South Sudan: Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Job Purpose/Objective:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

The IRC began working in South Sudan in 1989. South Sudan declared independence in July 2011 following decades of brutal civil war. The security situation remains fragile and significant operational challenges are there. The IRC-South Sudan operates a country office in Juba, field offices in Lakes, Unity, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Central Equatoria states. Currently, the IRC South Sudan implements programs in primary health care, community case management, environmental health, women's protection and empowerment, protection and access to justice and livelihoods.

In early 2012, the IRC launched a response to the increasing influx of Sudanese refugees from the Nuba mountains/South Kordofan into northern Unity State. At the moment, the IRC implements Women Protection and Empowerment, protection, and primary and reproductive health care programs in Yida refugee settlement. Through a holistic women and girls' wellness program strategy, the IRC provides essential services in the reproductive health and gender-based violence sectors for refugees in its Women & Girls Wellness Centre. Primary health care is provided in two health facilities in the refugee settlement.

Working under the supervision and guidance of the Deputy Director Programs (DDP), the DM&E Coordinator will be part of the Country Senior Management Team. The position will work closely with all technical coordinators to improve program quality through improved data management systems and processes. The position will also act as focal point for all project evaluations and IRC's 2020 measurement initiatives as well as roll-out of the Country Strategic Action Plan (CSAP) in terms of fulfilling the M&E related commitments.

The position will lead the DM&E processes of proposal design and gathering of evidence to inform and improve programming. This will be done through the development and maintenance of a specific design and evaluation processes through the selection and roll out of a 'tool box' of DM&E approaches for IRC South Sudan, ongoing analysis of progress towards the program targets, ensuring program accountability in reporting. The DM&E is also responsible for providing technical support including the DM&E related capacity building processes for the country program.

Key Responsibilities

1 General Responsibilities:

• Support implementation and updating of the IRC South-Sudan measurement action strategy to ensure effective:

• quantifying and measuring program progress over Outputs and more importantly Outcomes at project and country program levels;

• project design, planning, implementation and close-out using the IRC appropriate monitoring tools and improve on compliance with IRC Monitoring standards;

• data collection, analysis, reporting and sharing through organization data platform;

• regular reviews of project data and progress to assist Deputy-Director for Programs make evidence-based decisions and easy course correction ;

• More specifically, support IRC South-Sudan on:

• indicator definition across projects, including incorporation of organizational core indicators

• Routine monitoring of program activities

• Data audits of project data as needed;

• Beneficiary needs assessment

• Evaluations of the effectiveness of program interventions

• Digital data collection where feasible

• Data storage and secure accessibility of data by project staff and country/regional management

• Work with other technical coordinators to implement the measurement action strategy, with a focus on:

• Coordinated monitoring of project activities, ensuring that activities are carried out as planned or adjusted/adapted as needed

• Documented processes of beneficiary needs, ensuring that tools and methodologies are appropriate to ensure IRC is continuously responding to beneficiary needs.

• Using data generated by the data platform for decision making and action by the Technical Coordinators.

• Support technical coordinators in developing log frames for new project proposals, including consistency with the IRC's Theory of Change (TOC) including library of core outcomes and indicators

• Work with technical coordinators to ensure that programs are using the right tools and have the proper procedures in place to achieve both collection of high quality data and the effective use of those data

• Be the main focal point in South-Sudan for the configuration and implementation of the IRC's program data platform (COMET), making sure data is used by project teams;

b. Capacity building :

• Contribute to capacity building of project staff and partner organizations to design and utilize M&E tools, surveys, evaluations and other M&E activities

c. Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Administratively and technically supervise any project specific M&E managers as appropriate.

d. Grant Management and compliance:

• Work with the field teams to ensure that program indicators are properly tracked through regular field visits;
• Review all reports to ensure that data provided is complete, consistent, accurate and timely, and that target indicators are met and explanations provided where indicators are not met;

Coordination, Representation and Advocacy:

Represent IRC South Sudan at inter-agency M&E coordination forums and as assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Required qualification /experience & Competencies:

• Master's degree in social science, humanities or other related degree
• 5 years experience in monitoring and evaluation in humanitarian and development sectors in similar position
• Thorough knowledge of MS Office packages
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis using packages like Epi-info, SPSS, MS-Excel, MS-Access, MS-Word
• Strong data interpretation skills, report writing and presentation skills
• Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring of staff
• Knowledge, skills and experience in participatory methods
• Experience in use of data to inform decision-making, planning, and performance monitoring
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently, under pressure and to adhere to set deadlines

Other:

• Simultaneously managing multi-sectoral and multi-donor projects
• Conversance with standard indicators in health, economic empowerment, protection an added advantage

Experience in grant management and proposal writing

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