PME Coordinator (SOMA Cluster)

Job Description

Career Opportunity

World Vision is a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. 

World Vision International Sierra Leone (WVISL) has been operational since 1996 assisting communities with various interventions in health, education, child protection, water & sanitation and livelihoods.

Applications are requested for suitably qualified Sierra Leoneans to fill the position of PME Coordinator (SOMA Cluster)

PURPOSE

To provide technical support and lead planning, monitoring, and evaluation functions at Cluster level to Area Programmes, grants and non-sponsorship funded projects. Ensure that planning, monitoring and evaluation processes are within planning monitoring and evaluation policy and is within donor requirements, WV partnership standards and LEAP3 framework. Build the capacity of staff, in planning, monitoring, and evaluation, including sharing lessons learned and best practices as per WV partnership standards.

Communicate World Vision’s Christian ethos and demonstrate a quality of spiritual life that is an example to others.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Coordinate all PME processes (assessment, baseline, planning, evaluation) within APs and grants, including activities covered under the LEAP3 framework; ensuring alignment of AP documents to the Partnership’s LEAP framework and the principles of TD
• Support cluster managers to ensure that program planning and review is aligned to LEAP 3.0 standards 
• Coordinate planning of baselines and evaluations including adaptation of data collection tools, training of enumerators and supervision of data collection, data cleaning, analysis and interpretation
• Disseminate baseline and evaluation findings to AP stakeholders in a way that it can be understood
• Coordinate operation research processes at AP or cluster
• Provide technical support to clusters managers, project managers, Project Officers, and other staff to produce quality monthly management reports, semi-annual and annual reports
• Review Semi-annual and annual reports
• Adapt or develop tools and methodologies to meet the program output and outcome monitoring requirements in collaboration with technical specialists and PME specialist
• Ensure monitoring tools are contextualized appropriately by area programs and local partners.
• Critically test and review the tools to ensure that data will be reliable, and modify them based on testing
• Provide consistent mentoring and supervision of AP staff to ensure quality of data at all levels of programming
• Routinely verify monitoring data collated from local programming areas for completeness, reliability, coherence and accuracy
• Provide technical support to area and cluster teams in data processing, analysis and interpretation of monitoring data
• Support cluster managers to consistently and systematically use findings and recommendations from monitoring processes to adapt or refine program and monitoring plans, as appropriate.
• Identify and communicate with AP and cluster manager’s implications of monitoring reports for local and national level advocacy, in a proactive way.
• Coordinate annual outcome monitoring processes.
• Work with cluster manager, AP managers and other field staff to ensure that WV’s LEAP3 framework is understood and correctly implemented
• Conduct trainings, coaching and mentorship for cluster and area program staff on specialties related to DME
• Work closely with the PME Specialist to build the capacity of cluster and AP teams on utilization of monitoring and evaluation platforms such as horizon, CommCare, CMAM, MikashBoks, CVA database and mWater.
• Establish and maintain a database of technical project monitoring data at Cluster level
• Review data uploaded in monitoring systems such as horizon, CommCare, CMAM, Mikashboks and mWater to ensure that they meet quality standards.
• Develop program close out plans
• Review program completion reports to ensure that they meet or surpass the expected quality standards
• Coordinate regular after-action reviews and post implementation monitoring at AP level for grants, PNS and sponsorship funded projects  
• Coordinate the roll out of Program Accountability Framework (PAF) in accordance with partnership standards at provincial level
• Ensure that community feedback is effectively used to inform project implementation, monitoring, learning and improvement
• Contribute to the adaptation of the TP and CESP logframe with the area program teams, paying due attention to vertical and horizontal logic
• Facilitate review of the TP and CESP indicators to ensure appropriateness
• Contribute to the development of the DIP and ITT based on adapted technical program and CESP logframe
• Support area program team and partners to create an integrated community M&E plan for both TP and AP plans
• Coordinate development and review of annual plans and budgets for sponsorship, grants and private non-sponsorship funded projects at cluster level.
• Review and confirm that the area program plan meet WV program design standards, including addressing cross-cutting issues

WVI GENERAL CORE COMPETENCIES: 

• Be Safe and Resilient
• Build Relationships 
• Learn and Develop
• Partner and Collaborate
• Deliver Results
• Be Accountable
• Improve and Innovate
• Embrace Change

QUALIFICATIONS:  EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE/TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification  

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with a thorough understanding of all areas of planning monitoring and evaluation of relief, development and advocacy projects. Experience in planning, monitoring and evaluation of health, child protection, education, WASH, gender and livelihoods is preferred.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• The position holder should have a basic degree in any of the fields of Social Sciences, rural development, statistics, program management
• The position holder must be results oriented and team a player.
• Knowledge of WVI working systems, policies and standards will be an advantage.
• They must have a good understanding of management, business processes and standards

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Training or certification in programme planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Excellent analytical skills using platforms such as SPSS, STATA, ENA SMART and NVIVO
• Excellent research skills
• Good interpersonal, organizational and management skills.
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, and physical hardship conditions.
• Ability to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment.
• Computer literate.
• Proficient in the use of digital platforms for data gathering e.g. mWater, ODK, KoboCollect and CommCare

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

• Work environment:  Office-based with frequent travel to the field
• Travel:  10% Domestic/international travel is required.
• On call:  As required 

Language Requirements

• English

Applicant Type Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

Please find the link below as directed to apply: 

https://www.myworkday.com/worldvision/d/inst/15$359068/14181$1322.htmld

Applications sent through any other means will not be accepted. Please ensure that the subject reads ‘Application for the position of “PME Coordinator” Soma Cluster. Referees of successful candidates and previous employers will be contacted and each application should include the referees’ current email and telephone numbers.

Closing Date: October 31st, 2024

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

World Vision International Sierra Leone takes diligent measures to screen out people who might seek to work with them to ensure they do not harm children or adult beneficiaries in the discharge of their duties. A successful candidate for this position will therefore be screened and required to sign the World Vision Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy. World Vision International Sierra Leone will also conduct a Police check for successful applicants. 

WOMEN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY