Position Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, South Sudan Community Engagement Project
Requisition Number: 15-0062
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Description
Please Note: South Sudan is an unaccompanied post.
Position Purpose:
Pact seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager for an anticipated three-year USAID-funded community driven development program that will engage a range of different types of communities in South Sudan and inform the design of future developmental interventions. The M&E Manager will lead project monitoring, evaluation and research efforts. S/he shall develop monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER) systems that include appropriate indicators, baseline data, targets and a plan to evaluate performance and produce timely, accurate and complete reporting. Under his/her guidance, the project will utilize monitoring data to maximize program impact This position is contingent upon funding.
Please not that this is an unaccompanied post.
Key Responsibilities:
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develop and oversee the implementation of the project monitoring plan (PMP).
• Lead the development of relevant M&E tools and platforms, and provide M&E specific technical training, mentoring, and coaching to CSO partners.
• Provide leadership for all assessments (baseline, midline, endline) and research activities, including developing terms of reference and protocols for any externally commissioned MER work.
• Develop strong monitoring and evaluation data collection and analysis systems to ensure that program interventions are effective.
• Strengthen availability and use of high quality data for decision making at all levels of the project.
• Strengthen Pact and CSO partners’ data management and quality improvement systems, ensuring that data is audit worthy and readily available. Where problems exist, support the identification of solutions.
• Lead and maintain a knowledge management system for the project, across all project components and partners.
• Contribute to program reports for submission to donor.
• Support program staff and senior management to use data to make informed and timely decisions related to program implementation.
• Remain up to date on good practices and developments in M&E of community-driven development programs in order to ensure program quality and impact.
Basic Requirements:
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience in managing monitoring and evaluation for international projects (preferably in post conflict environments and/or in Africa).
• Minimum five (5) years of experience working in transitional situations.
• Previous experience working with USAID-funded projects is a plus.
• University degree in public administration, M&E, political science, management or a related field.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
