CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL
JOB DESCRIPTION
Title : Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Division/Department : Global Operations
Location : Jakarta, Indonesia
Reporting Relationship : Program & Sponsorship Director
About Us
Worldwide,
570 million children live in extreme poverty, vulnerable to many
factors that threaten their well-being. Children need protection,
support and care at each stage of childhood to stay safe, healthy,
learning and on track to achieve their potential. ChildFund works with
local partner organizations, governments, corporations and individuals
to help create the safe environments children need to thrive.
ChildFund
International is committed to a workplace culture that promotes
diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms. Furthermore,
ChildFund International is committed to ensuring a workplace that
safeguards and protects all children, including preventing their sexual
exploitation and abuse, as well as preventing the sexual exploitation
and abuse of its staff, partners, and program participants.
SUMMARY
The
M&E Specialist assures the quality of M&E practices in
accordance with industry standards and in accordance with ChildFund
global systems and processes. He/she also supports global program
strategic initiatives when needed. The Specialist will provide technical
guidance and support in the process of continuous design, management
and improvement of M&E practices, processes and systems. The
specialist will provide data processing and analysis support and
formulate conclusions and recommendations for decision-making. He/she
supports the design of M&E frameworks for Country Office (CO)
projects and program models, and contributes to grant acquisition
efforts through the development of M&E frameworks and plans for
grants for these respective countries.
The
position reports to the Program & Sponsorship Director, and
collaborates with the multi-country M&E and KML Specialist.
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Providing Leadership and Direction
• Oversee
development and implementation of performance monitoring plans,
tracking of CSP Goals and Targets, and Annual Operating Plans for the
CO’s.
• Develop and oversee data flow pattern and ensuring timely data collection and reporting.
• Coordinate and oversee research, data collection, reviews, assessments and documentation efforts.
• Ensure data quality and put in place routine data verification mechanisms; tracking budgets against activities.
• Coordinate
M&E capacity building efforts as well as ensuring data protection
and confidentiality in close coordination with the CO’s M&E
officers.
Executing Monitoring and Evaluation policies and strategies
• Participate
in and contribute to the finalization of M&E frameworks; developing
M&E tools – including M&E plans, data collection and analysis
tools; providing technical support aimed at strengthening M&E
systems and undertaking on-site support.
• Conduct
partner assessments in relations to M&E and leading improvements in
partner M&E practices; preparing quarterly and annual programmatic
reports in addition to facilitating program reviews.
Managing Monitoring and Evaluation Processes
• Ensure
project monitoring mechanisms comply with grants and project
agreements; ensuring quality of existing data, sources and methods of
data collection.
• Routinely review management information systems.
• Prepare
CSP, Program Quality Review and other project Reviews, Surveys and
Evaluation Terms of Reference (ToRs) as well as being the main point of
contact for M&E related consultancies.
• Ensure Evaluation and Review recommendations are understood and implemented.
Establishing Performance Measures
• Develop project and program performance monitoring plans, indicators and tools.
• Collect,
validate and analyze program and project performance information;
designing, planning and providing oversight to evaluations, research and
assessments.
• Develop and implement dissemination strategies for evaluations, case studies and other knowledge products
• Streamline
processes and ensuring increased efficiency in gathering and using
performance information; providing M&E guidance to technical teams.
Support to Grants Acquisition
• Provide
needed data to support proposal development, which includes generating
data and doing research to strengthen situational analysis and in the
preparation of the project proposal M&E section.
• Develop the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework and ensure that relevant indicators from
ChildFund’s Global M&E system are incorporated in the proposed project.
• Implement project monitoring mechanisms that comply with grants and project agreements.
• Support intelligence gathering and pre-positioning.
Child Safeguarding
• Remain
alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant
knowledge and skills which will enable her/him to promote strong
safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and
procedures, and conduct himself/herself in a manner consistent with the
Child Safeguarding Policy.
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
Required
• Minimum of seven years of work experience in monitoring and evaluation.
• Expertise
in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, operations
research, management of information systems, data quality assessment and
data analysis as well as presentation.
• Demonstrated strong management, coordination, teamwork and planning skills.
• Strong
technical skills including ability to process and analyze data using
one or more statistical software packages, e.g. SPSS, Epi-info, Stata,
MS Access. Advanced Excel skills.
• Expertise in research to practice – identifying and adapting best practices.
• Excellent facilitation and coordination skills.
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity of staff and partners.
• Excellent written and communication skills in English.
• Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia
Preferred
• Experience with and responsibility for knowledge management and learning systems and processes
Education
Bachelor’s
degree (or equivalent) preferred in community development/social
science discipline or other relevant area. Equivalent relevant work
experience may be acceptable in lieu of degree.
Support
The
M&E Specialist can draw on the support of global team members in
the development of his/her responsibilities. Preferably, these global
team members provide input into recruitment, performance planning and
evaluation. The primary global team members who support this position
will be:
• Program and Partnership: Country MEL Advisor; Sr. MEL Advisor
• Strategy: KML Lead
Disclaimer:
This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort,
duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Use the below link to apply for the position.
Last Application date: March 15, 2022
ChildFund
International is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and
well-being of children with whom it is in contact and to conducting its
programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children.
ChildFund
creates a culture where diversity of people, thought and experience is
celebrated, and everyone is seen and welcomed equally.
ChildFund is cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where:
• Everyone connected with us is free and safe to be who they are, so that we all succeed and thrive.
• Our
donors and external partners aspire to experience a deep sense of pride
and belonging in our shared commitment to excellence and social
responsibility.
• Our global programs increasingly center diversity and inclusion in our daily work.
• The
people of the communities where we work experience concrete evidence of
our commitment to these principles in our practices as we work
together.
Because we need each other.
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