International Planned Parenthood Federation Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Position Overview:
The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Advisor will be expected to provide strategic oversight and guidance on all aspects of MEL for FON implementation in the 10 project countries: Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mexico, Colombia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The successful candidate will have a strong feminist perspective on MEL, as well as a non-extractive, decolonial, and participatory approach. Strong focus on accessibility and enabling methodologies will be central to the work. They will be able to draw from creative and participatory methodologies, including using new technologies, to ensure the project team receives appropriate guidance to continuously improve its work, identify in a timely manner areas that need more attention, and to ensure mutual learning among all engaged actors.
The MEL Advisor will be responsible for the coordination and facilitation of the co-creation of MEL processes, tools and products among consortium partners, strategic partners, and subgrantees. As the partners are working across time zones and in diverse languages (English, French, and Spanish) this would include overall coordination oversight.
The MEL Advisor will work closely with the Consortium Regional Leads and report to the FON Programme Manager Global. They will additionally interact closely with subgrantees and their MEL staff. .
The overall tasks include:
Develop, review and implement the MEL framework (qualitative and quantitative) in compliance with the project proposal with strong long-term vision and co-creation components.
Provide guidance to FON team in reviewing the MEL systems, and developing data collection tools, and strategies, including database(s);
Collaborate with and support subgrantees to develop their own MEL frameworks and data collection tools adapted to their profiles.
Provide monitoring data to inform the decisions on project performance and direction to the project.
Train consortium partners and Subgrantees on the data collection tools.
Coordinate the preparatory work/ groundwork for the generation of reports.
Coordinate with the consortium partners the development and implementation of FON learning agenda.
Undertake field visits, as appropriate and agreed with Consortium partners, for monitoring and capacity building purposes.
Coordinate the mid-term and final evaluation of FON globally.
Deliverables:
Develop the MEL framework for the FON project
Develop data collection tools and templates, and train on their effective usage, such as
Most Significant Change Stories
Human Interest stories
Reporting templates
Advocacy indicators and data collection tools, etc.
Facilitate MEL meetings and record meeting notes and feedback.
Monitoring
Formulate the design of monitoring tools and processes
Ensure QC/QA and analysis
Undertake the submission of all reports based on results of monitoring (as required to comply with the FON requirements)
Evaluation
Lead the mid-term and final evaluations from design to the validation workshop, ensuring participative approach with partners and subgrantees t
Be the focal person for all communications on the mid-term and final evaluations
Learning agenda
Develop, in consultation with Consortium partners and RCACs, learning themes to be followed
Undertake process design by developing a two-three pager document explaining the rationale and co-creation process that would enable mutual learning
Facilitate and lead the co-creation learning process
Coordinate learning sessions
Reporting – prepare a three page report bi-annually that summarizes the learning
Collaborate with Communication staff to showcase innovative practices and field stories
Knowledge Dissemination
Cooperate with a Communication team member to develop substantial information from the MEL process to share externally (prepare communications annually to be shared via social media as per the communication plan; coordinate the validation of mid-term and final evaluations and their dissemination; facilitate the development of ideas for creative and/or participatory documentation, etc).
Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:
Post-secondary graduate in the fields of social science, human rights, international development, or other relevant fields.
Have an understanding of issues relating to feminist politics, GBV, human rights, disability justice and the sexual and reproductive rights of all people, along with a commitment to advancing these rights.
Have a deep understanding and prior experience in MEL for complex international programs, work plans and budgets.
Have demonstrated experience (8+ years) of planning and managing feminist research, and MEL.
Excellent communication in English and French and be able to communicate well with both internal and external audiences.
Detail-oriented and thorough, with an ability to self-motivate and produce high-quality work.
Experience in and/or willingness to learn and adapt work to online/virtual platforms keeping accessibility needs in mind.
Committed to ongoing professional learning and sharing knowledge with the FON consortium.
Have excellent analytical skills, fair judgment, and a proactive, energetic approach to problem solving.
Have excellent interpersonal skills.
Team player and comfortable with working with a wide range of multilingual and multicultural teams.
Comfortable and willing to travel for work.
Have experience in designing accessible research tools and accessible data collection cross disability will be an asset.
How to Apply
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