Regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor at
1 month ago
Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian aid agency engaged in transitional environments that have experienced some sort of shock: natural disaster, economic collapse, or conflict.
SummaryMercy Corps exists to alleviate poverty, suffering, and oppression and works to build secure, productive, and just communities.
Mercy Corps is currently operational in 17 countries in Africa including Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania.
Mercy Corps' country programs in Africa face momentous humanitarian crises and significant development challenges, and operate in fragile and conflict-affected areas, displacement settings, emergency responses, as well as more stable developed settings.
Against this backdrop Mercy Corps' focus in Africa has been in promoting good governance and conflict resolution, enhancing resilience, facilitating market systems, access to finance and economic opportunities, as well as youth employment and empowerment.
It is imperative that Mercy Corps presents itself as a key and credible partner with the many donors, government authorities and civil society actors in order to contribute to the process of positive change across the continent.
Mercy Corps looks to actively engage and partner with an ever-growing and innovative African private sector to achieve greater and sustained impact.
General Position SummaryMercy Corps is seeking an experienced and field-tested Africa Regional Advisor for Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL).
The Regional MEL Advisor role is a field-based position meant to support the countries in his/her respective region to implement sound M&E systems, assist with the roll out of existing and new MEL guidance, including Tola, use data for decision making and conduct training as needed.
The role is further designed to support the other core program performance requirements (e.g., indicators choice and program design, program quality, and program management principles, mobile technology and adaptive management).
The rollout will include engagement with country-level M&E team members, program managers and country and regional leadership, assessment of the current state of M&E and train team members in each country in adopting M&E best practices.
The Regional MEL Advisor will need to engage with field leadership to nurture and help develop an effective, impact-driven leadership culture.
The first responsibility for this position is to develop a detailed workplan for each fiscal year in coordination with PaQ and T4D.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
(20%) Participate in roll-out and monitoring of agency MEL and TOLA guidance including:
Develop workplan for FY21
Promote HQ MEL policy
Develop and manage MEL dashboard to capture regional MEL needs, budgets and planning
Review Tola Readiness Assessments
Conduct regional webinars on topics related to understanding and implementing the MEL guidance and Tola
When possible, co-facilitate Tola trainings for program staff.
(50%) Assess and improve MEL and program performance related practices in each country
Conduct MEL gap assessments covering specific M&E activities and practices, and a review of tools and documents.
Based on assessment findings, begin development of a long-term rollout/training plan and strategy.
Help country teams develop individualized Action Plans to improve data management practices
Support country teams both remotely and in country on implementing their Action Plan, topics ranging from program logic review, data collection, data quality assessments, data management and analysis
Visit country field M&E teams to conduct MEL assessments and develop support plans
Coordinate MEL support as needed with HQ teams like Technical Support Unit (TSU), PaQ and Tech for Development (TD)
Organize and manage a regional Community of Practice (CoP)
Focus on MEL and Technology
(25%) Work with MEL staff, program management and HQ support teams on building the culture of adaptive management, evidence and learning in each country in the region, and supporting better overall performance of the country team in these areas.
Conduct initial orientations and on-boarding of new program staff (esp. M&E, program managers, and country leaders) – promote tools like DIG, M&E tools, and Program Management @ Mercy Corps () minimum standards
Participate in regional trainings and use materials from these trainings to conduct follow-up sessions within the region as needed
Coordinate with PaQ and T4D to ensure tech support is coordinated
Work closely with/support the PaQ Advisor to train facilitators, conduct gap analysis and provide backstop for in-country trainings, and support in specific topics as needed
Engage with Country Directors and Regional Program Directors on leadership issues related to monitoring and evaluation and the relationship between M&E and program quality, evidence and impact – including use of indicators, learning, and evaluation methodologies.
Conduct program quality reviews (implementation quality, meeting of minimum standards, quality of SADD and analysis).Help country teams make use of M&E data and contribute to evidence-based learning at all levels.
(5%) Learning. Spend time on best practice-oriented learning activities to help ensure that best practices in design, monitoring and evaluation, as well as NGO community-wide initiatives, are incorporated into the ongoing work of the team.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory ResponsibilityNone.
Accountability
Reports Directly To:
Deputy Regional Director, Programs (DRD-P), Senior Director, Monitoring Evaluation & Learning
Works Directly With:
Technical Director—Africa Region, Country leadership teams, Country MEL Managers, HQ technical support teams, regional leadership and technical teams and global PaQ team
Knowledge and Experience
BA in international development or other relevant social science (MA preferred).
3 to 5 years of experience working in international relief and development programs, with at least 2 years focused on providing M&E technical support to field programs, and at least four years working overseas preferred.
Demonstrated skill with program design, including assessments, proposal development, indicator selection and M&E planning.Demonstrated skill and experience with facilitating program design processes, logical frameworks, theories of change, and overall program logic.
Experienced in training and capacity-building (in person and remotely) and fostering a collaborative relationship with field practitioners and management,
Experience with data analysis and presentation using Excel, Access, and advanced data analysis and visualization packages, as well as mobile data collection platforms.
Additional software and technical skills (databases, GIS, and statistical packages) preferred.Experience designing practical and effective monitoring systems, including data and database management systems.
Strong communication skills; able to work remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
Fluent in English.
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