Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Join in transforming vulnerable children’s life stories through effective MEAL system implementation.

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Overview

Join in transforming vulnerable children’s life stories through effective MEAL system implementation.

You have:

  • Implement project initiatives in monitoring, evaluation, impact measurement, and reporting system for effective MEAL system.
  • Build capacity of staff, partners, and community in DMEAL.
  • Participate in networking, visibility, and donor recognition activities.
  • Document challenges, obstacles, lessons, and best practices.
  • Lead project efforts to analyze data and reflect on information for project achievements.

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!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Activity

Implement project initiatives in monitoring, evaluation, impact measurement, and reporting system (30%)

  • Spearhead development, review and implementation of project monitoring and evaluation plan in collaboration with project team and partners.
  • Test and adapt project theory of change in collaboration with other staffs and partners
  • Facilitate development of annual plans as per donor requirement and WVI guidelines and support the revision of work plans.
  • Take part in preparation, review and compilation of project’s monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.
  • Take lead in monitoring and evaluation events such as baseline, mid-term reviews, and final evaluation exercises.
  • Participate in the engagement of project-hired consultants, including writing their Terms of Reference (TOR) and providing them with the logistical support, they need as carry out their contracted duties.
  • Facilitate learning and reflection sessions with staff or partners for exploring information and answers around projects learning agenda.
  • Formulate and Implement key performance indicators (KPI) and deliverables for the project and monitor them throughout the duration of the project
  • Take part in project activities’ data collection, cleaning analysis and reporting as required by DMEAL and or project management team. Abide and support in the monitoring and evaluation activities per approved policies, systems, procedures and donor requirements

End Results

Effective MEAL system for improved project performance

Activity

Implement project Learning, information and knowledge system (30%)

  • Leading project efforts to analyse and reflect on the data and information to determine the impacts it is making towards improved project achievements.
  • Maintain project database in WV’s Horizon and GEA’s monitoring platform including GIS and remote sensing web-based and desktop software.
  • Lead project efforts to document challenges/obstacles and lessons and best practices, including their application for improved project and organizational performance
  • Package and disseminate quality program initiative information to different audiences and for project quality purposes
  • Lead documentation of best practices and ensure most significant change stories are published and included in the reports and shared.
  • Establish status of implementation of operations audit/reviews recommendations for management action.

End Results

  • Lessons learned captured for review and adjustment of project design towards enhanced performance.
  • Documented evidence on project performance done and disseminated accordingly

Activity

Build capacity of staff, partners and community in DMEAL (20%)

  • Develop and disseminate monitoring templates including GIS and remote sensing tools to the project team
  • Train staffs, partners and community on project monitoring tools for effective and quality M&E system

End Results

Improved capacity of MEAL for project team and partners (10%)

Activity

Networking, visibility and donor recognition (5%)

  • Establish and maintain good relations partners, LGAs and stakeholders and other consortium members with regards to the implementation and accountability.
  • Ensures project interventions and donor are recognized by the government, partners and communities through project branding, participation in different forums including national, zonal, regional and local events.
  • Develop and support effective linkages and collaboration with key public institutions.
  • Represent the project in various assigned learning and sharing meetings/workshops/conferences.
  • Facilitate documentation and sharing of processes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned among partners in the consortium.

End Results

  • Strong and effective networks positively contribute to the achievement of the project goal
  • Documented success/transformational impact stories for visibility and donor recognition

Activity

Participate in Other Organizational Activities that would ensure the project is well represented in WVT bigger picture including doing any other assignment related to MEAL and GAM functions within the organisation. (5%)

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Applicant Types Accepted:

Potential interview questions

Can you describe a time when you had to implement a monitoring and evaluation system for a project? This question assesses your direct experience in MEAL systems implementation. Provide a specific example of a project, detailing your role and the outcomes.
How do you ensure accuracy and reliability when documenting project data? The interviewer wants to know your methods for quality assurance in data management. Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies do you use for analyzing project data to inform decision-making? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Tell us about a successful capacity building initiative you led. What were the results? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Can you share an experience where you faced obstacles in a project? How did you document and address these challenges? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
In your opinion, what are the key elements of effective stakeholder engagement? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What is your approach to ensuring that best practices are documented and shared across teams? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you measure the success of a monitoring and evaluation initiative? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
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