EMERGE Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As EMERGE Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor, you will be responsible for establishing a robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning system to ensure effective monitoring of the Activity and early identification of problems and results. You will take the lead on building and/or strengthening monitoring systems, quantitative and qualitative analysis, survey and sample design and effectively promoting evidence-based program management. You will provide technical leadership in generating and analysing quality evidence and data through monitoring, assessments, and evaluations. You will work with technical advisors to develop program quality checklist(s) to integrate into routine monitoring processes and assess the effectiveness of skills transfer and application of technical approaches to consortium members and partners. You will assist EMERGE technical unit members to develop online tracking systems to enable knowledge management within different technical approaches. You will partner with SomReP data-specialists to integrate early warning data to inform action, develop standard operating procedures for crisis modifier(s) and assess the impact of consumption support and relief cash programming on the ability of program participants to graduate and sustain graduation.

Requirements include:

• A master’s degree or above in a quantitative or highly-relevant related field (economics, agricultural/development economics, statistics, biostatistics, nutrition, or other relevant subject) with significant training in quantitative methods plus (7) seven years of relevant experience with multi-sectoral programs, and (5) five years of field experience, is required.
• Experience with M&E for graduation or other multi-sectoral, integrated programs is required.
• Experience in leading the M&E of a large award; knowledge about ToCs, logic models, food security indicators, M&E plans, data quality assurance, data utilization, and gender and youth integration into M&E; and experience and expertise in developing and operationalizing a comprehensive M&E plan.
• Experience in building or strengthening monitoring systems, quantitative and qualitative analysis, survey and sample design and effectively promoting evidence-based program management.
• Experience with RCTs, either as a member of an implementing organization whose program was evaluated with an RCT, or as a member of a research team conducting an RCT.
• Experienced in providing monitoring and evaluation support to a large grant involving Title II commodities and/or cash transfer mechanisms.
• Previous experience with large USAID grants including Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA), Development Food Security Activity (DFSA), Development Food Assistance Programs (DFAP)s, Multi Year Assistance Programs (MYAP)s and/or Development Assistance Programs (DAP)s is preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and other language(s)
• Mandatory travels to implementation sites and regional, and global meetings as required.
• Travel to the United States WVUS Washington, DC Office to meet with donors and other stakeholders.