Global Communities seeks a Director of Monitoring Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) for the USAID funded Promoting Resiliency through Ongoing Participatory Engagement and Learning (PROPEL) program in South Sudan. PROPEL uses a locally-driven, learning-focused approach to work with communities in South Sudan and help identify, prioritize and implement projects and improve local resiliency. PROPEL aims to empower community members to safeguard their development gains, advance their individual and collective well-being through tangible improvements in their daily lives, and set the stage for increased stability and prosperity.
Serving as a senior member of the PROPEL leadership team, the Director of MERL supervises a team of six. The Director oversees AMEP and performance indicators, information gathering, community mapping, research, learning and training, and is responsible for donor reporting and communications. This position reports to the Chief of Party for PROPEL and is based in Juba.
Responsibilities:
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+ Supervise 15 staff including the Working Group, Training Manager, M&E Officers, MIS Officer, Learning Officer, Gender & Youth Manager, Conflict Mitigation & Peacebuilding Manager, etc.
+ Overall PROPEL program management as member of senior management team
+ Manage program-wide reporting instruments, including electronic ones, and systems to ensure that all relevant information reaches M&E databases
+ Monitor and report performance indicators according to established reporting frequencies
+ Oversee routine data quality assessments
+ Manage preparation of weekly, quarterly, annual and final reports, and success stories
+ Coordinate with USAID on mid-term and final evaluations
+ Oversee Household Surveys including recruitment and proper training of enumerators, post-survey data cleanup, analysis and reporting.
+ Organize and oversee before and after focus groups (at least 3 per community: community leaders, women, youth; can be more, including with IDPs and other marginalized populations)
+ Organize and oversee before and after key informant interviews
+ Specific monitoring related to security
+ Inventory who is doing CDD in South Sudan and what methodologies they are using
+ Support learning network and use WordPress or similar platform for knowledge sharing
+ Train Master Trainers in unified CDD methodology and hire outsiders to create a sustainable cadre of CDD experts to support future programming.
+ CDD Methodology Working Group
+ Tracking, reporting and sharing issues encountered, solutions and lessons learned
+ Build local partners’ M&E capacity
+ Each PROPEL staff member to set goals related to learning questions.
+ Implementation plan for each targeted community to include critical checkpoints for stakeholders and staff on how field observations and experience inform the learning questions.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* Very strong writing skills are required.
* Demonstrated ability in qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis, sampling techniques is preferred.
* Proficient in USAID regulations, prior exp working on USAID funded programs is preferred.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree is required and a Master’s is preferred.
* Minimum 2 years’ experience utilizing M&E, reporting, management, learning or research skills is required.
* Prior experience working with local national staff and building local capacity is required.
* Proven experience with participatory M&E is preferred.
* Prior experience with CDD is highly preferred.
* Experience in South Sudan is required.
Overview:
Global Communities (formerly CHF International) is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable.
