Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer at Haguruka NGO (Deadline:November 8, 2021, at 5:00 pm)

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JOB ADVERTISEMENT

 Job Title:  Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

Job Type: Full-time position

Duration: 1 year (Subject to extension)

Duty Station: Kigali, Rwanda

Organization: Haguruka

Application deadline: November 08, 2021

BACKGROUND

HAGURUKA is a registered National Non-Governmental Organization founded in 1991 with the overall mission of promoting and defending the rights of women and children. Since its creation, HAGURUKA has been striving to ensure a “society where the rights of women and children are respected; where women and children live free from violence and discrimination so that they can reach full potentials”. In this regard organization has a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. The organization has its head office in City of Kigali with regional offices in Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western provinces respectively. HAGURUKA implements its mission under the following thematic areas:

  • Legal aid and psychosocial counseling support;
  • Awareness-raising and social mobilization;
  • Capacity building of partners and stakeholders;
  • Research and advocacy.

In pursuit of its mission therefore, Haguruka would like to recruit a dedicated, qualified, and experienced person responsible for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning.

JOB PURPOSE

 To coordinate M&E data from various Haguruka projects by developing M&E systems to monitor overall project activities, achievements, and impact to beneficiaries. The incumbent will have strong analytical and research skills; experience in designing monitoring and evaluation tools, and proven capacity to support others in a wide range of evaluation and data collection methodologies. The candidate is expected to support the project team, community leadership, and volunteers in the documentation of key human interest stories, impact stories, best practices, and other learnings throughout the life of the project/program. S/he will significantly contribute to the planning and overall implementation process of the Programs by ensuring consistent compliance with the project deadlines. The M&E Officer will participate in field data collection, monitoring exercises, internal and external reporting, and data analysis, and in staff capacity building initiatives.

 MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

AREA OF FOCUS

          EXPECTED  DELIVERABLES FROM M&E OFFICER  

CAPACITY BUILDING

  • Conduct assessment on existing capacity gap in monitoring and evaluation systems as well as developing a better system;
  • Develop monitoring and impact indicators to strengthen monitoring, inspection, and evaluation procedures for the project success;
  • Providing capacity building to Haguruka team and stakeholders particularly in the areas of planning and tools development, performance indicators, and their measurement vis-a-vis reporting;
  • To collaborate with Haguruka team to support in proposal writing and communications particularly by giving technical advice on setting relevant indicators.

MONITORING

  • Develop M&E monitoring tools, checklists, questionnaires contextualized to the nature of project, Haguruka and donors’ reporting requirement;
  • Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results, effect, impact, and sustainability of the project;
  • Participate in data collection field visits for project activities, by conducting focus group discussions and interviews with key informants to come with evidence based reporting.
  • Timely track information on the state of projects implementation to align it with both donors and other stakeholders for consolidation of internal and external reports.
  • Equip  Haguruka management with M&E updated data to inform decision making pertaining to ongoing projects implementation.

REPORTING &DOCUMENTATION

  •  Consolidate various thematic departments’ monthly, quarterly and annual reports to make one holistic database of achievements and success stories within various projects
  • Maintain and administer the M&E database; analyze and aggregate findings to support project progress reporting, mid-term review, and final evaluation.
  • Provide feedback/inputs to the program team on project strategies and activities for quarterly, semester, annual, and other reports to Program/Project Management team to ensure Results-based management (RBM);
  • Participate in project planning and evaluation workshops with various stakeholders and document organization’s achievements and success stories  to build a positive reputation for the organization

 REPORTING CHANNEL

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will be reporting to the Programs Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL SKILLS(ESSENTIAL(E) AND DESIRABLE (D)

  • Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, international development, or related fields. (E)
  • Applied training in research methods (quantitative analysis/statistics and/or qualitative analysis). (D)
  • 2-4 years of practical experience developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems. (E)
  • Experience developing and implementing RBM. (E)
  • Experience in Data management systems maintenance. (E)
  • Strong analytical and data visualization skills with the capacity to communicate to a range of audiences. (D)
  • Experience in working with donor-funded projects (D)
  • Solid PC-based computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, and Internet (E)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

 Interested candidates with required skills and competencies should send their application file (Motivational letter, Curriculum Vitae with 2 references, a copy of degree, and other relevant certificates) to info@haguruka.org.rw  not later than November 8, 2021, at 5:00 pm (local time).

 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Done at Kigali on 01, November 2021

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UMURERWA Ninette

National Executive Secretary

HAGURUKA






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