Manage the REALM functions, ensuring effective monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems are developed and functioning.
Establish and maintain accountability mechanisms, ensuring that project stakeholders, including beneficiaries, can provide feedback and input.
Lead the designing, planning, and implementing of baseline, mid-term, and final evaluations to measure project impact and outcomes. Collect, analyze, and document case studies, lessons learned, and best practices to capture the project's impact and support learning.
Prepare high-quality reports, integrating data analysis and evidence-based findings to support donor reporting and stakeholder communication.
Work closely with project teams and external stakeholders to align REALM activities with project objectives and ensure data-driven decision-making.
Baselines and Evaluations:
Prepare Terms of Reference (ToR) for baseline, mid-term, final evaluation and research
Identify the areas of the research to be carried by the project and be prepared accordingly in close collaboration with technical persons.
Design study including sampling frame, methodology and data collection tools
Facilitate and ensure annual indicator survey of project are conducted on timely manner.
Ensure every survey is conducted on timely manner in program districts.
Provide technical support in the field to program team while conducting CRSA, CMIS, child participation quality service delivery survey.
Analyze (conduct cross tabulations, perform statistical tests) baseline, midterm and evaluation datasets as per the need and requirement of program team.
Monitoring and Reporting:
Support project team in developing/ updating quality benchmarks
Conduct periodic program monitoring visits against quality benchmark's and provide feedback to the program team
Follow up with project team for implementing agreed actions plan developed after monitoring
Provide technical support and guidance to program team in planning, monitoring and reporting
Involve with project staff to collect case studies/success stories of different projects
Support to design study including sampling frame, methodology and data collection tools.
Ensure and support to conduct annual indicator surveys of the projects periodically.
Collect quarterly output level progress and enter into Project on Track (POT) and PRIME system
Collect project specific Key Performance Indicator (KPI) information and report on quarterly basis
Data/Information Management and documentation:
Prepare profile of SCI working Palikas
Gather, compile and update project information from available secondary sources periodically including CMIS.
Review and provide inputs on developing OPMIS for the project.
Develop and maintain sectoral database on beneficiary coverage (total reach) and share with team on a regular basis (Monthly, quarterly, annually)
Accountability:
Provide inputs in strengthening accountability mechanisms in each project intervention
Provide regular support to the project team in the areas of accountability, e.g. information sharing, Reporting, and responding of Feedback in the feedback and response mechanism
Review monthly accountability report and coordinate with projects team to ensure feedback are responding on timely manner
Support to establish FRM system at district and PNGOs office Learning:
Facilitate to prepare project specific learning agenda
Conduct assessment on identify learning agenda and share findings with project team
Ensure a dedicated session on learning is planned in every project review meeting
Create learning sharing platform to the project and partner's staff
Coordination, representation and others:
Coordinate with MEAL colleagues within BFO and program operation department
Ensure partners staff are familiar with SCI MEAL system
Provide capacity Strengthening support to partners MEAL staff
Provide MEAL support during emergency situation
Job Specification
Qualifications and Experience:
Master's degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.
At least 3 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, documentation and learning for development projects. (5 years of experience with bachelor degree)
Proven experience in leading project evaluations and documenting case studies.
Familiarity with accountability mechanisms and REALM frameworks.
