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Contract:      2 years’ Fixed Term Contract
Salary:           Local Terms and Conditions apply

Purpose of role

Sightsavers are looking for a motivated and highly skilled Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) professional to join their dynamic, global MEL Team as their DID Programme MEL Manager. The post-holder will act as the MEL technical lead and manager of DID Programme projects.

The DID programme is a consortium programme that aims to improve the long-term well-being and inclusion of people with disabilities. It commenced in 2018 and is expected to conclude in July 2024. Sightsavers leads the consortium in implementing five health and education projects in Nigeria, Kenya and Bangladesh.

About the role of MEL Manager, DID Programme

The post-holder will develop and implement DID’s adaptive management approach that guides its oversight and reporting, and further develop participatory and inclusive MEL practices. Working collaboratively with key MEL team members, the post-holder will develop and test MEL tools and practices with the intention of cascading these tools, practices and learning to the broader MEL team and to other Sightsavers staff and partners.

Principal accountabilities:

Technical Leadership and Management – a key player within the Global Coordination Team that manages the DID portfolio; lead on the lifecycle of the MEL plans and theories of change for DID projects; build and coordinate MEL sub-committees, representing Sightsavers at consortium meetings and forums concerning MEL

Learning, Adaptation and Evidence – Engage teams with MEL processes to build knowledge around project implementation; champion adaptive learning among project teams and partners; develop research protocols that meet the ethical protocols for each country; develop and disseminate key learning and best practice across all stakeholders

Developing and Improving – Provide technical support to country teams during implementation phases; upskill direct reports to grow their professional knowledge; alongside colleagues support enhanced evolving MEL approaches to inclusive data, disability data

Monitoring and Reporting – Lead on the full lifecycle and reporting of baseline, annual and endline data and contribute to results framework and narrative reporting.

Knowledge, skills and experience for MEL Manager, DID Programme

Essential:

• Master’s degree within international development, public health or relevant field
• Excellent knowledge base within international development/not for profit sector
• Proven track record working in partnership with local government and systems strengthening experience
• Strong project management
• Understanding and knowledge of adaptive management and corresponding MEL approaches
• Demonstrable experience in producing first class research, evaluation and baseline reports
• Excellent communication written and oral
• Influential and an advocate of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
• Creative problem solver
• Proven track record working in a similar role for a multi-country programme
• Able to respond to the complexities attached to working across multiple countries within the international development sector
• Available to travel up to 6 weeks annually
• Fluent English, written and spoken

Desirable:

• Project Management certification
• Experienced using the Washington Group questions
• Line management
• Previous experience delivering engaging and outcome focused training

The MEL Manager, DID programme is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 24 October 2022. This will be a one stage interview process with a presentation at interview. Please note we may request examples of previous written products such as baseline reports, evaluation reports etc.

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Contract:     2 years’ Fixed Term Contract

Salary:        Local Terms and Conditions apply

Purpose of role

Our global MEL team are excited to be looking for a professional Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager  to join their team as the MEL Manager, Economic Empowerment. The post-holder will be the MEL technical lead for this portfolio supporting innovations, adaptation and learning at project and programme level.

Economic empowerment is a relatively new and rapidly expanding thematic area for Sightsavers. The portfolio consists of a number of small seed-funded projects in ECSA, WARO and Asia. Sightsavers’ focal areas are employment, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion of people with disabilities working in partnership with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities, employers, Business Disability Networks and Financial Institutions.

About the role of MEL Manager, Economic Empowerment

The post-holder will provide technical MEL leadership around economic empowerment. Experience in MEL for economic empowerment is crucial and of MEL in social inclusion highly desirable. Working collaboratively with the MEL team, the post-holder will be responsible for developing MEL tools and practices for MEL for this thematic area.

Principal accountabilities:

Technical Leadership and Management – Lead on developing and executing a MEL strategy and plan for the economic empowerment thematic area; lead on the execution of MEL throughout the project lifecycle; coordinate contributions from team members; develop MEL plans that respond to Learning Questions for the thematic strategy and contribute to the thematic strategy’s results framework; maintain inclusive accessible and participatory protocols across MEL work for people with disabilities

Learning, Adaptation and Evidence – Develop research protocols that meet the ethical protocols for each country; lead on reporting of baseline, annual and endline data, notably inclusive data; collaborate and coordinate with Evidence and Research Advisors; disseminate key learning and best practice across all stakeholders to support a culture of learning about the programme; and champion adaptive learning among project teams and partners.

Developing and Improving – Strengthen MEL skills and knowledge at partner level; utilise resources especially communities we serve to bolster continuous learning of MEL for economic empowerment; ensure sufficient MEL capacity at project level to meet high standards in line with the principles of inclusion; create a repository of economic empowerment MEL resource tools and data; alongside colleagues support enhanced evolving MEL approaches regarding inclusive data, disability data

Monitoring and Reporting – Contribute to results framework and narrative reporting

Knowledge, skills and experience for MEL Manager, Economic Empowerment

Essential:

• Master’s degree within international development, disability studies, economics or relevant field
• Excellent knowledge base within international development/not for profit sector, specifically economic empowerment
• Previous experience working with inclusive data, disability data
• Working knowledge and experience of participatory planning, evaluating and monitoring approaches
• Understanding and knowledge of adaptive management and corresponding MEL approaches
• Demonstrable experience in producing first class research, evaluation and baseline reports
• Understanding and knowledge of MEL tools and indicators for economic empowerment.
• Excellent communication written and oral
• Creative problem solver
• Proven track record working in a similar role for a multi-country programme
• Available to travel up to 8 weeks annually
• Fluent English, written and spoken

Desirable:

• Professional work within disability inclusion programmes
• Working knowledge of Washington Group questions
• Familiar with piloting new adaptive ways of working and scaling up
• Previous experience delivering engaging and outcome focused training

The MEL Manager, Economic Empowerment is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 31 October 2022. This will be a one stage interview process with a presentation at interview. Please note we may request examples of previous written products such as baseline reports, evaluation reports etc.