Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

The project will focus on enhancing the effectiveness and inclusivity of existing dialogue mechanisms for the private sector, and, by establishing and making more inclusive dialogue and dispute resolution mechanisms for the public sector. Policy and decision-making dialogue and recovery initiatives at the national level will be informed by evidence, generated on the economic and social priorities of the most marginalized communities, including those in the informal economy, women and young people with intersectional vulnerabilities and will contribute to a more peaceful, inclusive, and just response to the effects of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, through inclusive social dialogue at national and local levels. 

This is a UN Joint Project, and ILO will be the lead Agency, partnering with UNFPA & UNESCO.

The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will work under the supervision of the National Project Coordinator.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Contribute to the preparation of project work plan and timely delivery of activities in line with the objectives and main outputs identified in the project document.
• Provide overall support and national leadership in the development, operational planning and implementation of monitoring and evaluation tools including reporting on impact.
• Day-to-day responsibility in managing the implementation M&E.
• Review and analyse information and monitoring & evaluation data.
• Produce analytical reports with findings, recommendations and lessons learnt.
• Ensure gender is mainstreamed as a cross-cutting issue in project workplan, implementation of activities and monitoring and evaluation.
• Liaise with technical experts in DWT, Regional Office, and Headquarters, as needed.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Duties:

• Provide technical input into the design, development and implementation of the project including the evaluability assessment, Impact Measurement Framework, and the M&E plan.
• A full gender-mainstreamed monitoring and evaluation plan of the project’s operation.
• Provide technical advice on the design of baselines and other data collection activities.
• Follow-up the carrying out of baseline surveys and repeat baseline surveys in collaboration with any other relevant data collection initiatives.
• Actively contribute in the development of a comprehensive data management and reporting strategy.
• Provide process and methodological support to the design of the impact evaluation, including beneficiary selection and control groups.
• Advise and plan for M&E systems for specific interventions.
• Design and implement capacity-building activities on monitoring and evaluation for national partners as part of building and strengthening national monitoring and evaluation systems and processes.
• Act as resource person.
• Support independent evaluations and provide input to the methodological review and preparation of consolidated comments for independent evaluations.
• Act as national focal point within the project on technical support to monitoring and evaluation.

Education:

• University degree in economics, statistics, management, social science, or related field, with specialization or formal training in planning, design, data collection, monitoring and evaluation methodologies and project cycle management. Understanding of the ready-made garment sector in Bangladesh would be advantage.

Experience:

• At least three years of experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of development programmes and policies, including planning, management and conducting impact evaluations. Familiarity with project management and implementation. Knowledge of evaluation theories and methods. Experience with baseline surveys and other comprehensive systematic data collection approaches. Knowledge of current debates and the literature on theory of changes, impact evaluation and related aspects is desirable as is experience in setting up and supporting broader comprehensive monitoring and evaluation systems, preferably at national level.

Languages:

• Excellent knowledge of English, (both spoken and written) and good working knowledge of another local language (Sinhala or Tamil)

Source:  https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Colombo-Monitoring-and-Evaluation-Officer,-Social-Dialogue-for-Peace-and-Crisis-Prevention-in-Sri-Lanka/1102208701/