Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, Somalia Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA)

World Vision International

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 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, Somalia Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA), 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 analyzing quality evidence and data through monitoring, assessments, and evaluations. You will work closely with the Strategic Learning Advisor (SLA) and the learning partner. You will support the SLA to implement adaptive learning within and across interventions and will support the transition of refinement activities and learning into implementation.

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 seven years of relevant experience with multi-sectoral programs, and 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.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and other language(s).
• Mandatory travels to implementation sites and regional, global meetings as required.