArcGIS or similar.
• Fluent written and spoken English

Desirable:

• Knowledge of languages other than English e.g French, Swahili.
• Experience of working within a geographically disbursed team
• Experience in the design/piloting of data collection tools as well as writing guidance to support data collection
• Experience in facilitation and training in person and remotely
• Experience of digital transformation, implementing new software/tools/working practices within an organisation.
• Experience working with MS PowerApps, Automate and Sharepoint.
• Experience of using Power Query for extraction, transformation, loading and connecting data from different data sources.
• Experience with collecting, interpreting and applying inclusive data particularly gender and disability.

We anticipate that interviews will take place from the week commencing 21 March 2022 onwards and the evaluation process will include a task and a second stage interview.

Closing date: 13 March 2022

Contract:  1 year Fixed Term Contract

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Responsibilities (shared with SDIM): 

Lead on the design and development of data collection tools and processes  

• Design the data collection methodology for new indicators   
• Identify, adapt or develop data collection tools  
• Identify technical, system and staff capacity for the routine analysis of the indicator data  

Support the piloting and roll out of the indicators  

• Design and implement pilot activities for each of the prioritised indicators  
• Evaluate the pilots and make adjustments and recommendations  
• Assess the feasibility of rolling out the indicator to all countries  
• Plan and co-ordinate the roll out of approved indicators
• Write data collection guidance for enumerators and data reporters   
• Train staff, partners and enumerators on the new data collection tools and methods.  

Contribute to the calculation of the resource implications of LAMP  

• Support the calculation of costs of collecting data for each indicator or learning question, both for the baseline and for routine data collection. 
• Support the identification of projects that can fund certain aspects of the indicators going forward.  
• Support the prioritisation of indicators to be made operational in 2022

SMM Principal Responsibilities  

• Design methods and analytical frameworks for measuring qualitative indicators 
• Undertake pilot studies and evaluate the results, with recommendations on the feasibility and rigour of pilots  
• Support the design, implementation, analysis and review of baseline data collection  
• Support the evolution and prioritisation of learning questions including the feasibility and resource implications of responding to learning questions with appropriate rigour  
• Develop methodologies and analytical frameworks for responding to prioritised learning questions 
• Support the development of a review and evaluation plan for indicators, ToCs, RFs and LQs  
• Support GTLs and programme staff to set appropriate targets for indicators  

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details. 

About you 

As the successful candidate you will have experience of working with organisational data management systems and applying data analysis/statistical techniques to data (ideally in health or international development) and possess skills and experience with different approaches/tools for both quantitative and qualitative data collection, methodologies, analysis and reporting/visualisation. 

Further requirements include; 

Essential: 

• Use of specialist analytical software for qualitative data e.g. Nvivo  
• Advanced MS office computer skills – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook
• Skilled in drafting guidance on data collection and analysis 
• Experience of delivering training and facilitating in person and remotely   
• Demonstrable experience of managing large, complex pieces of work with multiple stakeholders to produce key deliverables on time 
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills 
• Fluent written and spoken English

Desirable: 

• Knowledge of languages other than English e.g local dialect.  
• Experience with GIS 
• Experience of working within a geographically disbursed team
• Experience gained within social inclusion or economic empowerment programmes 
• Experience with collecting, interpreting and applying inclusive data particularly gender and disability 

We anticipate that interviews will take place from the week commencing 21 March 2022 onwards and the evaluation process will include a task and a second stage interview.

Closing date: 13 March 2022

Contract: 1 year fixed term contract