Senior M&E Officer

Reports to : RMEL Manager (Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)**

Employment Type : Full-time**

Contract dates : 1 January 2021 – 1 January 2022

Location : Beirut

Siren Associates

Siren helps develop safe and secure societies where there is equal access to justice and freedom from fear. Specialising in civil policing transformation, security and justice programming, and broader public sector reform, we empower and build the capabilities of organisations to become more responsive to the needs of communities. We support our clients through the process of strategic change, combining an Organisation Development approach with advanced technology and customised solutions.

Committed to making a difference, we believe that the development of capabilities cannot be done for organisations – it must be done by and in effective partnership with them. As a result, our approach is collaborative, client-centered and holistic. We employ rigorous problem analysis and innovative interventions that are gender and conflict sensitive to drive sustainable change. Working in post-conflict and fragile states, we recognise the value of being flexible, adaptable and responsive to our clients’ changing needs.

Siren is an international non-profit organization with headquarters in Beirut and project offices in both Beirut and Jordan.

Role

Siren is seeking an experienced M&E officer – with a primary focus on Monitoring and Evaluation – to join its dynamic and multidisciplinary Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the programme M&E plan, managing relevant data collection and reporting activities as per the project cycle

• Update the programme results framework as necessary

• Liaise with programme delivery teams to support them with relevant data needs to ensure on-going evidence-based delivered

• Deliver qualitative and quantitative evaluation activities on an agreed timeline, including data collection, cleaning and analysis

• Liaise with research colleagues to identify interesting learning opportunities; support workshops and/or report writing to disseminate this learning

• Other reasonable and relevant M&E-related tasks requested by the RMEL lead.

Qualifications

Essential

Academic/professional

• 5+ years’ experience in M&E, quality assurance positions or other relevance social science research positions

• Relevant academic experience – university degree in social sciences, natural sciences, engineering etc. (Equivalent professional experience also considered).

• Excellent mastery of quantitative skills highly desired, preferably with demonstrable experience of running large n-surveys as well as more focused testing.

• Strong understanding of qualitative methodologies, approaches and limitations.

• Strong understanding of, and experience working within, the project management cycle, as well as understanding of accountability processes.

• Strong understanding of M&E systems and tools, and experience developing and implementing a project M&E plan.

• Excellent fluent and written English and Arabic, including experience writing and reporting for a variety of audiences and objectives

Contextual

• Deep understanding of the historical and current socio-political operating context in Lebanon

• Ability to engage professionally with a wide range of Lebanese stakeholders, including individuals in the public sector, civil society and the international community

• Fluent written and spoken English and Arabic

Personal

• Strategic thinker, able to see the ‘bigger picture’

• Excellent attention to detail and quality of final deliverable

• Dynamic team member, able to create strong working relationships

Desirable

• Previous experience working in security sector reform or other large-scale public sector reform or governance project.