Our vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won't have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years, we have been working with the world's poorest people to transform their lives.
Today we are a team of over 4,400 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. We want committed, values driven staff to join our Head Office team and are currently looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser (Irish Aid) to be part of our Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team.
The MEL team sits within the Strategy, Advocacy and Learning (SAL) department and works primarily to support Country Programmes. Central to the MEL team is their collaboration with technical advisors and programme teams across our core sector areas of Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education and Livelihoods as well as in our thematic approaches of Equality, Climate and Environment, Conflict Sensitivity, Disaster Risk Reduction and Protection. The MEL team plays a key role in shaping the global MEL strategy and approaches implemented across 26 countries.
The job: You will primarily provide support on monitoring, evaluation and learning to Concern's Irish Aid funded programmes (under both the Long Term Development (LTD) Stream (17 countries), Chronic Humanitarian Crises (CHC) Stream (10 countries) and Global Citizenship Education) as well as supporting Concern's wider global monitoring and evaluation activities as part of the work of the Strategy, Advocacy and Learning (SAL) Directorate. You will report to the Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser in SAL, while coordinating closely with the Irish Aid Programme Coordinator in the International Programmes Department and the Humanitarian Adviser in the Emergency Directorate.
If you join us, this is what you will be doing:
Supporting the monitoring of the Irish Aid funded Long Term Development, Chronic Humanitarian Crises and Global Citizenship Education programmes within the Ireland Civil Society Partnership (ICSP) in Concern. This includes: With the Senior MEL Advisor, undertaking regular coordination with the Irish Aid Programme Coordinator and International Programmes Directorate to ensure appropriate MEL support is provided to all countries implementing Irish Aid funded programmes. Overseeing the joint team work of MEL Advisors (following the country Focal Point allocations) when working with country teams to develop comprehensive M&E plans, conduct baselines and set targets within the ICSP. In coordination with other MEL advisers in SAL and Concern's Digital Data Gathering (DDG) team, support the development of data collection tools at all levels (activity, output, outcome) for all participating countries, ensuring standardisation where possible. Conducting annual reviews of M&E plans and indicator tracking. In coordination with country teams, support the annual survey process in each country, ensuring standard processes are followed, that meet Irish Aid requirements, with regard to sampling, indicator collection, cohort monitoring, use of standard data collection tools, training of enumerators. Ensure that any agreed changes to Results Frameworks with Irish Aid are reflected in updated M&E plans, data collection tools and data collection strategies. Develop and manage annual country level M&E Support Plans for the LTD and CHC programmes, including identifying teams with higher support needs and coordinating M&E support missions with other SAL advisers. Conduct 3-4 country support visits to prioritized countries implementing the Irish Aid funded programmes (shared between LTD and CHC). Improving on the data management, visualisation and analysis of data. This includes:
Undertaking further analysis of the data collected through the monitoring system, including identifying (and addressing) data quality issues. Providing support to countries on the use of data for documentation of learning, including supporting the reporting process to Irish Aid. Work with the SAL DDG team to develop programme dashboards for each country on the Concern data visualisation system (Zoho reports), updating these dashboards as required throughout the programme. Develop global dashboards, to bring together key data from different countries on common themes for comparison and learning, identifying trends and issues that may need to be addressed, and subsequently raise support needs with SAL. Contribute to overall improvements to monitoring in Concern, developing guidance on key issues to be shared on Concern's Programme Quality Guide. Support the Reviews and Final Evaluations of the funded programmes. This includes:
Taking the technical lead on the Thematic and/ or Annual Reviews, as well as Mid Term Reviews of the LTD and CHC programme streams, in coordination with the relevant programme coordinators. Taking the technical lead on the final evaluation of the ICSP. Contributing to improving evaluations and learning. Skills you will bring:
In addition to having a post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline, you will have the following essential skills:
Three to five years working in developing countries or supporting developing country programmes in monitoring, evaluation and learning. Specific experience working on MEL in at least one of the following areas: Livelihoods, Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience, Health, Nutrition, WASH or cash-based programmes. Practical experience of putting in place robust monitoring systems and conducting or managing. High level of analytical capacity and use of data analysis tools for project/programme. Experience of capacity building of both internal and partner staff in Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation processes and data collection (both quantitative and qualitative). Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to operate as part of a team as well as working independently. Excellent spoken and written English. Desirable:
Ability to work through French. Previous experience with IForm Builder and/or use of JavaScript. Previous experience with Zoho Report. You will report to Senior Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser and work closely with the Irish Aid Programme Coordinator, SAL Technical Advisers, Desk Officers in the International Programmes Directorate and key overseas staff, as well as with the Alliance partners' staff.
The salary is from €54,500 to €60,286 (Global Band 6) and this is a fixed term (two years) contract, with the possibility of extension.
Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Ireland at the time of application.
If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. We will respond to every applicant. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date.
We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations, and is committed to promoting equality.
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