Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

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Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Reports to: Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (DMEL) Manager

Job location: Beirut – Lebanon

Grade and level: 4.2

Annual Salary: Competitive annual salary based on our salary scale for Lebanese nationals

Contract Duration :6 months with possibility of extension

Employment Status: As it is unlikely that we will be able to obtain a Work Permit for this role, all job applicants must already have the right to work in Lebanon.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this job is to play a key role coordinate the monitoring and evaluation of Alert’s projects in Lebanon, and to ensure learning is shared internally and externally. With the guidance and support of the DMEL Manager, the post holder will work closely with programme staff and provide advice and guidance on MEL tools, processes and best practice. The post holder will engage in planning and delivering internal and external evaluations, ensuring that learning is fed back into the design and adjustment of projects, as well as evaluation management procedures followed.

The role will take forward learning from the dedicated M&E support for an education, gender equality and social cohesion projects and develop opportunities to develop new programmes and inform evidence-based advocacy based on this experience.

The post holder will work closely with Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, based in Beirut, who will provide content-based management support and technical supervision.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Strengthen M&E planning and delivery for Lebanon projects:

• Support project staff to develop and maintain MEL frameworks for projects;
• Work with project staff to ensure that MEL activities are integrated into project design;
• Through training and accompaniment, build knowledge and skills of Alert staff and partners in monitoring and evaluation methods and tools including logical frameworks, data collection, data analysis and result-oriented programming;
• Coordinate and deliver DME training and learning programmes including inductions, refreshers and learning workshops.

2. Support evaluations for the Lebanon team and coordinate the collection and reporting of monitoring data, and evaluations:

• Ensure that all projects met Alert’s minimum standards for M&E and that evaluations are done in line with our Evaluation Management Guidance;
• Ensure that all Lebanon M&E data is regularly uploaded Alert’s internal system for data monitoring;
• Support project staff to collect and analyse monitoring data;

3. Support data collection for different education and gender projects and ensuring relevant safeguarding and MEL policies are in place

• Ensure a high quality of data collection and MEL procedures for Alert’s different education, gender equality and peacebuilding projects– including the coordination with partners, leading on facilitating workshops and developing learning documents as well as context updates reports.
• Ensure MEL activities are aligned with budget expenses and procurement policies are applied.
• Abide by safeguarding policies that are in place and well embedded within the different projects.
• Provide logistics and administrative support for the different projects MEL activities.

4. Participate in Alert Lebanon project and programme design and development

• Support Alert Lebanon colleagues in developing M&E frameworks, plans and log frames for new projects.
• Contribute to writing new project proposals and providing M&E learning and evidence for new project design.
• Help ensure that new projects incorporate learning from previous programming in Lebanon and other best practice.
• Support the facilitation of project design and inception workshops for new project start-up

Travel requirements

This post is based in Lebanon, including field trips to regions.

Talents

At Alert, we have introduced Talent Management to our business model as we believe talented people are crucial to the success of our work.  We believe all individuals are talented and success comes in matching the right talents to the right roles.  For this role, the skills, qualifications and experience listed below are important, but we believe that to be great in this job you are likely to have a talent for building and sustaining strong working relationships.  This will enable you to build friendly relationship with highly committed colleagues and manage expectations. At the same time you will need to combine being well organised in your thinking and work, with being flexible enough to meet the different kinds of demands and challenges you will face. We expect you to be enthusiastic about the organisation’s mission and work but also allied to the calm ability to juggle several balls at the same time, have an appreciation of working in a multi-cultural environment, and be equally comfortable with the big challenging tasks and the small, mundane ones.

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These are the talents we will be looking for above all else.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

A degree in a subject of relevance to international peacebuilding

At least 2 years successful experience of implementing and coordinating MEL processes at project level and collecting data.

A good theoretical knowledge and practical experience of the concepts and practices of M&E

Fluent in Arabic and English, and communicates clearly and effectively

Able to influence and motivate others by making their case

Demonstrates the ability to take the initiative

Understands, or has the ability to understand quickly, Alert’s approach to peacebuilding

Gets on well with others of diverse backgrounds and in diverse roles

Is computer literate and numerate

Solution-oriented

Very well organised

Proven knowledge and understanding of programme cycle management, information management and reporting

Strong analytical skills

A clear commitment to the mission and vision of International Alert

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

Experience of project cycle management

Knowledge and experience of M&E in the peacebuilding sector

SUMMARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Annual Salary Competitive annual salary based on our organisational salary scale

Benefits Dependent on country of residence

Leave entitlement 25working days per year plus country of residence statutory holidays.

Notice period One month on either side.

Working hours Full time staff are expected to work a standard 40 hours per week,  a maximum of 48 hours per week, with some flexibility around start and finish times to be agreed with the line manager. All staff are required to work core hours 10am – 4pm.