Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director at Winrock International: (Deadline Ongoing)

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director at Winrock International: (Deadline Ongoing)

POSITION TITLE:                            Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director

POSITION LOCATION:                   Kigali Rwanda

REPORTS TO:                                 Chief of Party

POSITION SUMMARY:

Winrock International works with people around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment. Winrock is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for an anticipated USAID-funded project that will strengthen the capacity of Rwandans—women, youth, and persons with disabilities—to activity participate in the workforce. The Director will lead the development of data collection and analytical systems to inform technical interventions and support decision-making on the project’s three objectives: (i) increasing the entrepreneurial, soft and technical skills of Rwanda jobseekers and entrepreneurs (ii) facilitating small and medium enterprise (SME) access to business services and market information they require to grow their businesses and generate revenue (iii) increasing the awareness of the social and business case for inclusion of women, youth and persons with disabilities within businesses and institutions.  The position is contingent upon receipt of donor funding.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership on MEL to ensure USAID MEL requirements are met on timely basis and guide data collection, management, analysis and visualization, and reporting progress towards indicator targets and results;
• Lead knowledge management and sharing activities within project, with USAID, other implementing partners, and local government agencies;
• Facilitate a collaborative effort across technical teams to develop a learning agenda, and package and document evidence and learning from project activities to inform scale and replication;
• Collaborate with complementary donor programs to document learning and impact from coordinated activity implementation;
• Design and develop the monitoring, evaluating, learning, and research plan for the project, including selecting and defining indicators, setting targets for all indicators, planning data collection methods, tools, and reporting formats;
• Develop and put in place efficient and accurate data collection and analysis systems and procedures that include efficient processes for collecting and analyzing data and ensuring data quality;
• Co-facilitate quarterly Pause and Reflect sessions to capture learning, introduce improvements, and achieve meaningful results;
• Build capacity of MEL and technical staff, partners and key stakeholders to ensure application of high-quality MEL activities and data collection.

Education:

• Degree in social sciences, such as statistics, public health, public policy, economics or a related field, and/or specialized training/certification in monitoring & evaluation

Work Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience managing and implementing complex MEL systems for international development projects, preferably with USG funded projects in Rwanda;
• Experience managing large MEL databases and conducting timely data analysis and developing reports;
• Experience in both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis;
• Experience designing, testing and managing surveys required;
• Experience with mobile data collection strongly preferred;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda.

Winrock is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and value diversity and inclusiveness. Winrock recruits, employs, trains, promotes and compensates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law.

At Winrock we have a clear mission: Empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources through unwavering dedication to accountability, equity, innovation, integrity and transformation.

Winrock knows that its success comes from the hard work and steadfast dedication of its diverse workforce. Winrock remains committed to maintaining diversity, inclusion and equity across the entire organization

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