Job Ref: 115-SS
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
Coordinator
Job Type: Contract
Location: South Sudan
Salary: Not disclosed
Description
Job Location: Juba based with extensive travel to GOAL’s field sites
Reporting to: Assistant
Country Director Programmes
Line Manager of: Assistant MEL Coordinator, M&E Officers, management of M&E Consultants
About GOAL
GOAL has been present in South Sudan since 1985 and is
currently running health, nutrition, WASH and livelihoods programmes in four
areas in the states bordering Sudan: Twic County, Warrap State, Abyei
Administrative Area, Baliet and Ulang Counties of Upper Nile State and most
recently a multi-sectoral emergency response to the refugee influx from Blue
Nile State of Sudan into Maban County. In the last few years GOAL has increased
focus on demonstrating impact and using routine monitoring and evaluation surveys
(qualitative and quantitative) for learning and decision making.
Summary of Role:
The MEL Coordinator will be expected to lead on finalising
the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework which will bring together all the
surveys, assessments, consultations and monitoring which GOAL undertakes and
ensure this is being used for decision making and programme development, as
well as meeting donor requirements. The MEL Coordinator will also take forward
GOAL’s beneficiary accountability through the review or establishment of
beneficiary complaints procedures, through use of an annual beneficiary
satisfaction survey and by a series of consultative meetings and Focus Group
Discussions (FGDs) to ensure communities participate in the planning and
reorientation of GOAL programmes
A key part of this role will be to ensure that GOAL South
Sudan has in place and is appropriately using the necessary M&E for GOAL’s
core Irish Aid multi-annual funding, which runs from 2012-2016. The MEL
Coordinator will manage the M&E team, currently consisting of an Assistant
MEL Coordinator and a MEL Officer (both national positions) with a strong
capacity building element. The MEL Coordinator will work closely with the
technical coordinators in health, WASH, nutrition and livelihoods and with the
field based programme managers to support their M&E activities and provide
technical assistance. Additionally, the MEL Coordinator will represent GOAL
externally in such fora as the Survey Technical Working Group, the M&E
Technical Working Group and on an ad-hoc basis with donors as necessary.
The MEL Coordinator will report to the Assistant Country
Director Programmes (ACDP) but will be technically supported by the roving and
Dublin-based MEL Advisors and the Survey Advisor. The MEL Coordinator will be
expected to travel to the field sites approximately 50% of the time.
Key Duties:
Monitoring & Evaluation:
a.
Oversee GOAL South Sudan’s overall country MEL framework and ensure programmes
teams have an up to date M&E plan and ensure all MEL activities are carried
out to schedule
b.
Support the programmes teams in health, WASH, nutrition and livelihoods to
carry out all routine monitoring and periodic evaluations
c.
Ensure that the results of surveys and ongoing monitoring, including
consultations with beneficiaries, is made available in a useful format for
programme design and decision-making
d.
Support the roll out of monthly monitoring tools, for new programme activities
;
e.
Support GOAL partners to set up and maintain appropriate and robust M&E
systems for all new programme activities;
f.
Conduct sampling of data from the standard indicator database during field
visits for quality assurance purposes including sampling of partner monthly
reports;
g.
Support project managers to identify and resolve monitoring problems at
individual project level;
h.
Ensuring that mainstreaming of gender and HIV is included in the monitoring
system as appropriate;
i.
Provide graphic feedback to management of standard indicators for all sectors
comparing information over time and among field sites;
j.
Provide input for donor proposal development and reporting, in consultation
with the Programme Support Officer and ACDP.
k.
Ensure that processes are in place to allow for systematic and inclusive
feedback to communities and stakeholders on all evaluations undertaken.
l.
Designing, carrying out and/or supervise consultants conducting outcome
evaluations across all program areas.
m.
In collaboration with the ADCP, draw up the annual MEL budget and manage this,
to ensure each project has the necessary resources and capacity to implement
MEL activities.
n.
Put in place a consultants database and keep relevant and up to date.
o.
Gather information to serve as an input for the strategic and annual planning
of GOAL South Sudan
p.
Provide the ACDP with weekly and monthly reports on the implementation of the
work plans and achievement of objectives.
q.
Coordinate with MEL Coordinator HQ Dublin on any joint country initiatives or
feedback on development of organisational research and evaluation.
Knowledge Management
•
Recommendations: Implement and supervise the use of evaluation and technical
team reviews which were carried out in order to deliver improved programme
quality. This will be through tools such as the GOAL recommendations tracker.
•
Databases: Ensure programme data basis are kept up to date including an excel
based output tracker that records programme outputs on a monthly basis, a
selection of which is used to update the monthly report produced for HQ
Coordinate the overall country learning systems
a.
Promote and strengthened the understanding of the importance of MEL within the
programme teams and the use and /or analysis of MEL systems during program
design and implementation.
b.
Build MEL capacity of all programme and partner staff through training and on
the job support
c.
As part of the learning function, seek to identify learning points across the
range of work carried out and identify opportunities to share this learning
through meetings, workshops, reports etc.
d.
Where appropriate, share materials with GOAL’s best practice website
e.
Design and carry out or supervise assessments, research exercises etc as
appropriate
f.
Provide written up case studies and success stories
Mainstreaming
a.
Implement, according to area of responsibility, GOAL’s policies and procedures
on mainstreaming of GOAL’s global priority areas of gender, HIV and child
protection and the additional mainstreaming areas identified in GOAL South
Sudan’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP) of conflict sensitivity and Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR).
b.
Work jointly with the ACDP and GOAL’s Gender and HIV Advisors to ensure
effective mainstreaming and representation of the sectors in the project cycle
management and ensure M & E indicators are developed in the same manner.
c.
In collaboration with the HR manager, work on increasing the sensitivity and
awareness of staff towards Gender, HIV, child protection, conflict sensitivity
and DRR.
Person Specification
- A
primary degree in any of the following with a quantitative research skills
component: Social Sciences, Development Studies or relevant discipline
- At
least two years of implementing surveys and/or other research activities
within an NGO environment.
- Demonstrated
experience in applying quantitative and qualitative/participatory research
methods.
- Capacity
and commitment to building the MEL skills of colleagues, partners and
community members.
- Understanding
of mainstreaming principles and experience of working on mainstreaming
activities.
- Confident
presentation and facilitation skills, proven record in provision of
trainings.
- Proficiency
in using standard computer software, especially MS office as well as data
entry/statistical packages, such as MS Access, SPSS, Minitab, Epi Info
- Ability
to work under pressure, with minimum supervision and prioritise workload
according to the changing needs of the programme
- Ability
to represent GOAL externally, with government, INGOs, clusters and
community leaders.
- Knowledge
of SPHERE and commitment to humanitarian principles
- Excellent
oral and written (English) communication skills
- Previous
experience in South Sudan is desirable
Contract Length: 12 months
