Search for Common Ground (Search),Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Jobs Vacancy

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approaches and toward cooperative solutions. We seek to help conflicting
parties understand their differences and act on their commonalities. With a
total of approximately 750 staff worldwide, we implement projects from 55
offices in 34 countries, including in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East,
and the United States. The organization is an exciting and rewarding place to
work, with dedicated and enthusiastic staff that loves their work.

• Overall
  responsibility for the quality and timeliness of DME efforts in Search’s
  Rwanda program, as well as the program’s contribution to regional DME;
• Ensure
  the availability and lead the development of strong monitoring systems
  (e.g. common indicators, M&E plans) and related data collection tools
  to monitor project activities;
• Oversee
  baseline, researches and evaluation processes, developing terms of
  reference and supporting the data collection and analysis as well as
  timely delivery;
• Conduct
  regular monitoring missions in the project’s target areas and share
  findings with the program staff as part of reflection sessions to inform
  programming;
• Review
  the quality of the data collected by other staff members and partners
  during activities and provide them with guidance;
• Analyze
  data collected and share findings with key internal stakeholders;
• Strengthen
  the capacity of Search’s partner organizations in monitoring and
  evaluation;
• Participate
  in regional DME conference calls;
• Contribute
  to the development of project logframes and proposals;
• Contribute
  to cross-organizational learning, including providing information,
  guidelines, lessons learned, and tested tools to the Regional Institutional
  Learning Team;
• Be
  directly engaged in the continuing development of the organization, its
  mission and its staff, through the sharing of experience and knowledge,
  particularly contributing to its Institutional Learning efforts.
• Report
  monthly and annual progress on all project activities to program
  management;
• Suggest
  strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and
  effectiveness of programming by identifying bottlenecks in completing
  project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such
  bottlenecks;
• Assist
  the project personnel with M&E tools and in supporting them in their
  use;
• Provide
  input and update information related to results and achievements for SFCG
  website;
• Perform
  other duties as required.

• Bachelor’s
  degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum
  three (3) years of work experience in design, monitoring and evaluation
  methodologies.
• Minimum
  one (1) year of field-based data collection and analysis experience with a
  Rwandan or international NGO in Rwanda.
• Experience
  overseeing or supporting evaluation processes including the development of
  terms of reference.
• Experience
  working in Early Childhood Development and/or Governance is required.
• Proficient
  in use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Pivot Tables, Access.
  Knowledge of data analysis software (e.g. STATA, SPSS) is preferred.
• Excellent
  interpersonal skills and effective communication with a variety of
  stakeholders.
• Strong
  communication and presentation skills including ability to write reports.
• Ability
  to maintain professionalism, creativity, and enthusiasm while working in a
  fast-paced, multi-cultural environment with minimal supervision.
• Cultural
  sensitivity and strong interest in dialogue, peacebuilding and conflict
  transformation.
• Fluency
  in both Kinyarwanda and English is required. Proficiency in French and
  Swahili is an advantage.

• Willingness
  to travel to remote areas in Rwanda.

• This
  position is open to Rwandan nationals.
• This
  position is available from January 2018.