Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (D/MEL), Rwanda
School-to-School International (STS) seeks a full-time Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (D/MEL) for an anticipated 5-year USAID-funded project. The D/MEL will direct the design and implementation of a solid, quality, comprehensive, and integrated Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) system for all project activities that meet STS and USAID standards. S/he will be responsible for ensuring development and operationalization of high-quality MEL systems and leading a team to report on the project. S/he will incorporate best practices to ensure information collected is accurate, timely, and disseminated appropriately in high quality reports. The D/MEL will use these findings to improve the program and achieve objectives. S/he will also be actively involved in promoting learning through documentation of lessons learned and developing approaches for community analysis and using data for decision-making.

Key roles and responsibilities
The D/MEL will play two roles: Director of the MEL program and member of the project senior management team.
Primary Technical Areas
The D/MEL will be responsible for the following:
• Develop, revise, and ensure USAID’s approval of and implementation of the Activity MEL Plan on an annual basis.
• Provide leadership, training, and mentoring to develop MEL Plans, tools, and data analysis to track and continuously assess program quality, accountability and impact; these should include: standard monitoring of project management information and project indicators; quality benchmarks at the activity level; accountability mechanisms; regular program reviews; and others.
• Develop and implement systems for capturing and analyzing data and relevant information on project activities, beneficiaries, outputs, outcomes, and impact.
• Lead a MEL team to effectively roll out MEL data collection and reporting systems to all staff and partners through training, site visits, manuals, and other technical support as needed.
• Capture appropriate cost and financial information to track any financial indicators, as relevant, including benchmarking information.
• Ensure programming is aligned to project targets and indicators and use the information from the MEL systems and tools to improve program effectiveness.
• Support a rigorous evaluation of project performance, impact, and cost effectiveness, including coordinating baseline, mid-term, and final evaluations and supporting donor and external reviews.
• Provide oversight, with support of finance, technical and management staff, of MEL budget and ensure effective and timely use of appropriate MEL activities. Provide on-going support to test and maintain MEL systems. .
• Identify capacity gaps of MEL staff and lead on MEL capacity building staff and partners through coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Troubleshoot MEL systems and program quality issues with Technical Director and others.

MEL Staff Management, Mentorship, and Training
As a member of the project’s senior management team, the D/MEL will have the following responsibilities:
• Lead MEL staff management, mentorship, and development, internal reporting, as well as programme development and MEL resources.
• Demonstrate exemplary behaviors corresponding to the mission, vision, and values of STS and its prime and verify their appropriate application by staff during the entire intervention.
• Create a favorable and productive work environment, including implementation of workplace diversity policies.
• Contribute generally to the strategic goals of the country office.
• Access global technical policies, procedures, and resources that will support the project technically or operationally.
• Supervise and coordinate more junior MEL project staff.
• Report to US-based supervisor on a regular basis
• Serve as a liaison between STS program manager and in-country teams.
• Execute duties according to STS’s and its prime’s Child Safeguarding Policy
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications:
• Advanced degree in monitoring and evaluation, international development, education, statistics, Mathematics or related field.
• Advanced training in quantitative methodologies, including database management; experience in qualitative research techniques in addition preferred.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing and implementing MEL systems for international development programs related to: education, literacy, or other related fields.
• Prior experience overseeing and ensuring the success of MEL systems in USAID or other international donor education projects strongly preferred.
• Proven experience in knowledge management, design, and implementation of MEL techniques, and implementation of a robust learning agenda for continuous collaboration, learning, adaptation and evaluating international development programs.
• Experience in evaluating programs in the context of least developed country settings
• Analytical skills and an understanding of monitoring, evaluation, and assessment tools to promote evidence-based learning.
• Proficiency in relevant data collection and analysis software such as SPSS, SAS, Stata, NVivo, R, or similar.
• Ability to analyze complex data and summarize it for a range of audiences.
• Sound strategic thinking and planning skills, including ability to think creatively and innovate, set priorities, create manageable workplans, and evaluate progress.
• Strong work ethic, positive mindset, and comfort with the ambiguity and pace of a dynamic environment.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English and Kinyarwanda is required.
• Sensitive to political and cultural issues, and able to demonstrate patience, tact, and diplomacy.
• Ability and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes dangerous working circumstances.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of gender equity and transformative concepts
• Prior work experience assessing student learning outcomes using EGRA or ASER
• Experience in systems thinking and application of complex adaptive systems methodologies.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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Job application procedure
Please submit a resume/CV and cover letter describing your interest and qualifications to info@sts-international.org by May 1, 2021, with the subject line “Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (D/MEL).”

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