Applied Learning Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (ALMEM)

Job Title: Applied Learning Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (ALMEM)

Department: WAATI YELEMA LABENW  PROGRAMME

Duration: February-June 2019

Grade/Step: Senior area manager

Location: Bamako Mali with 33% time in travel to project sites

Supervisor: Project Deputy Director

PROJECT SUMMARY:

Waati Yelema Labenw WYL will directly increase the resiliency of 31,050 vulnerable people across 30 new target villages. Among these, over 4,000 women, men, and youth will be supported to create or strengthen 90 market-based, climate-adapted, sustainable micro enterprises and savings groups. It will enhance revenues, assets, increase savings and access to financing—thereby increasing adaptive and absorptive capacity. During the 18 month period. At least 10 communes will   integrate adaptation in local development plans, benefitting 1650,000 men, women, and children. Thirty communities will receive intense support to identify opportunities to adapt to climate shocks and stresses, including watershed and pasture protection, reforestation, flood control and water table-recharging dikes.

WYL builds on and amplifies the direct impact of RIC4REC’s support to 280 communities from 2015-2017, while focusing on new villages and direct beneficiaries. Market-based enterprise groups will develop long-term equitable commercial relationships with private sector services by leveraging enterprise membership and resource base. Members and communities will benefit from new sustainable income streams. Commune councils and locally based governmental and non-governmental development technicians will gain skills to facilitate the Community Managed Resiliency to Climate Change (CMRCC) process, and over time, spread to all villages in

Essential Job Functions:

• Manage all aspects of project M&E as articulated in the M&E Plan and as otherwise required to meet and Blumont reporting requirements
• Train and coach project staff and partners and other involved stakeholders in all aspects of the WYL M&E Plan; including data collection to capture all project outputs, results, outcomes, and impacts;
• Communicate regularly with the BRACED-KM experts to ensure the integration of the WYL M&E Plan into BRACED-KM and donor reporting and methodological framework
• Advise the project planning process toward achieving project targets for each indicator in logframe;

• Lead on design and implementation of project internal endline evaluation review
• Assist in all aspects of contracting for project surveys and studies; supervise contractors for compliance and quality of work
• Provide regular advice to project team on enhancing project strategies and activities design and implementation in view of the WYL Theory of Change and logical framework work as well as opportunities to further contribute to BRACED goals to produce robust evidence of best practices for building climate change resiliency
• Conduct regular field visits to ensure timely and complete data collection and for data quality assurance;
• Ensure optimal cost effective use of  Blumont’s web based platform data management system including staff use and management of smart phone data entry and uploading

• Initiate quarterly and annual report writing and ensure complete and timely qualitative and quantitative information inputs including robust statistical analysis
• Supervise the M&E Data Management Assistant to manage the data-base and perform data quality assurance
• Stimulate documentation of lessons learned, best practices and achievements of project, together with the project team, including project partners and other stakeholders including the Agence pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (AEDD)
• Prepare and present PowerPoint presentations on M&E Plan and quantitative achievements of project to visiting project stakeholders and coordination meetings
• Advanced user of spreadsheets and statistical analysis software.
• Perform other duties as required.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Master’s degree or its equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Geography, Sociology or related disciplines, with emphasis in quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Five years of experience working on development projects or scientific research managing monitoring and evaluation of project activities in rural development;
• Experience in the design and implementation of M&E systems in development projects implemented by national/international NGOs/UN bodies/Government;
• Solid experience in data base management
• Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports including analyzing data using statistical software;
• Experience in large sample population or household quantitative and qualitative surveys
• Demonstrated coaching, training and facilitation skills;
• Demonstrated ability to develop productive relationships with multiple stakeholders, especially donor experts, project staff, M&E communities of expertise, and national development agency M&E and statistics peers;
• Highly organized and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Outgoing with strong interpersonal communication skills
• Fluency in English and French;
• Experience in fluent writing best practices, cases, etc.;
• Advanced user of spreadsheets and statistical analysis software.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience working on a DFID funded project;
• Experience with theory of change based project design and M&E systems
• Experience with farmer to farmer and/or community based learning project approaches
• Experience working with successful gender approaches in rural development
• Local language skills.
• Success Factors:
• Must be innovative and resourceful in creating and enhancing project learning and M&E systems;
• Demonstrated ability to take pro-active ownership of his/her role, to lead staff and partners in M&E and learning, and to communicate frequently and effectively to fulfill his/her job goals;
• Ability to train and facilitate understanding of complex M&E concepts and systems for diverse group of individuals with various skill sets, experiences and levels of responsibility;
• Articulates well monitoring and evaluation expertise
• Track record of regularly meeting deadlines with quality work
• High motivation, initiative, and adaptability;
• Facility with mobile phone based information and data systems

How to apply: 

All applications (CV, cover letter) must be sent via email at: [email protected] by February 7th 2019 indicating the exact Title of the position “Applied Learning Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (ALMEM)” 

 Females candidates are encouraged. We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected will be contacted and applications are not returned.

NOTES
The previous description of positions is not exhaustive. Created to indicate the general level of work assigned to the employee and highlight the appropriate performance of its tasks. However, by no means, to be interpreted as an inventory of all duties, functions, responsibilities and qualifications of the employee hired for the position.

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