CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Relief International
Country: South Sudan (Republic of)
Closing date: 31 Dec 2013

POSITION: Training, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager – South Sudan

LOCATION: Maban, South Sudan (with travel to Juba as needed)

DURATION: Until 30 August 31, 2014

REPORTS TO: Country Director, South Sudan

ABOUT RI: Relief International (RI) is a leading global organization and home to teams of humanitarian professionals committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By partnering with beneficiaries and communities on the front-lines, RI innovatively bridges the gap between immediate relief and long-term community development.

POSITION SUMMARY: Relief International (RI), is currently recruiting for a Training, Monitoring andEvaluation Manager to support the “Achieving Dignity for Doro” program (ADD) funded by the US Department of State BPRM, during the second of this three-year program which focuses on Protection, Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Ag/Livelihoods. The goal of this project is to mitigate risks and adverse impacts to protection, individual and public health, and natural environment associated with the refugee context of Doro Camp and Bonj Town, and to support co-existence and neutralization of growing tensions between refugee and host community members within the shared realm.

In addition to providing full training and M&E support to the ADD program on a 100% basis, the M&E Manager will act in a senior management role within the South Sudan program.

The position may also be asked to provide M&E support to other programs in South Sudan, in which case the division of time may be readjusted depending on funding. The ADD project can support 100% of the Training/M&E Manager’s salary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:The Training, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager will design, manage, and provide training towards Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Natural Recourse Management (NRM) and Fuel-Efficient Stoves for sustainable long-term changes in knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards environment sustainability in the communities. S / he will design quarterly information as part of the ADD program which will monitor progress against the program’s indicators. In addition, (s)he will schedule and manage internal evaluations with the purpose of gauging program impact, and ensure staff at all levels of the program implementation are trained and prepared to fulfill their roles in reporting. Responsibilities will include:Produce DRR and Environment protection training manualImpart trainings to RI staff and targeted communities on DRR, Natural Resource Management, Environment protection etc.Providing technical support on introduction of Fuel Efficient Stove as environment protection strategy.Designing the success measurement parameters around the criteria laid out in the proposal and setting up the framework to measure it;Contributing into results through primary research, analysis of the requirements for the program’s specific outputs;Conducting data quality assessments on key activities and developing analytical reports;Collecting data and completing the appropriate reports;Evaluating the Program, with case studies that tell an interactive story of the development impact of project activities;Performing a quantitative research, with an economic analysis, to establish a baseline for each woman-led enterprise and then track the development of the women, family and business over the period of project documenting the development and economic impact of SME lending and female-driven entrepreneurship;Measuring the growth through the project period that will improve conditions for all stakeholders impacted by the program;Identification and formulation of lessons learned from evaluations and studies to be integrated into the final report;Assesses program’s performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project work;Providing written reports to country and headquarters management staff.

M&E management support to other RI programs in South SudanThe Training, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager will oversee at least one and potentially up to three national staff Training/M&E Officers working on ADD. The Manager will be expected to assess the capacity of these staff, provide support to areas of weak capacity, review the work of the officers and ensure that the work produced and submitted to the donors, including assessment methodologies, M&E frameworks, and reports, is of highest quality. In consultation with the Country Director, the Manager will assess the needs of all projects and assign resources from the group of national M&E officers to support the projects. Where needed, the M&E Manager will be expected to directly support new projects. Assess skills and capacities of current M&E officers and identify gaps;Recruit new M&E officers for new projects in order to fill these gaps;Assign M&E officers to projects according to their skills and expertise;Evaluate the performance of M&E officers and make recommendations for action to Country Director;Recruit additional human resources as needed;Assure highest quality of sampling and other methodologies, data collection, analysis and reports;Assure that communications with donors are prompt and informative.

QUALIFICATIONS:Minimum of five years of experience in managing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Natural Recourse Management (NRM) program with adequate knowledge of use of Fuel-Efficient Stoves preferably in East African countries.Minimum of five years of experience with both qualitative and quantitative statistical processing and analysis packages.Demonstrated experience working with international development organizations and knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines and tools for monitoring and evaluation; knowledge of performance and impact evaluations desired.Demonstrated expertise in data collection, statistical analysis, and reporting, including experience with computer-based statistical packages and databases.Demonstrated ability to plan and schedule, lead effective data collection, and coordinate with implementing partners and consultants to execute evaluation surveys.Proven track record of producing performance management tools, including monitoring frameworks and plans, and evaluation reports of high quality.A minimum of Graduate degree in Natural Recourse Management, Sociology, Statistics, Economics, Business, Finance, or related field. Degree concentration in monitoring and evaluation preferred.English required; Arabic or other South Sudanese language skills highly desirable.

How to apply:

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