Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Manager at BRAC: (Deadline 21 May 2023)

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Introduction

BRAC International is a leading nonprofit organization with a mission to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our approach is grounded in the conviction that people living in vulnerable situations can be agents of change if they are empowered with the tools, skills, and hope they need to change their lives. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential. BRAC’s institutional expertise on successfully implemented programmes is applied across 10 countries, touching the lives of over 130 million people, where our models are adapted according to the country’s context.

In 2022, the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) announcing an initiative that will create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC International will implement an integrated and holistic model to address the various life cycles of a young woman living in poverty, ensuring she is able to transition safely from adolescence to adulthood. She will be equipped with the appropriate skills, tools, and access to finance to effectively exercise her agency and build a fulfilling and productive livelihood.

In preparation for the launch of the program, BRAC International is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position in Rwanda

Position: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Manager

Job location: BRAC Rwanda Country Office

Salary: Negotiable

Contract nature: Two years renewable depending on the performance

Job Summary

The MEAL Manager develops, implements, and continuously improves monitoring, evaluation and learning systems for all project activities, while making sure that the project has a child-friendly and accessible Community Accountability and Reporting Mechanism. He/she will be responsible for ensuring development and operationalization of high-quality MEAL systems and reporting on a multi sectoral integrated project. Will incorporate best practices to ensure information collected is accurate, timely and disseminated appropriately in high-quality reports. The MEAL Manager will use these findings to improve the program and achieve the objectives. They will also be actively involved in promoting learning through documentation of lessons learned and developing approaches for community analysis and using data for decision-making. 

Key Duties/Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Technical Leadership:

• Provide leadership, training and mentoring in the development of M&E Plans, M&E tools, survey design, methodology, data analysis, and other skills required for assessing the impact of the program.
• Lead and/or collaborate with external evaluators on the design and roll-out of the program baseline, midline and end line and evaluations, while setting up effective systems for learning.
• Ensure both Country and AIM program uses the necessary M&E systems and tools, to inform and improve AIM project, as well as feed into the broader country-level M&E.
• Design tools to collect sex and age disaggregated data and use gender-sensitive data collection methods to understand and respond to program results with diverse participants.
• Participate in the facilitation of country and sector-level strategic planning sessions, assisting the program in the development of its annual plans.

Information Management:

• Lead the adoption of a holistic program-level M&E system that harnesses open-source software and flexible cloud solutions to more accurately collect, monitor and verify program activities and ensure they are aligned with the country strategic and annual plans.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and recommendations to ensure that the M&E systems meet the needs of the program.
• Maintain a comprehensive schedule of reports for the program and review the program reports to ensure that reports contain accurate, clear, and high-quality data and are presented in the proper format.
• Develop program and operational reporting templates that facilitate the acquisition, aggregation and flow of information in programs.

Capacity Building and Mentoring:

• Develop and oversee the implementation of the M&E staff and partner capacity building strategy that promotes a culture of learning through systematic analysis and reflection of program data.
• Build the capacity of all relevant team members to develop and maintain an excellent M&E system, including regular reflection and analysis of program monitoring data.
• Contribute to the knowledge management with best practices in M&E and ensure that it is accessible to all staff and partners.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.

Internal And External Coordination:

Active contributor and collaborator with regional and global counterparts to promote the use of M&E best practices to strengthen linkages with other internal resources, including learning platforms.

• Safeguarding Responsibilities
  • Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation
  • Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
  • Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
  • Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do the same

Education and Experience: 

• University Degree in Social Science or Social Studies, or equivalent experience in monitoring and evaluating program activities and outputs, in comparison to program objectives.
• Minimum of six years’ work experience in project monitoring and evaluation, preference for M&E for Youth, Education, and Livelihood Programs
• Prior experience in carrying out surveys, conducting interviews, and undertaking assessments are essential.
• Understanding of qualitative and quantitative indicators.
• Creative and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Excellent Analytical and report writing skills.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English required.
• Computers skills – word-processing, and data analysis software experience required.
• Computer database experience preferred.
• Experience in the development of Logical Framework Analyses and in the conducting of Participatory Rural Appraisal is extremely desirable.

Success Factors

• The successful MEAL Manager will combine exceptional technical skills and experience in maintaining donor and government relationships. She/he will have previous experience in working in multi sectoral youth, education, livelihoods, and social development projects.
• S/he will have an outstanding ability to design and provide technical oversight of innovative programs within the current and future program structure of BRAC International.
• She/he will also have proven experience with cross-cultural team and capacity building, individual staff development and strong mentoring skills. The successful candidate will be able to provide oversight across the country portfolio.

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Candidates need to send a signed Cover letter in PDF format indicating the title of the position applied for, an updated CV mentioning educational grades, years of experience, and notarized copies of academic qualifications. All those documents should be sent through email: recruitment.rwanda@brac.net, Application deadline is 21^th May 2023 

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview