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• Develop quality assurance mechanisms and
  monitoring checks enabling improved capturing and narration of
  programmatic results as opposed to activity accounts.
• Share consolidated and analysed
  information from programmes with Senior Leadership Team on a regular basis
  to show progress towards the strategic plan
• Assist the Head of Programmes with inputs
  to programme and proposal development, results and achievements products.
• Oversee the designing, coordinating and
  conducting project evaluations (mid-term and end-line) for all projects,
  sub projects and project components within FOL portfolio
• Work closely with the management team to
  set program milestones and Key Performance Indicators.
• Develop project Monitoring Plans,
  Logframes, Theories of Change (ToC) of existing and new projects in line
  with projects goals and objectives in consultation with the programme team
  and partners.
• Support staff and partners in designing
  and disseminating evaluative research studies by providing relevant input
• Tasked with designing and conducting Post
  Implementation Monitoring Surveys (PIMS)
• MEL system and knowledge management
• Coordinate development of, oversee and
  ensure maintenance of Fields of Life MEL system for effective reporting
  and monitoring.
• Prepare integrated lessons learnt from
  regular reviews and reflection of the different programme monitoring data,
  to be shared with programming and MEL staff.
• Support the team to identify gaps or
  challenges, and give guidance on proposing remedial solutions, both in
  terms of the technical components of the M&E system, and with regards
  to the capacity of its users.
• Create and maintain a databank of
  government of international policies, guidelines, frameworks, reports, etc
  to support Fields of Life programmes.
• Oversee and support the team with data
  entry and storing of data to Fields of Life monitoring database, maintain
  this as an accessible source of information on Fields of Life programme activities,
  results and impact, and ensure ethical data safety and protection.
• Capacity building
• Assess MEL capacity needs among staff and
  partners, providing feedback and support and identify capacity building
  initiatives.
• Manage capacity building initiatives
  relating to MEL, through for example MEL technical orientation, the
  creation of monitoring toolkits, etc.
• Manage MEL training with Fields of Life
  staff and partners.

• Ensure reliability of Fields of Life
  reports by collecting documentation to validate reports, and carrying out
  regular spot and random checks.
• Aid data capturing, analysis and quality
  assurance processes through guidance and capacity support.
• Maintain responsibility for authoring of
  high quality quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports to donors in a timely
  manner, which focuses on progress, impact and learning with particular
  support from Head of Programmes.

• Robust MEL system established
• Results framework for each technical
  programme
• Data collection, analysis and reporting
  tools and templates in place
• Timely and quality reports
• Capacity development plans in place

• The ideal candidate for the Monitoring,
  Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager job opportunity must hold a post-graduate
  qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Social Science,
  Development studies, Applied science or any other relevant discipline
• At least five years’ experience in
  monitoring and evaluation with three years in managerial position with an
  international humanitarian and development organisation
• Previous experience in monitoring and
  evaluating education and WASH related projects
• Experience of report writing
• Prior exposure and experience in
  conducting research
• Previous experience of organising sense
  making, lesson-learning sessions
• Expert understanding of Logical Framework
  Matrix, Theory of Change, indicators, Performance Monitoring Framework,
  Results Framework, M&E Plans, Performance Indicator Tracking Tables.
• Conversant in qualitative and quantitative
  data collection protocols including, sampling
• Previous experience of delivering capacity
  support initiatives for monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent understanding of international
  development issues
• Analytical/problem-solving skills and
  attention to detail in development of written documents.
• Excellent computer knowledge with command
  on MS Excel among other packages of MS Office
• Personal Attributes:
  Interpersonal skills, effective verbal and written communication, high
  level integrity and honesty.

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