Senior Monitoring Evaluating & Learning Officer (MEL)

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies/social works/communication/Sociology/Finance, Economics or relevant Disciplines.
  
• At least 3 years of M&E or relevant research experience for I/NGOs and development agencies.
  
• Proven ability to design both qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and provide relevant analysis and to build staff capacity in those areas.
  
• Statistics skills and experience working with statistical software strongly preferred.
  
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to project villages, often in remote locations.
  

PROJECT DESIGN AND PLANNING

• Provide technical support to the project in developing project level M&E systems that meet donor requirements and Mercy Corps minimum standards, as well as feed into a standardized countrywide M&E system and strategy.
  
• Development and roll out of project M&E Frameworks, guidelines, plans or tools to guide quality M&E in the projects.
  
• Support the program to design and conduct the baseline, mid-term, end-line survey, KAP and Impact Evaluation of project
  

MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E)

• Regular review of M&E plans, data collection tools, reporting template and other documents such as results metrices, reporting templates etc., as may be necessary in close coordination with relevant colleagues or partners
  
• Develop M&E capacity building plan for partner staff as well as other technical staff. Implement the plan through different training, mentorship coaching, onsite support and sharing of information with partner team.
  
• Contribute to drafting the monthly, quarterly and annual report and help technical team by providing necessary data for reporting
  
• Develop data collection tools, protocol, and use digital data collection platform for data collection.
  

CAPACITY BUILDING

• Build the capacity of all relevant team members, including partner team members, to develop and maintain an excellent M&E system and tools.
  
• Regularly conduct project site visits to provide hands-on training to field staff on how to capture and organize information for accurate documentation and reporting.
  

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING

• Assist the project team with timely and accurate data for reporting to donors.
  
• Assist to develop and implement project knowledge management plan, documentation, and communication plans/strategies.
  
• Provide technical support to the project team and partner staff to collect project learning’s and good practices.
  

FINANCE AND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT

• Support to create and maintain systems ensuring effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with donor and Mercy Corps policies and procedures.
  
• Support to build and/or maintain operational systems that ensure proper administrative support for programs.
  

INFLUENCE AND REPRESENTATION

• Manage good relationships with project stakeholders, including Government and Non-government officials, community institutions.
  
• Coordinate closely with, and the partner Project Officer and Supervisors to ensure upwards and downwards communication of developments in M&E related thinking.