Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager

Theatre for a Change (TfaC) Malawi is a dynamic and rapidly growing NGO which uses innovative approaches to empower women and girls, particularly in their sexual and reproductive health.

The organisation is currently in receipt of multi-year funding from, amongst others, Comic Relief and DfID UK, and is working within the Malawi Education sector and within the community. Its core participants include girls in school, female sex workers, and sexually exploited girls.

We are looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager who is passionate about our organisation's aims, and will be able to use their expertise and experience to support increased impact and learning across all our programmes.

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager (MEL) will lead a team of 3 - 6 staff members and will be a member of the Senior Management Team. 

The key deliverables of the role are as follows:

1. Planning - All TfaC projects are well-planned and reported against and staff across the organisation understand the need to monitor their work to improve quality and fulfil donor requirements.

2. Monitoring - High standard monitoring processes lead to organisational decision-making based on accurate, up-to-date information and delivery of quality, effective programmes and work. 

3. Impact assessment and evaluation - TfaC Malawi is able to demonstrate the longer-term impact of its work and value for money to internal and external audiences and practices are reviewed in the light of evaluation reports.

4. Learning - The MEL department leads learning across TfaC and all staff understand why and how TfaC is a ‘learning organisation’. Programmes are based on clear evidence and continually improve in quality due to the impact of regular internal learning and feedback events.

5. Staff development - The TfaC MEL team is complete and fully trained. All staff have a clear understanding of why the MEL department exists and how it adds value to TfaC’s programmes.

6. Finance - The budget for MEL is built, is sufficient and is managed effectively and complies with TfaC Finance Policies.

7. Programme and organisational management - The MEL Manager is actively involved in delivering TfaC’s organisational strategy and influences organisational decision-making to continuously improve quality of work.

For further details about the job description and person specification please see our website http://www.tfacafrica.com/work-with-us/.

Please submit application letter referring to the job description and full CV to applications@tfacafrica.com.