DIRECTORATE: Programme Development, Quality and
Impact
Position: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer –
Shifting the Power Project
Location: Dhaka, Nairobi, Islamabad
Duration: 18 Month Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Competitive, Local salary and terms and
conditions of employment of the base location will apply
Experienced in designing monitoring, evaluation and learning
systems, tools and processes in an international development / humanitarian
environment you are now looking for a new challenge where your work will make a
positive difference.
This Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer
position with ActionAid International working as part of the Shifting the Power
Project is just the position you are looking for.
The Shifting the Power project is a START Network project
supported by a consortium of 6 humanitarian agencies led by ActionAid and
CAFOD. It is designed to support local actors to take their place alongside
international actors in order to create a balanced humanitarian system that is
more responsive and accountable to disaster affected communities. This
project will strengthen local and national organisational capacity for decision
making and leadership in humanitarian response. It will link local to national
organisations, and at the same time influence international organisations to
promote the role of local and national actors. The project will be implemented
in Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, Ethiopia and DRC with leadership from different
consortia members.
As MEL Officer, your challenge will be to help
demonstrate through an effective learning and documentation process how the
project approach can make national responses faster, better quality and
more effective. You will develop and implement a monitoring, evaluation and
learning framework in line with the project’s logframe. You will help
colleagues embed MEL systems and processes in project countries as well as
gather evidence and share learning. You will coordinate evaluation activities,
data collection and stakeholder reporting. You will also build the capacity of
teams by providing technical training, coaching and support.
Educated to degree level you must be experienced in
designing monitoring, evaluation and learning systems, tools and processes in
an international development / humanitarian environment. You will have provided
technical leadership on MEL projects and have excellent project management
skills covering analysis, planning, and delivery. You will be able to train and
have knowledge of different evaluation methodologies such as
quasi/experimental, theory based, process tracing, network analysis, and
case-based approaches. You must also be able to operate across functions and
have excellent communication and negotiation skills.
If you have the skills and passion to make a difference
please visit our website www.actionaid.org/jobs
Are you the right person for the job? Please read this
carefully before you apply:
Please address the person specification in your application
point by point and in detail as it enables us to identify the skills, knowledge
and experience you have to be able to do the job effectively.
Please check your application and make sure you meet all the
essential criteria listed in the person specification, in addition your
application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable
criteria. If you do not meet at least all the essential criteria, please don’t
apply as we only invite candidates for an interview if they meet the essential
criteria listed on the job description. Thank you for your understanding.
Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach
ActionAid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will
not be considered.
ActionAid International welcomes applications from all
sections of the community and promotes diversity.
Application Procedures
Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation
cover letter to programmes.jhb@actionaid.org by
no later than 25th May 2015. You are requested to highlight in the motivation
letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role. Please
clearly indicate which position you are applying for.
Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only
correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received
feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please
consider your application unsuccessful.
