Monitoring Evaluation and Learning

Winrock is seeking applications for the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director for an anticipated five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future Water Management Activity in Bangladesh.    

The Water Management Activity aims to address Bangladesh’s interconnected water-related problems through a comprehensive watershed management approach, including improving environmentally compliant irrigation systems, introducing water-saving agricultural practices, expanding access to clean drinking water, and strengthening water management systems and regulatory enforcement.  

The MEL Director is responsible for developing and overseeing all aspects of the activity’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning plans, data management, planning, research, and evidence activities. S/he develops data collection tools, evaluations, and research studies; trains staff and implementing partners; monitors progress toward program results; provides up-to-date learning and adaptation; reports on performance information into USAID’s development information system; leads collaborative learning activities (CLA), including leveraging data for annual pause-and-reflect sessions and adaptive management; develops baseline, endline, and other research using international best practices; and supervises project MEL staff.

• Develop and implement the project’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan. Design monitoring and evaluation tools and processes, including baseline assessment framework.
• Coordinate with the project technical team to ensure timely collection, verification, and analysis of data on all project indicators and their timely delivery for quarterly and other required reports to USAID and other agencies, as appropriate.
• Monitor progress toward project results.
• Supervise timely and accurate reporting of quantitative and qualitative data by implementing partners, in cooperation with project staff.
• Validate data from project partners and staff, including through field monitoring visits.
• Cooperate closely with Winrock home office to consolidate accurate and descriptive reporting of project results, including activities, outputs, and results of implementing partners.
• Lead data quality controls and verification procedures.
• Ensure collection of data related to gender and social inclusion.
• Foster a results-oriented and learning culture throughout the project to ensure that monitoring data and learning are used by the project team to improve performance.
• Conduct data analysis and prepare data visualization (e.g., tables and charts) for different users.
• Design/update data collection instruments, schedules, analysis methods and applied technologies.
• Oversee internal research and evaluation efforts of the project, from the design stage to sharing findings and preparing for external evaluations.
• Develop capacity of local partners to comply with MEL requirements and improve internal MEL capacity within their organizations.
• Lead Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) approaches throughout implementation.
• Co-facilitate Pause-and-Reflect sessions to capture learning, introduce improvements, and achieve meaningful results.
• data to USAID’s reporting system (DIS) on a timely basis, and coordinate with Home Office MEL staff to develop and implement a data management plan to submit selected project datasets to USAID’s Development Data Library (DDL).
• Participate in Winrock’s M&E Community of Practice
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Master’s level degree in social science discipline, such as statistics, public health, public policy, economics, or a related field, and/or specialized training/certification in monitoring & evaluation.

Work Experience: 

• At least eight years’ experience in the monitoring & evaluation of international development projects, preferably in water, agriculture, natural resources, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in performance measurement, indicator selection and monitoring, and data collection/analysis
• Experience managing large M&E databases and conducting timely data analysis and developing reports. SQL database experience preferred.
• Experience with mobile data collection strongly preferred.
• Relevant experience training staff and partners in M&E.

Skills/Knowledge:  

• Strong skills in developing and utilizing results frameworks for project design, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Knowledge of environment, water resources management, natural resources management, climate change, or other related sector.
• Strong skills in training design and facilitation.
• Familiarity with USAID M&E requirements strongly preferred.
• Ability to write clearly, accurately, and concisely.
• Strong computer skills in word processing, database management, statistical analysis, survey, and presentation software.
• Fluency in English is required.

Source: https://winrock.org/work-with-us/careers/job-openings/?gh_jid=7824851002