What we are looking for:
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking a highly qualified and dynamic Monitoring & Evaluation Manager to provide support to our team in Mozambique Country Office. The role of the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager is to lead the strategic direction and quality assurance of monitoring and evaluation in Pemba, Mozambique. The M&E Manager should design and implement a strategy, SOPs, and budget for M&E which ensures the CO is meeting and exceeding M&E minimum standards.
You will be responsible for developing the CO monitoring, evaluation and learning strategy, responding to contextual challenges but also ensuring alignment with the regional strategy and global M&E framework, policy and strategy.
What you will do:
- Support HOP in setting up and implementing systems for tracking management responses;
- Contribute to fundraising through ensuring robust TOCs, M&E plans, logframes, M&E activities, budgets and staffing are incorporated into programme and project proposals;
- Managing the beneficiary and complaints feedback mechanism;
- Provides technical support and advise to programme staff on methods and tools for needs assessments and other types of research;
- Provide technical M&E guidance for innovation and technology for M&E and database management;
- Participate in country strategy development to ensure effective use of M&E data, and adequate M&E priorities;
- Develop CO specific M&E SOPs responding to contextual challenges, according to NRC’s M&E minimum standards ensuring necessary resources
- Technical input to programme monitoring and evaluation plans, including methodological guidance and resource planning
- Ensuring the roll out and use of global and regional M&E developments at the CO level. Also leading new technical developments to respond to M&E needs in the context.
- Provide technical M&E support, guidelines and capacity building across the CO.
- Line manage CO M&E staff and capacity building for area office M&E staff
- Ensuring learning moments are institutionalised in the CO, with systems in place for analysing and using M&E data and supporting programme and CMG to interpret and use learning for strategic and programme decision making. This includes contributing to the development, learning and adaptation of a multi-year programme strategies.
Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.
What you will bring:
- 5-7 years of demonstrated management experience in design, implementation, and oversight of monitoring, evaluation, and research for large to mid-scale international projects or programmes;
- Advanced degree in economics, research methods, social sciences or a related field;
- Technical competency and prior experience implementing various programme evaluation methodologies and approaches;
- Excellent analytic, communication, interpersonal, writing, collaboration, problem-solving, planning/organizing, and facilitation skills;
- Advanced experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and tools
- Fluency in spoken and written English;
- Experience within supporting M&E for one of NRC’s core competencies is an asset;
Understanding of and commitment to:
- organizational learning, and the role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
- integrated programming approaches
- working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including experience in capacity building
- University degree in a relevant social science discipline
- Fluency in English, Knowledge of Portuguese or other relevant languages such as Swahili.
What we offer:
- Duty station: Pemba, Mozambique
- Contract: 12 months (Renewable based on funding, performance and need for position)
- Travel: up to 30%
- Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s regional salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions
- NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
- We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC
Important information about the application process:
- Internal candidates only: please click on the suitcase icon labelled “I am an employee” to be redirected to NRC’s internal careers site.
- When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
- Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
- Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
- This role is open to candidates of all Nationalities.
- If you have any questions about this role, please email eay.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.
Why NRC?
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.
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We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:
- do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts;
- join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility;
- be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity;