Position title: Officer II, Monitoring , Evaluation & Learning
Location: Kambia/Portloko, Bombali/Karene & Koinadugu
ChildFund office: Sierra Leone
Manager/Supervisor title: MEL Specialist
Position type: Full-time fixed term
Work environment: On-site
About ChildFund
ChildFund is a child-focused international development organization that works in 23 countries to connect children with the people, resources and institutions they need to grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe, no matter where they are.
ChildFund’s Values
ChildFund is creating a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environment where everyone is welcomed and celebrated equally. In our culture of connection, you will have ample opportunity to grow, learn, and lead while contributing your talents and innovations to our inspiring mission.
ChildFund’s Commitment
ChildFund International has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and all other forms of harm by its staff, partners, and other representatives in the delivery of its mission and services for children. ChildFund is committed to creating a safe environment in the workplace as well as in the communities where it delivers programs and services. ChildFund expects every staff member, partner, and representative to adhere to this commitment and to ensure all organizational policies and standards are followed. This position is subject to a range of vetting checks, including a criminal records check and/or disclosure to ensure program participants are safeguarded.
About This Role
The MEL Officers will be supervised by the MEL Specialist. The MEL Officers will lead and coordinate the community-based data collection during the implementation of the anticipated Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)Project. The MEL Officers will ensure real-time data collection and tracking of output indicators as activities are implemented.
Required Experience and Education
- Minimum of three years of work experience in monitoring and evaluation
- Expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, operations research, management of information systems, data quality assessment and data analysis as well as presentation.
- Demonstrated strong teamwork and planning skills.
- Strong technical skills including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, e.g. SPSS, Epi-info, Stata, MS Access. Advanced Excel skills.
- Expertise in research to practice – identifying and adapting best practices.
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferred in Education, Development Studies, Rural Development, social science discipline or other relevant area.
(Equivalent relevant work experience may be acceptable in lieu of degree)
Primary Responsibilities
- Weekly and monthly monitoring of Project implementation to ensure it is done in accordance with donor requirements and ChildFund standard processes
- Weekly and monthly real time data collection
- Lead community-based project reviews, surveys and Evaluation
- Serve as Terms as the main point of contact for all MEL-related activities.
- Ensures Monitoring & Evaluation recommendations are understood and implemented.
- Develops and implements dissemination strategies for evaluations, case studies and other knowledge products
- Conduct monthly and Quarterly project supportive monitoring: coordinating and overseeing research, data collection, reviews, assessments and documentation efforts; ensuring data quality and putting in place routine data verification mechanisms.
- Coordinate monthly/quarterly/Annual project review meetings
- Develop reporting and monitoring tools: Participating in and contributing to the finalization of M&E frameworks; developing M&E tools – including M&E plans, data collection and analysis tools; providing technical support aimed at strengthening M&E systems and undertaking on-site support.
- Support in the review of monthly, quarterly and annual report: conducting partner assessments in relations to M&E and leading improvements in partner M&E practices; preparing quarterly and annual programmatic reports in addition to facilitating program reviews.
- Contribute to the reporting and analysis of data including baseline, endline etc.: Developing project and program performance monitoring plans, indicators and tools; collecting, validating and analyzing program and project performance information; designing, planning and providing oversight to evaluations, research and assessments
- Collaborate with team members in the implementation of project activities: Ensuring project monitoring mechanisms comply with grants and project agreements; ensuring quality of existing data, sources and methods of data collection.
- Safeguarding: Must be committed to adhere to ChildFund’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures by taking all reasonable steps to prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), neglect, and all forms of harm, violence, or misconduct from occurring; protect program participants, especially children, young people, and vulnerable adults, from that harm; and to respond appropriately when harm does occur.
Required Competencies
ChildFund’s Core Competencies
- Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
- Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
- Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
- Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
- Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
- Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.
Other Required Competencies
- Organisational Awareness -Contributes to the organization by understanding and aligning actions with the organization’s goals, core functions, needs, and values.
- Innovation-Thinks beyond the confines of traditional models to recognize opportunities and find new and better ways of doing things. Encourages experimentation and accepts failure as a driver of innovation.
- Relationship Building /Partnership -Develops internal and external trusting, professional relationships. Purposefully develops networks to build value through collaboration.
