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Based in Georgetown, the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Associate position for the Guyana Country Program at GGGI will ensure the appropriate implementation of the MEL processes aligned to GGGI’s policies and processes, and provide capacity building and training at a country level in MEL related topics. The MEL Associate will report to the Program Manager in Guyana and Country Representative with a dual technical reporting line to the Regional MEL Senior Associate, while receiving guidance from project managers and frequently engaging with the Regional Office and, as needed, the Impact and Evaluation Unit (IEU) in headquarters.
PURPOSE
The MEL Associate plays a pivotal role as the country’s MEL focal point, operationalizing GGGI’s MEL framework at the country level, , designing and implementing project MEL plans, and championing results monitoring and reporting in the Guyana team.
Additionally, the MEL Associate will collaborate with project managers to create tailored MEL tools for effective monitoring and evaluation, assist in internal and external reporting, and compile lessons learned to refine GGGI’s MEL methodologies.
The MEL Associate, in coordination with the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Office, will support the organization of capacity building and training activities on MEL aspects, such as developing strong logframes and indicators, MEL plan design and operationalization, data collection tools, data analysis and visualization and other relevant MEL skills. The MEL Associate will ensure monitoring and reporting integrity in the Guyana Country Program.
ENGAGEMENT
- Reports to the GGGI Guyana Program Manager with a dual technical reporting line to the Regional MEL Senior Associate, receiving guidance and instruction from project managers.
- Liaise chiefly and regularly with the LAC Regional Office and, as required, the IEU for strategic direction about operationalizing the organizational MEL framework and participate in the MEL Community of Practice.
- Engages with governments, development partners, contractors, GGGI operations supporting staff, global technical leads, and country officers to support the operationalization of MEL plans for key projects.
- Liaise with other GGGI units, such as Strategy, Partnerships, Communications & Knowledge Sharing, and other relevant GGGI staff, to ensure reporting requirements are being met per the GGGI Project Management Cycle Guidance, as well as doner requirements.
DELIVERY
- Design and review MEL plans for specific projects in the Guyana Country Program, ensuring alignment with overall project objectives and GGGI’s new organizational-wide MEL framework and standards.
- Design and lead the implementation of MEL plans that outline the frequent monitoring activities, data collection tools, budgets, timelines, roles and responsibilities, etc.
- Support the development of baseline assessments and data collection tools, for key projects in the Guyana Country Program.
- Lead and/or support the collection and analysis of information and project data to assess project progress, results, and learnings.
- Provides quality assurance to project managers and technical leads to logframes for new funding proposals.
- Engage and understand the MEL frameworks of donor project stakeholders to align MEL activities with their expectations and requirements.
- Ensure monitoring and reporting integrity to GGGI, the Guyana Government, and Donors.
- When required, undertake field visits to project sites in Guyana to observe project implementation directly and engage with project teams.
- Liaise with the IEU and evaluation vendors in the implementation of external evaluations.
- Compile lessons learned and best practices, contributing to refining GGGI’s MEL framework and methodologies.
- In coordination with the LAC Regional Office, support the organization and facilitation of training workshops for national project staff on various aspects of project design and MEL, including tool usage, data collection methods, and data analysis.
- Support the training of relevant project staff about effective form building and design for data collection, ensuring forms are user-friendly and capture necessary data accurately.
REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS
- A bachelor’s degree in economics, project management, development studies, monitoring & evaluation, political science, social sciences, environment science, climate change, sustainable development, or related areas is required.
- Preferred 3-5 years of experience in MEL, project management, or auditing, including relevant experience building and managing MEL frameworks, plans, tools, and reporting systems.
- Certification in M&E/MEL/MEAL is a plus, but not required.
- Experience supervising data collection and data validation exercises, including analyzing and presenting the information in reports or to donors.
- Experience in providing training and building staff capacity in MEL activities.
- Demonstrable experience in logical framework and reporting methodologies.
- Experience and a theoretical and practical background in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and techniques are required.
- Experience and knowledge in formulating climate adaptation and sustainable development indicators and interlocking approaches to logical frameworks is desirable.
- Experience with mobile data collection tools like Open Data Kit, Kobo Toolbox and/or Ona Data, including xls form-building and other analysis tools/software is a plus.
FUNCTIONAL
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses using appropriate software, undertaking research, primary and secondary data collection, analysis, and report writing
- Exceptional planning and strategical skills oriented towards the effective and timely delivery on priorities and completion of quality outputs
- Ability to work and deliver independently across multiple workstreams
- Proactive in seeking opportunities to improve processes and outcomes for the collective team
- Respond positively to change and adapt quickly to new situations
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from diverse cultural backgrounds in a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral team environment
- Strong client-orientated attitude and approach to both internal- and external-facing tasks.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas, including written reports, statistics and business correspondence, clearly and articulately both in oral and written English.
- Ability to share learning and provide constructive feedback that can cross-pollinate workstreams.
- High level of attention to detail, accuracy, quality control, and methodical abilities.
CORPORATE
- Understands and actively supports GGGI’s mission, vision, and values.
- Promote the optimum use of public resources.
- Promotes an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect, and partnership.
- Processes and shares information easily.
- Manages emotions and stress positively, builds rapport, and resolves conflict easily.
- Promote creativity and innovation among staff.
- Be able to lead where needed and provide solutions to project-level challenge.
Source: https://careers.gggi.org/vacancy/monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-associate-564489.html
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