AusAID Program M&E Specialist

RTI is an independent, nonprofit institute that provides research, development, and technical services to government and commercial clients worldwide. Our mission is to improve the human condition by turning knowledge into practice.  Established in 1958 as the Research Triangle Institute, RTI has a distinguished history of scientific achievement in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory testing and chemical analysis. RTI’s staff of more than 2,400 supports projects in more than 40 countries.

RTI International is now recruiting candidates for an anticipated AusAID funded program in Indonesia.

Position Description

The M&E Specialist will be an in-country short- or long-term position. S/he will be responsible for the development of the M&E Plan within four months of the project commencement, as well as overseeing its implementation. S/he will provide support to other stakeholders of the program to ensure ongoing relevance of the M&E framework.

Specific Duties

•   Conducts an Evaluability Assessment of the program and its stakeholders, which includes reviewing: program logic; quality of data already produced by predecessing project; capacity of project team and partners; and project resources.

•   Designs and oversees internal review and M&E activities and provides support to external M&E on the project’s activities.

•   Ensures the M&E strategy incorporates a system-wide approach, is flexible and responsive and builds ownership amongst local stakeholders.

•   Organizational / institutional assessment of partner organizations.

•   Establish an M&E strategy that will be able to demonstrate impact on the Government of Indonesia’s policy processes and outcomes.

•   Supervises and mentors the M&E Officers and provides technical assistance to other KSP staff, short-term advisors and partner organizations.

•   Fosters links with other relevant programs and pursues opportunities for collaborative activities and provides technical assistance to other primary stakeholders.

•   Development of simple and effective tools to be used by other organizations and institutions to monitor and/or evaluate on their own.



Core Competence



•   Masters degree in social sciences, development, economics, ICT or related field and six years of relevant experience (OR Bachelor’s Degree and ten years of relevant experience).

•   Demonstrated significant experience and understanding of contemporary approaches in the monitoring and evaluation for a large and complicated program.

•   Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing M&E systems and tools in a multi- faceted program, conducting impact studies and case study development, as well as using Management Information Systems (MIS).

•   Several years experience providing M&E technical assistance as part of international donor-funded projects applying international best practices; AusAID experience is a plus.

•   Significant experience working with research institutes and universities as well as government bodies.

•   Demonstrated experience in data collection using qualitative methodologies

•   Experience with organizational and institutional assessment and supporting development and performance improvement mechanisms.

•   Strong project management and team management experience

•   Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and in a politically sensitive environment.

•   5+ years experience working in Indonesia.

•   Excellent communication and writing skills (oral and written) in English, including an ability to write high level technical reports and  effectively using Bahasa Indonesia

Please email cover letter and CV to AusAid-Indonesia@rti.org. Applicants must include the POSITION TITLE in the subject line of their email.