Hope and Homes for Children,Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Officer Jobs in Rwanda

ali, Rwanda where you are required to spend some time, as well as in
other locations elsewhere in the region East and Southern Africa Regional
Office, Kigali, Rwanda

• Develop,
  implement, maintain and review systems to monitor and evaluate the
  quality, impact and performance of Deinstitutionalisation (DI), Altemative
  Family Care (AFC) and Child Protection Reform (CPR) within the region.
  Support the aggregation and analysis of data monitored across national
  partners, themes and particular areas of interest as assigned.
• Contribute
  to the implementation of HHC strategic and operational plans regionally.
  Assist in the development of reports, project reviews or assessments,
  research.
• Ensure
  close communication with all involved in M&E design and coordination:
  core HHC and partner M&E staff; representatives of the national
  partners; representatives from primary stakeholder groups; external
  consultants and field staff when appropriate, plus members of extemal
  M&E-related activities.
• Facilitate
  national partners/stakeholders to value and develop appropriate capacities
  for and undertake their own M&E activities and link these into an
  overall assessment of progress and necessary actions.

• Development
  of project specific Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Plans across
  national partners in the region.
• Delivery
  of training in monitoring, evaluation and reporting for relevant project
  partners.
• Aggregate
  monitored data across the national partners in the region.
• Analyse
  project specific indicators, as well as theme specific indicators
• Reports
  on specific areas of interest as assigned for the purpose of programme
  review, development, research, advocacy and policy development

• Occasional
  irregular working hours
• Occasional
  travel in the UK
• Regular
  overseas travel

• Development
  of monitoring, evaluation and reporting plans across partners in the
  region. (40% of time)
• Aggregate
  and analyse monitored data across the national partners in the region with
  the purpose to inform project implementation and development. (30% of
  time)
• Aggregate
  and analyse data monitored across the project in the region to inform
  policy development and advocacy initiatives. (30% of time)

• Support
  the development of an integrated and comprehensive monitoring, evaluation
  and reporting framework across all national partners by reviewing their
  existing approaches and management information systems and designing the
  framework for the physical and process monitoring of operational
  activities. Agree on any required support and changes.
• Introduce
  systems for recording and analysis of key indicators relevant to project
  outcomes.
• Advise,
  guide and train relevant project and partner staff on the set up and
  maintenance of monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems. Assist with
  the M&E tools and provide support in their use.
• Check
  that data monitoring is discussed in the appropriate forum and in a timely
  fashion in terms of implications for future action. If necessary, create
  such discussion forums to fill any gaps.
• Guide
  staff of national partners in preparing their progress reports. Together,
  analyse these reports in terms of problems and actions needed. Prepare
  consolidated progress reports for management to submit to the relevant
  bodies, in accordance with approved reporting formats and timing.
• Develop
  and help maintain computer-stored information to assist the project
  implementation and delivery.
• Assist
  relevant project staff in collating and analysing monitored data on a
  quarterly basis.
• Collaborate
  with staff and implementing partners on qualitative monitoring to provide
  relevant information for ongoing evaluation of project activities, effects
  and impacts
• Identify
  bottlenecks in completing project activities and suggest strategies to
  management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project
  by developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks.
• Review
  and provide support to relevant staff in the production of quarterly,
  annual and project specific reports.
• Review
  existing relevant data in the region, the methods of collecting it and the
  degree to which it will provide good statistics for various policy and
  advocacy initiatives.
• Based
  on the review of existing data in the region, identify the need and draw
  up the TOR(s) for specific project studies/surveys.
• Guide
  and supervise special surveys and studies required for evaluating project
  effects and impacts in the region.
• Assist
  in the production of strategic plans, briefing papers, policy documents
  and country reports in the region.
• Represent
  the Regional team on work groups involved in devising and implementing
  corporate policy.

• Experience
  in developing and maintaining user-friendly systems for the management of
  information for project-related work.
• Experience
  in data analysis, quality control and data collation.

• the
  logical framework approach and/or other strategic planning approaches;
• M&E
  methods and approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory);
• planning
  and implementation of M&E systems;
• training
  in M&E development and implementation;
• facilitating
  learning-oriented analysis sessions of M&E data with multiple
  stakeholders;
• information
  analysis and report writing.

• An
  understanding of M&E principles, development of qualitative and
  quantitative indicators relevant to child protection work.
• An
  understanding of and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of
  children’s rights.
• Familiarity
  with and a supportive attitude towards processes of strengthening local
  organisations and building local capacities for self-management.

• Degree
  in Social Sciences or related field.

• Good
  computer skills, including Excel, Word, Power Point and possibly SPSS.
• Ability
  to interpret and analyse a range of data (qualitative and quantitative) to
  develop programmatic information.
• A
  good team player in multi-disciplinary and multicultural setting.
• Ability
  to implement and monitor information systems.
• Good
  networking and co-ordination skills.