Monitoring and Evaluation Lead (M&E)

Seefar is seeking a mid-level Monitoring and Evaluation Lead with demonstrated experience in conflict affected developing countries and a strong interest in migration, modern slavery and/or livelihoods. As M&E Lead you will evaluate our strategic communications work using Seefar’s model of evaluation for strategic communications, which demonstrates direct impact on target audiences. You will enjoy working in a high performing team from multiple countries; will have exceptional English writing skills in addition to strong technical M&E and analysis skills. You can be based anywhere in the world. Some travel may be required, COVID-19 dependent.

This is a 12 month, full-time consultancy position with a salary range of 5000-5600 EUR per month.

Job Description

We are a social enterprise with a mission to work with vulnerable people to build a better future. We specialise in justice, migration and social inclusion. Our expertise is in strategic communications, counselling, consulting, monitoring and evaluation, and research. We work in East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, North Africa, the Sahel and Europe. For more information about us, please visit http://seefar.org/about-us.

To get a sense of the services we specialise in at Seefar, please visit http://seefar.org/services. To get a sense of the strategic communications activity we specialise in at Seefar, please visit

http://seefar.org/strategic-communications/. You can also see examples of work from our M&E

practice here http://seefar.org/services/monitoring-and-evaluation/.

For examples of projects relevant to this position, please visit

https://seefar.org/themes/migration/

https://seefar.org/themes/displaced-people/

https://seefar.org/themes/human-trafficking-and-modern-slavery/

The role requires someone with:

• At least eight years experience in monitoring and evaluation assignments and consultancies, including the assessment and appraisal of programs in line with OECD DAC criteria;
• Strong analytical skills and a track record of supporting teams with quantitative data analysis;
• Experience with qualitative data and an understanding of theory of change and evaluation criteria of effectiveness and efficiency;
• Experience in programmatic reporting and communication of robust and defensible data that meet internal and external requirements;
• Experiencing managing field teams;
• Proficiency in spoken and written English;
• Effective prioritisation and organisational skills, with an ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision;
• Outstanding attention to detail;
• Interpersonal skills and an ability to coordinate with teams;
• Preferably thematic expertise in migration, modern slavery and/or livelihoods.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The following are the primary responsibilities of the role, with estimated allocations of time and attention.

DELIVER: PROJECT MISSION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Approximately 80% of your time and attention will be spent:

• Reviewing project background and implementation materials;
• Creating and reviewing project theories of change/logframes;
• Designing monitoring frameworks and tools;
• Designing evaluation framework and tools;
• Training field teams in data collection;
• Managing field M&E teams;
• Analysing project M&E data (quantitative and qualitative);
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment;
• Writing evaluation reports, including findings and recommendations;
• Coordinating the review and commentary on the reports, on the basis of which to make improvements;
• Conducting other M&E and administrative tasks as required.

DEVELOP: CAPABILITIES AND PROGRAM PORTFOLIO

Approximately 10% of your time and attention will be spent:

• Providing technical expertise into program and project development;
• Developing and refining internal and project M&E systems;
• Learning, growing and developing professionally and personally;
• Strengthening the Enterprise’s reputation and profile in our areas of expertise.

DIRECT: GLOBAL MANAGEMENT

Approximately 10% of your time and attention will be spent:

• Representing and demonstrating the Enterprise’s values;
• Cooperating with other areas of Seefar, including to communicate substantive and administrative information that supports corporate management overall. For example, this would include ensuring effective internal reporting at the project and program level.

Working with Seefar

Current and former personnel have noted the points below as positive features of Seefar’s work environment and culture:

• The Enterprise combines entrepreneurialism with a focus on social impact.
• You work with highly diverse people and across a diversity of contexts.
• There is a high level of trust that supports you to work autonomously.
• The people in the Enterprise encourage innovation and experimentation.
• Achieving results is prioritised over rigid structures and workflows.
• You are never bored and always challenged.

Current and former personnel have noted the points below as negative features of Seefar’s work environment and culture:

• Collaborating with geographically dispersed teams requires flexibility and patience.
• Working remotely can make you feel isolated and so requires you to invest time in communication.
• Travel schedules can sometimes be heavy.
• A high-growth phase means problem-solving as the Enterprise’s systems evolve quickly.
• It can be fast paced so you need to be productive and able to prioritise effectively.

An Excellent Candidate

To excel in this role, you will start with experience working as monitoring and evaluation specialist, preferably with familiarity on issues such as migration, modern slavery and/or livelihoods. You have delivered assignments requiring an assessment of effectiveness and efficiency of programs on the basis of existing data. You have strong analytical skills, with expertise in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. Your English writing skills are excellent and you have the ability to synthesize metrics into clear and concise reports. You are highly organised, have the ability to prioritise and are highly productive. You have excellent decision-making and problem solving abilities. You have the ability to coordinate and work with a multicultural team. You will be motivated by an Enterprise performance framework focused on social impact.

Confirm you meet these minimum requirements:

• At least eight years of direct experience in monitoring and evaluation;
• A tack record of delivering assignments to clients;
• University degree in social sciences, statistics, population sciences, or other relevant field;
• Exceptional English writing skills;
• Expertise in quantitative and qualitative data collection, collation, analysis and reporting;
• Computer skills with working knowledge of appropriate software packages, with an advanced knowledge of spreadsheet or other database packages and working knowledge of statistics programs;
• Preferably have thematic expertise in migration and/or human trafficking and modern slavery.