Vacancy: SUB-NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL M&E CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR (PROVINCES AND DISTRICTS)

*SUB-NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
ADVISOR (PROVINCES AND DISTRICTS)*

*Job Reference Number*

EMR/AEPISSQ/MS/11
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*Schedule*

Fixed Term
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*Job Location*

Jawa Timur; Jakarta; Jawa Barat;

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*Job Summary*

Australia’s Education Partnership with Indonesia (the Education
Partnership) is currently the largest intervention funded by the Australian
Government Anywhere in the world. Through the Education Partnership
Australia supports the Indonesian Government’s long-term strategy to
strengthen and consolidate its national education system, with a particular
focus on the current Indonesian five-year plan (210 – 2014) and support for
the initial stages of the subsequent five-year plan (2015 – 2019).

 The Education Partnership builds on the successes of previous Australian
Government support to the Indonesian education sector by strengthening
government systems. Under the Education Partnership, there are three
managing contractors and the largest, School System a Quality (SSQ)
contract, is managed by Cardno Emerging Markets. SSQ covers three
components, each relating to a different aspect of the Education
Partnership.

Each of the SSQ-supported components is national in scope, supporting
exiting government structures. Component 3 supports the MoRA’s five-year
plan to achieve universal national accreditation of private madrasah
(Islamic schools) in the Islamic education sub-sector.

 The Sub-National Institutional Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor will work
closely with provincial offices of MoRA, the madrasah Development Centres
MDC other subnational partners and madrasah to improve institutional
capacity in term of monitoring and evaluation and in particular providing
technical expertise to these institutional to enable them to provide
monitoring reports and analysis of the effectiveness of the learning and
capacity improvements of Partnership beneficiaries. Each of the three
positions will cover up to four targeted provinces over the life of the
program.

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*Key Responsibilities*

Job Key Responsibilities

The Subnational Institutional Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity
Development Advisor will:

   -  Provide leadership and effectively work with the subnational and
   district institutions to improve their capacity to monitor evaluate and use
   resultant data to improve service delivery to targeted subnational
   institutional and madrasah.
   - Provide ongoing monitoring and evaluation technical assistance to
   subnational partners.
   - Work closely with SSQ M&E advisors to socialize the SSQ MEP principles
   and processes to and to support Component 3 in its monitoring
   responsibilities as outlined in the SSQ MEP.
   - In consultation with subnational partners and the Component Data
   Analyst oversee the timely collection of data on workshop effectiveness
   participant learning,
   - Support Subnational institutional and madrasah to improve the
   quantitative and qualitative monitoring of their own activities and to
   develop their reports
   - Support the component manager and the SSQ M&E teams to prepare the Mid
   year and annual progress report.
   - Facilitate and support the POM as they implement the Education
   Partnership PAS as it applies to Component 3 partners.
   - Provide technical advice and input to prepare Madrasah for
   accreditation   by quality assuring the accreditation simulation activity
   across all 1,500 targeted madrasah* *

*Other Requirements*

Job Other Requirements

The Subnational Institutional Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity
Development Advisors must have the following skills:

   - Graduate or Post-graduate qualifications (or equivalent experience) in
   monitoring and evaluation.
   - Up to 5 years experience in working with religious schools and / or
   Islamic education system.
   - Ability to build the capacity of subnational institutions via targeted
   on site and / or workshop training in monitoring and evaluation.
   - Ability and experience working within a large, culturally diverse team
   of operations and implementation staff, delivering on all aspect of
   operational requirements, and promoting a culture of customer service;
   - Strong interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal
   communication skills, and an ability to affect positive working
   relationship with a wide variety of stakeholders at senior levels.
   - Familiarity with excel databases, excel worksheets, statistical
   analysis and Microscof Word.
   - High-level written and verbal Bahasa Indonesia.

 The following skills are desirable:

   - High-level English language skills
   - Experience monitoring and evaluating educational programs in Indonesia.

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*How to Apply for This Position*

1.        Response against each of the duties and desirable selection
criteria.

2.        Curriculum vitae / resume.

3.        Name and contact details (phone and email) of three referees.

Applications that do not address all the requirements stated above will not
be considered.



*Submitting Applications*

1.        By email: email your application with the reference “AEPI SSQ -
SubNational Institutional M&E Capacity Development Adviser ” in the subject
line to recruitment.emergingmarkets@cardno.com.

2.        On-line application. Go to www.cardno.com/careers and search for
this position. Click “Apply for this job” located at the end of the job
description.

*Closing Date*

*5.00pm, 8 Februay 2013. Late applications will not be considered.*
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*Contact*

For further information about this position

Email recruitment.emergingmarkets@cardno.com with the reference “AEPI SSQ -
SubNational Institutional M&E Capacity Development Adviser” in the subject
line.