Regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager At Sightsavers

Location: ECSA – preferred locations Kenya, Zambia or Uganda

Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply

Sightsavers is recruiting for an experienced Monitoring, Evaluations and Learning (MEL) Manager to ensure high standards of monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting on project and programme results across the ECSA regional portfolio. With excellent knowledge of the region and Sightsavers’ portfolio, the MEL Manager will understand the performance of our work regionally and will help to realise and share programmatic and thematic learning within, and across, the ECSA portfolio.

As Monitoring, Evaluations and Learning Manager you will utilise your expertise in all aspects of project monitoring throughout the project life cycle, to provide technical support to Country Office teams and other key stakeholders. You will work collaboratively with others to strengthen data management, improve the quality and timeliness of reporting, and increase the utilisation of monitoring data in decision making and for learning and adaptation of projects. This will also include support to project baseline and endline assessments, evaluations and reviews.

Qualified internal candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Main responsibilities of the MEL Manager include:

· Collaborating with institutional fundraising teams, global technical advisors and Country Office teams in the development of project proposals. Tasks may include sharing learning from other projects or evaluations within the region, facilitating theory of change development and/or designing logical frameworks.

· Leading on the design of MEL plans in close collaboration with MEL advisors.

· Supporting the Head of Team, the Senior MEL Manager and Senior MEL Advisors to identify, test, and drive forward new MEL approaches.

· Supporting project evaluations, baseline and endline assessments, the collection, analysis and use of inclusive data, particularly disability data.

· Providing technical support to country teams on their monitoring practice over the project lifecycle.

· Proactively contributing to the development and strengthening of the regional portfolio

· Facilitating the oversight of the regional portfolio as per Sightsavers’ internal oversight processes and being a critical friend in order to hold others to account.

· Maintaining open lines of communication among internal stakeholders about regional performance and using judgement to escalate risk when needed.

· Presenting MEL data and evidence in order to contribute to recommendations on resource oversight and allocation for thematic portfolios.

· Contributing to the strategic development and direction of the MEL team, and to the development and implementation of thematic MEL frameworks

As Monitoring, Evaluations and Learning Manager, you will have:

Essential

· Commitment to Sightsavers’ values, working with marginalised groups, and inclusive development.

· Educated to degree level in a relevant field or subject (e.g., international development, public health, social sciences), or equivalent work experience.

· Demonstrable experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning gained within the international development sector.

· Excellent technical skills in monitoring, evaluation and learning. For example, developing theories of change, designing MEL plans, writing logframes, managing oversight processes, sharing evidence and communicating learning.

· Proven ability to manage large, complex pieces of work with multiple stakeholders and to produce key deliverables on time.

· Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise work in a high-pressure environment working to competing deadlines.

· Excellent communication skills in English; communicating clearly and effectively.

· Ability to balance attention to detail with understanding the big picture.

· Highly numerate and confident when working with quantitative data.

· Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Desirable

· Fluency in languages of the region, for instance, Kiswahili, Portuguese

· Experience of working within a geographically disbursed team.

· Experience within the public health, policy, social inclusion or education sectors

· Experience of collecting and analysing qualitative data.

· Experience using statistical packages, qualitative data analysis software, Power BI or other data visualisation software

· Experience of working in disability inclusive programmes.

· Availability to travel up to 8 weeks a year within the region

· Experience in understanding and responding to the complexities of working across multiple countries and diverse cultures in an international development organisation

· Experience producing analytical reports or communication materials for a wide range of audiences.

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties requirements. For further information please refer to the Job Description**.** **

Closing date: 20 March 2022

We anticipate that interviews will take place during the week commencing 28 March 2022. This will be a 2 stage interview process that will include a task, further details will be provided at interview invite. **