External Monitoring and Evaluation for the EU Regional Trust Fund (EUTF) in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the 'MADAD Fund' (09460)

Job Description

Reference to be quoted in all your communications: LT - 09460 Belgium - External Monitoring and Evaluation for the EU Regional Trust Fund (EUTF) in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the ‘MADAD Fund’.

Information background: The EUTF in Response to the Syrian Crisis, Madad, is managed by the Trust Fund who is located in Brussels. Madad is active predominantly in the neighbouring countries of Syria that host the majority of Syrian refugees. The Trust Fund shall address the needs of refugees, IDPs and returnees and provide assistance to the communities and the administrations in which those groups find themselves, as regards resilience and early recovery.
Overall objective: To establish a comprehensive and effective ‘Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism for the EUTF in response to the Syrian crises, the ‘Madad Fund’. The purposes are:

1. Results-Oriented Monitoring: To conduct regular and ad-hoc external monitoring and develop recommendations for Madad-financed projects and provide evidence-based knowledge on the results and outputs, though the use of SMART qualitative indicators.
2. Data Analysis: To assess effectiveness of the Madad project at thematic and geographic level, through centralised data collection and analysis based on the inputs received by project partners and sector/ country analysis.
3. Impact-focussed Evaluation: To assess the sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness of Mada-funded programs and evaluate prospects of impact, through external portfolio evaluations.

Probable starting date: November 2017
Duration: for 2 years

Key expert 1: Team Leader (Evaluation).

Qualifications and skills

• Masters University Degree in Development, Business Administration, Education, Social Sciences or equivalent
• Proficiency in English
• Experience in post-conflict scenarios is considered an asset

General professional experience

• At least 10 years of professional experience in conducting Monitoring & Evaluation according to the methodology put in place by the main international actors such as EU, UN and WB and national actors; Professional experiences in conducting portfolio, impact focussed evaluations and studies is considered an asset;
• At least 3 years of professional experience in developing Overarching and Results Frameworks;

Specific professional experience

• Minimum 10 years working experience in the field of M&E of projects implemented by IOs, NGOs, and Member States Agencies with minimum of 5 years in senior managerial positions;
• At least 5 years professional experience in analysis of monitoring and evaluation methodology and reporting;
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in the thematic areas targeted by Madad: livelihoods and economic empowerment, social cohesion, basic and higher education, health and wash services
• At least 5 years professional experience with EU ROM methodology
• 5 years of professional experience related to this contract in the geographic areas targeted by Madad (Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq); professional experience in more than one country in question is considered an asset.
• Professional experience in M&E systems of development Trust Funds and/ or multi country programs is considered an asset
• Professional experience in performance assessment of National and Regional programs in the targeted countries is considered an asset
• Specific knowledge of the Syrian and Iraqi crises and the consequences of the refugee influx in neighbouring countries is an asset.

Others

• Working language is English.
• The team leader shall be located in Brussels to ensure close cooperation with the EUTF managment and missions conducted to the field (Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq).

About the Organization

Transtec puts an emphasis on development processes, acting as a virtuous circle to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Working with local actors and the international community, we deliver quality, context-driven development solutions across the intervention cycle - breaking poverty and building prosperous stable communities.

We are committed to making a difference by ensuring that aid effectiveness constitutes the single and most important focus in our interventions. This is achieved by incorporating Quality Assurance mechanisms at each phase of project and programme implementation and ensuring compliance with requested standards and expected results. In doing so, we build on our 30 years of Knowledge Management maintained by our personnel, projects, programmes and experiences.

We hence provide a full range of high level technical services in project and programme design and management, framework contracts, long term agreements management and cutting edge monitoring and evaluation solutions to multilateral partner organisations including the European Investment Bank, the United Nations (UNDEF, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, UNDP), the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and national official development agencies including the UK Department for International Development (DfID), the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), the French Agency for Development (AFD), the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCA).

We are constantly searching for innovative and creative solutions that will support our interventions.

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