MENA M&E MANAGER – Libano e area MENA
Closing Date: 10/02/2019
Duty Station: Lebanon, with frequent movements in Iraq, Syria, Jordan
Period: 12 months
Starting Date: March 2019
Country: Lebanon and MENA Region
Reporting to: Regional Manager
Main objective:
The AVSI MENA Region Monitoring & Evaluation Manager is a key position for program quality assurance, accountability, documentation and learning. The position holder will support program in planning and execution of monitoring and evaluation activities, ensuring quality in accordance with accepted standards, providing essential feedback for learning, accountability and decision making. S/he will be responsible for providing internal capacity building for program staff on monitoring and evaluation activities as well as review and development of necessary tools that feed into the needs of the program and its donor.
Specific duties:
- Generate, modify and implement monitoring and evaluation systems, policies, procedures and tools for the MENA region.
- Support the generation of learning and case studies for internal and external sharing for MENA Region.
- Keep abreast of development in program and changes and progress in order to advise and recommend tools and strategies to increase program performances and results.
- Coordinate internal and external assessments, evaluations and monitoring surveys in areas of operation. This will entail development of Scopes of Work, development of survey tools, loading of tools onto tablets, training and management of data collectors, data analysis, report writing and facilitating results discussions.
- Lead all M&E initiatives for assigned projects including monitoring data quality, tracking the progress of activities, and informing staff capacity building initiatives.
- Draft and lead the finalization of all M&E factsheets.
- Maintain an up to date database that reflects progress (including disaggregated beneficiary counts) and donor indicators, in line with both organizational standards and the donor’s database.
- Perform field visits to ensure the quality of data collected by program and to verify the accuracy of reported data.
- Supervise the MENA M&E team, the outreach and DBA team in Lebanon and coordinate with all the project teams.
Candidate profile:
- University degree, preferably in a topic related to economics, statistics or international development; a Master/PhD in Public Health, Statistic, Social Sciences an asset.
- At least 3/5 years of professional experience in humanitarian / emergency contexts.
- Fluent in English and French.
- Previous experience in DRC an asset.
Specific Skills and Competencies:
- Solid leadership and staff management skills, with a record of managing large, diverse teams and contributing to the capacity building to national and international staff.
- Solid leadership and staff management skills, with a record of managing large, diverse teams and contributing to the capacity building to national and international staff.
- Familiarity with the conflicts settings.
- Strong internal and external coordination and representation skills.
- Strong capacity to work under-pressure.
- Strong facilitation skills.
- Strong communication skills and cross cultural sensitivity.
- Willingness to travel within the country.
How to apply:
Send your CV by email to humanresource@avsi.org. Please, specify in the subject of the mail the code of the position you are applying for. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Code: 0319-M&E-MENA
Include also:
Name, position and contacts (telephone and mail) of two referees.
First date of availability to take up place in the field.
Essential Requirement:
- Master’s degree in Development Studies, Economics, Agriculture, Demography, Statistics, Business administration (or equivalent experience).
- At least 3-5 years monitoring and evaluation experience.
- Should understand concepts and demonstrate skills in monitoring and evaluation, project cycle, results chain and frameworks, participatory monitoring and/or Market facilitation.
- Capacity to produce high-quality briefs and reports.
- Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others.
- Should be able to design and implement surveys, have knowledge of commonly used probability and purposive sampling techniques, coding of tablets, cleaning data, conducting data analysis to support key assessment questions, and write data-supported assessment reports.
- Should have knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data collection, including interview methods that identify drivers of behavior, differences between knowledge and behaviours, gender-sensitive interviewing, and reporting techniques.
- English and French mandatories. Arabic and Italian an advantage.