Monitoring & Evaluation Lead, South Sudan EFSP

Job Description

CARE seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation Lead for an anticipated USAID-funded Multi-Year Emergency Food Security program (EFSP) in South Sudan.

This position is subject to project award and funding and will be based in Juba, South Sudan. International relocation and allowances may be available.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead knowledge management programs and facilitate communities of practice and social networking.
• Facilitate organizational learning, change, and advancing foreign aid effectiveness.
• Develop the overall framework for the project’s M&E systems, in collaboration with USAID and senior project staff, including requirements, reporting, baseline, and evaluation surveys. Develop and monitor the project’s PMP to systematically document project performance for project technical leads and the project leadership team.
• Ensure the alignment of research and M&E activities with program goals and contribute to the development of annual work plans to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities.
• Monitor project activities and tracking these activities against the results framework.
• Conduct field visits for data validation, to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets. Coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data. Capture and document lessons learned; champion the scaling up best practices.
• Generate monthly indicator reports and tracking progress against key indicators.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of project activities to donor, including progress against targets set in the award agreement and annual work plan, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Provide technical leadership and support to project and partner staff in planning and implementing M&E systems and activities, data-based program decision-making, and results reporting. Supervise, mentor, and build capacity of project M&E staff
• Develop and implement effective monitoring tools and approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness of project interventions.
• Support the Chief of Party in coordinating the mid-term and final project evaluations.

Required Skills:

• Advanced degree in statistics, economics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience and demonstrated practical skills in in designing and implementing M&E systems in the context of humanitarian response or DRR programs.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing M&E systems in the context of humanitarian response, longer term early recovery, or DRR programs.
• Strong knowledge of M&E methodology data analysis and synthesis, performance evaluation and correction, and report writing.
• Knowledge of statistical software (such as SPSS, STATA, and SAS), and advanced skills with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access (or similar tools).
• Knowledge of USAID data collection and reporting requirements.
• Ability to travel throughout project areas as needed.
• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of local/regional languages is a plus.
• Previous experience in South Sudan is an advantage but not a requirement.

About the Organization

At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.

This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2016, CARE worked in 94 countries and reached 80 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.