Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor – INCLUDE Project job at SNV

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
The MEL Advisor is the key technical expert who leads and manages the MEL unit activities. He/she supports the project management to create an enabling environment for the development and implementation of the project to meet its objectives based on the existing ToC and results framework. The MEL Advisor ensures learning, monitors progress and provides quality project management support during project implementation. Ensures technical support to partners and relevant project staff on data collection and processing and offers service to promote adoption at scale.

Job Description
Knowledge Development
• Contribute to internal and external learning and knowledge development, ensures lessons learned are harvested, documented, communicated.
• Be the focal point for CDI of Wageningen. Makerere University and SNV Global MEAL advisor who all are supporting the INCLUDE MEAL activities

• Initiate and coordinate the review process and evaluation of advisory services to collect data and lessons learned in farming systems including livestock and crop production, CSA, and draft power.
Project and process development
• Ensures compliance with MEL procedures, standards, and tools of SNV throughout project implementation.
• Collects, consolidates and reviews impact result data at in coordination with other technical advisors. Manages the project level results database and supports distribution of planned and actual results to global and country management. Supports any revision of indicators or tools and processes to support stakeholders to collect/use related data.

• Coordinate and ensure the quality of key data collection activities, such as Baseline, Midline and Endline surveys.
• Ensure on ground adaptive management where farming systems and CSA lessons learned are adopted in daily practice by all stakeholders.
People Management
• Guide external providers in the implementation of MEL deliverables, including Baseline, Midline and Endline.
• Be the MEL system technical expert for the project team and partners.

• Coordinate MEL activities in all of the five project regions.
Positioning
• Support the coordination work with research partners for learning and knowledge management.

• Participate in Strategic positioning meetings and act as a knowledgeable face of the SNV organisation externally
• Ensure that the project contributes to the global learning agenda in the Agri-food sector.

Qualifications
• A Master’s degree in Master degree in Statistics, Qualitative Economics, Social Science, International development, or related disciplines is required with essential knowledge of research methodologies and data analysis.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in programmes in areas of MEL.

• Ability and demonstrated experience of designing and appraising inclusive business cases.
• M&E Expertise: Experience in designing M&E systems, conducting evaluations, and using digital data collection tools (e.g., (ODK, Kobo, AKVO, TARO etc) & data analysis methodologies.

Additional Information
Problem analysis: The ability to detect problems, recognise important information and link various data to trace potential causes and look for relevant details.
Coaching: Encouraging and guiding employees in order to make their performance more effective and to enhance their self-perception and problem-solving skills.
Focus on quality: Setting high quality standards and striving for continuous improvement and quality assurance.
Result orientation: The ability to take direct action in order to attain or exceed objectives.
Persuasiveness: The ambition to win over other people for one’s views and ideas and to generate support.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of  Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure
• If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile, we invite you to apply by uploading your CV and motivation letter in English. Deadline is Thursday 23rd January 2025.

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