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Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist
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ActionAid International
Hybrid- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £40,778 GBP-£41,949 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Permanent
- Deadline: 08/11/2024
- Location: United Kingdom
Purpose of the Role:
The Programme Quality & Assurance (PQA) team is responsible for the management of all grants and contracts, ensuring cross programme / country coherence, risk management and compliance. The team is also responsible for coordinating programme related research, evaluation and learning in conjunction with thematic specialists in the Feminist Research and Policy, and Women Peace and Security teams
Proposal Development & Contract Management
• To provide day to day technical MEL support to the PQA team, in areas on proposal development, project design, inception, monitoring and outcome measurement.
• To support colleagues to adopt an impact and evidence-based approach to working so that reflection and learning are implemented through plans and priorities.
• To work closely with the Head of Programme Quality and Assurance, PQA Specialists and AA Federation Members (FMs) to develop and implement MEL strategies and provide support to strengthen the capacity and capability of UK teams and county offices, ensuring that MEL is a key element of accountability and donor compliance.
Documenting and Sharing Programme Learning With the support from the Senior MEL Specialist, to:
• To generate evidence of the effectiveness of AAUK supported programmes work, and to feed into the continuous improvement of quality of programme design and implementation
• To document and share learning and good practice, and promote an organisational culture of action learning (through existing learning platforms internally and externally) To document and share examples of programmatic impact, to influence change and build our profile externally and within the Federation.
Relationship management
• To liaise on key MEL across the Federation to ensure that ActionAid UK’s funding bids and tenders are aligned with ActionAid’s overall MEL approach and that realistic programme performance indicators, targets and milestones are agreed.
• To work in collaboration with the Senior MEL Specialist on the MEL of AAUK’s strategy as needed.
• Ensure compliance with IATI donor requirements and AAUK IATI plan, as per guidance and training provided by AAUK.
External representation and relationship building
• To engage with NGO networks through participating in working groups to influence donor funding policy and practice and share learning on programme quality with a particular focus on the Humanitarian Policy and Practice team
Team Working
• Engage with and demonstrate commitment to AAUK’s mission, vision, values and strategic aims, and ‘My Feminist Behaviours’ (including adherence to our Code of Conduct).
Essential:
• Substantial experience in designing monitoring and evaluation approaches, systems, tools, and processes for development and/or humanitarian programming, in at least one of the following: women’s rights; VAWG; protection, economic security/livelihoods, resilience, and adaptation.
• Experience of providing technical support and guidance on monitoring and evaluation across humanitarian programmes/projects.
• Good understanding of humanitarian issues particularly women’s rights, humanitarian response, recovery, and resilience work.
• Knowledge of donor and sector trends around MEL, and familiarity with current thinking on MEL tools and processes (i.e., Human-Centred Design, PEER Methodology, CHS)
• Experience of supporting and overseeing evaluations.
The Programme Quality & Assurance (PQA) team is responsible for the management of all grants and contracts, ensuring cross programme / country coherence, risk management and compliance. The team is also responsible for coordinating programme related research, evaluation and learning in conjunction with thematic specialists in the Feminist Research and Policy, and Women Peace and Security teams
Proposal Development & Contract Management
• To provide day to day technical MEL support to the PQA team, in areas on proposal development, project design, inception, monitoring and outcome measurement.
• To support colleagues to adopt an impact and evidence-based approach to working so that reflection and learning are implemented through plans and priorities.
• To work closely with the Head of Programme Quality and Assurance, PQA Specialists and AA Federation Members (FMs) to develop and implement MEL strategies and provide support to strengthen the capacity and capability of UK teams and county offices, ensuring that MEL is a key element of accountability and donor compliance.
Documenting and Sharing Programme Learning With the support from the Senior MEL Specialist, to:
• To generate evidence of the effectiveness of AAUK supported programmes work, and to feed into the continuous improvement of quality of programme design and implementation
• To document and share learning and good practice, and promote an organisational culture of action learning (through existing learning platforms internally and externally) To document and share examples of programmatic impact, to influence change and build our profile externally and within the Federation.
Relationship management
• To liaise on key MEL across the Federation to ensure that ActionAid UK’s funding bids and tenders are aligned with ActionAid’s overall MEL approach and that realistic programme performance indicators, targets and milestones are agreed.
• To work in collaboration with the Senior MEL Specialist on the MEL of AAUK’s strategy as needed.
• Ensure compliance with IATI donor requirements and AAUK IATI plan, as per guidance and training provided by AAUK.
External representation and relationship building
• To engage with NGO networks through participating in working groups to influence donor funding policy and practice and share learning on programme quality with a particular focus on the Humanitarian Policy and Practice team
Team Working
• Engage with and demonstrate commitment to AAUK’s mission, vision, values and strategic aims, and ‘My Feminist Behaviours’ (including adherence to our Code of Conduct).
Essential:
• Substantial experience in designing monitoring and evaluation approaches, systems, tools, and processes for development and/or humanitarian programming, in at least one of the following: women’s rights; VAWG; protection, economic security/livelihoods, resilience, and adaptation.
• Experience of providing technical support and guidance on monitoring and evaluation across humanitarian programmes/projects.
• Good understanding of humanitarian issues particularly women’s rights, humanitarian response, recovery, and resilience work.
• Knowledge of donor and sector trends around MEL, and familiarity with current thinking on MEL tools and processes (i.e., Human-Centred Design, PEER Methodology, CHS)
• Experience of supporting and overseeing evaluations.
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