Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at VSO Tanzania

Application Deadline: 06-04-2017

Description

VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

Role overview

The Learning and Impact Manager will provide programme research, monitoring and evaluation support to the country office team. The Manager will take the lead on designing and implementing research and evaluation strategies, improving programme monitoring systems and processes, monitoring programme performance, and building monitoring and evaluation capacity of the programme team. The Manager will ensure that high quality data and outcomes of programme research, monitoring and evaluation are systematically generated for the team’s use in improving the design and delivery of VSO’s high quality programmes. For this purpose, the RME Manager will:
• Lead on monitoring and evaluation design and approach for VSO’s programmes in Tanzania – which includes education, health & livelihoods.
• Develop the country office M&E plan and train programme staff to ensure effective implementation– based on VSO’s M&E Framework and relevant donor requirements.
• Ensure that all research conducted within the country office supports evidence based programming by leading, conducting and or accompanying research activities.
• Ensure that VSO Tanzania evidence based case studies and evidence of impact are captured throughout project implementation for internal learning and external communication
• Ensure that VSO Tanzania programmes are designed and monitored accordingly so that we collect evidence for future projects, monitor our ongoing project implementation and evaluate our impact for internal learning and external reporting.
• Contribute to the generation of the body of evidence for VSO’s global programming.

Skills, qualifications and experience

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

Essential:

A minimum of Education at Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent in social sciences and or social research;

Extensive experience in monitoring, evaluation and/or research using participatory practices and either/ both quantitative and qualitative methodologies;

Experience in providing research, monitoring and evaluation support for programme design and proposal development.

Experience in developing and implementing M&E systems and frameworks in an NGO environment.
Sound understanding on formative/summative design; impact evaluation design and implementation

Strong computer skills and data management

Skilled in handling data and the ability to analyse and synthesize data and evidence from different sources

Experience of reporting to donors in the development sector

Ability to build capacity of others, facilitation, coaching and training skills.

Fluency in spoken and written English

Experience of use of communications materials to influence others


Desirable:

Work experience with INGOs and/or UN agencies

Experience in using statistical packages (SPSS, STATA, EPI Info);

Being up-to-date on the current international debate around development effectiveness and research and evaluation methodologies

Experience of developing a communications strategy and ensuring buy in from other staff

Experience of using online communications methods (e.g. social media) for work purposes

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