Vue d'ensemble
BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee began relief operations in Greece in July 2015 to respond to a massive influx of refugees and migrants. Today, the IRC’s programming in Greece is focused on three key areas of programming: information, protection and safe transportation; water, sanitation and hygiene; and shelter.
SCOPE OF WORK: The M&E Manager is a new position within the Greece country program, created to develop, manage, and strengthen M&E efforts. The M&E Manager will support the Regional Program Coordinator in ensuring that the IRC Greece program has the flexibility to respond appropriately to a rapidly changing context while ensuring program quality, effectiveness and responsiveness in line with humanitarian standards, as well as compliance with contractual obligations and other internal standards. The M&E Manager will establish a robust monitoring system that facilitates both accountability and learning and includes data collection, analysis, learning reflection and timely action-taking. The M&E Manager will work closely with IRC staff and partners to develop appropriate accountability and learning mechanisms.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
M&E Strategy and Design:
* Support the Program and Technical Coordinators to design evidence-based programming and M&E systems that align with the country, regional and global objectives, are relevant to the context, responsive to assessed needs, are measurable and are in compliance with country grant requirements;
* Ensure systems established meet standards as set out in IRC’s global Monitoring for Action (MfA) initiative for improving monitoring practice and use of data within the organization;
* Ensure that all relevant stakeholders have timely access to appropriate information and evidence;
* Undertake continuous assessment of M&E requirements, and based on these, work closely with program coordinators to facilitate decision-making for real time program adaptation;
* Work closely with the Region on the design and development of appropriate and technology-driven systems and tools, at the assessment, monitoring, and evaluations stages of the program cycle
* Ensure that program log frames are realistic, supported by the M&E systems and processes, consistent with the IRC’s library of core outcomes and indicators and, all together, signal progress towards SAP implementation.
Monitoring:
* Provide technical assistance in monitoring program progress including the design of appropriate data collection tools that can track progress and inform learning, data management and analysis;
* Support the program teams in preparing and reviewing M&E tools, calendars and drawing links and efficiency gains between them, as well as in guiding data collection and analysis as required;
* Support Program and Technical Coordinators in the design (and implementation) of assessments, gender analysis, stakeholder analysis, beneficiary targeting and other pre-program data collection and analysis;
* Contribute to donor proposals and reports, through quality analysis and interpretation of data, as well as review of logframes/results frameworks;
* Provide technical assistance to sector programs in the development and review of M&E and data analysis plans, including the effective use of data collected;
* Ensure consistency of indicators across all programs as appropriate, maintaining a bank of program indicators;
* Support the program teams with preparation of data for donor reports.
Evaluations
* Work with senior management to identify strategic opportunities for external and internal evaluations, case and impact studies;
* Act as a focal point for internal and external evaluation consultants.
Accountability
* Ensure that IRC meets its internal and external accountability commitments through the development and implementation of accountability mechanisms appropriate for the rapidly evolving context, and including a beneficiary feedback and response mechanism utilized by program teams;
* Work closely with focal points responsibility for championing ICT4P-related activities.
Learning
* Promote an environment of best practice and knowledge sharing between the Molyvos and Mytilini programs.
Capacity Strengthening
* Promote and strengthen the understanding of the importance of M&E within the country team and the use and /or analysis of M&E systems during program design and implementation;
* Conduct frequent field monitoring visits and provide regular feedback to project teams.
Information and Communications Technology
* Act as the IRC focal point for organization-wide M&E-related consolidation and reporting requirements such as IRC’s upcoming global measurement data platform, regional beneficiary counting reports, organizational performance monitoring, annual reports, etc.;
* Support program teams to develop strong project databases, tracking, record keeping and filing methodologies for all activities;
* Maximize the value and utility of ICT related M&E initiatives.
Professional Skills:
* Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or other relevant field;
* Minimum 3 years’ experience in developing managing M&E processes and a sound technical understanding of contemporary M&E principles, methods and approaches;
* Experience in the development or humanitarian sector, preferably in an INGO;
* Strong measurement, analytical, systematic-thinking, planning and organizational skills;
* Demonstrated experience and excellent skills developing qualitative and quantitative data collection tools;
* Demonstrated experience and excellent skills developing logical/results frameworks, indicators and other key M&E tools;
* Demonstrated experience and excellent skills in data/information management and analysis, with experience using databases and software applications;
* Demonstrated experience and capacity in conducting field-level data collection and data entry;
* Experience in capacity building and team building;
* English fluency, both verbal and written, required; Greek, Arabic or Farsi language skills an advantage.
REUIREMENTS:
* Strong written and oral communication skills;
* Excellent inter-personal skills, demonstrating diplomacy and tact;
* Promotes teamwork and is able to work with a variety of people in a multicultural environment;
* Capable of influencing and motivating individuals that are not under direct line management;
* Capable of applying skills and knowledge in a range of capacities, including direct implementation, remote management, training and the transfer of technical knowledge and skills to others;
* Flexible and able to handle pressure;
* Values learning and takes a strong interest in new developments in the field of MEAL.
Work Environment:
Working schedule: Office schedule.
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IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l’Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection de l’enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l’intégrité financière, et les représailles.