DME Specialist

Overview

Support and manage M&E activities for the THRIVE 2030 Project.

You have:

• University degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in M&E within international development projects.
• Proven experience in resilience, livelihoods, financial inclusion, social behaviour and mindset change, and market systems development.
• Strong skills in data analysis (SPSS, STATA, Excel, or other statistical software).
• Demonstrated experience in developing M&E systems, managing databases, and leading evaluations.
• Excellent report writing, communication, and facilitation skills.
• University degree (Master’s degree preferred) in education, statistics, data science, social sciences, or other related field.
• Experience with statistical packages (e.g., SPSS, STATA, Python, Atlas.ti or NVivo) and familiarity with IT applications to support MEL, visualization and information management.

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

% of time

Activity

End Results

15%

THRIVE 2030 Project Planning

• Support THRIVE 2030 Project teams and partners in developing annual and quarterly plans aligned to the log frame.
• Support the project team to set and meet targets.
• Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including PMPs, indicators, and tools.

• Facilitate participatory planning workshops with stakeholders.

• Approved annual and quarterly plans.

• M&E framework and tools in place.
• Project targets in place.
• Documented workshop reports.

15%

Monitoring of THRIVE 2030 Project Activities & Implementing Partners Evaluation

• Lead the project team in beneficiary registration and tracking the number.
• Track THRIVE 2030 performance indicators and targets achievements.
• Conduct field visits to monitor implementation progress.
• Develop and administer partner performance scorecards.
• Provide capacity building and technical support to partners.
• Track compliance with donor and organizational standards.

• Participate in sharing internally on project monitoring updates.

• Beneficiaries are registered as expected of the project

• Quality monthly and quarterly monitoring reports.
• Partner evaluation reports.
• Capacity-building reports.
• Corrective action plans.
• Participation in WVR MEAL reflection forums.

10%

Management of THRIVE 2030 Project Participants Database

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive participant database.
• Conduct routine data quality assessments (DQAs).
• Train staff and data clerks on data entry and validation.

• Update and disaggregate data by gender, age, disability, location, etc.

• Updated and reliable database in place.

• DQA reports.
• On-demand data reports.

10%

Reporting and Documentation

• Compile and analyze monitoring data for donor/internal reports.
• Produce success stories, case studies, and learning briefs.
• Maintain a repository of reports, data, and evaluations.

• Support knowledge management and lessons dissemination.

• Timely and quality donor reports.

• Case studies and success stories.
• Documentation repository maintained.
• Learning briefs shared.

10%

THRIVE 2030 Project Evaluations (Mid-Term and Final) and assessments

• Lead design and implementation of assessments, mid-term and final evaluations.
• Develop ToRs for external evaluators and manage the evaluation processes.
• Coordinate midline, and endline evaluation , and any other related assessments while ensuring the quality of the processes and products.

• Ensure findings are disseminated and used for programming.

• Approved ToRs.

• Quality Assessments, mid-term and final evaluation reports.
• Dissemination workshop reports.
• Recommendations integrated / adapted.
• Evidence briefs shared.

10%

Liaison with THRIVE 2030 Core Project Team & Tool Development

• Act as focal point between THRIVE 2030 Project and Global THRIVE 2030 Project Team M&E.
• Share THRIVE 2030 Project updates, results, and lessons globally.

• Support development, testing, and updating of M&E tools.

• Regular communication with Global M&E team.

• Updated tools and guidelines.
• Alignment reports with global standards.

KNOWLEDGE /QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• University degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in M&E within international development projects.
• Proven experience in resilience, livelihoods, financial inclusion, social behaviour and mindset change, and market systems development.
• Strong skills in data analysis (SPSS, STATA, Excel, or other statistical software).
• Demonstrated experience in developing M&E systems, managing databases, and leading evaluations.
• Excellent report writing, communication, and facilitation skills.

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

• University degree (Master’s degree preferred) in education, statistics, data science, social sciences, or other related field.
• Experience with statistical packages (e.g., SPSS, STATA, Python, Atlas.ti or NVivo) and familiarity with IT applications to support MEL, visualization and information management.

Preferred Knowledge

and Qualifications

• Demonstrated capacity in monitoring resilience, livelihoods, financial inclusion, social behaviour and mindset change, and market systems development related interventions
• Experience working with international donors,

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

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