Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (National Volunteer Role)

Job Description

National Volunteer Role Description

Introduction to VSO
VSO is the world’s leading international non-governmental organisation that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. Its work focuses on people left out by society, including those living in extreme poverty, those with disabilities or illness, and individuals facing discrimination or violence due to gender, sexuality, or social status. It also supports those at risk from disaster, disease, and conflict. These individuals are seen as primary actors who define the issues, opportunities, and solutions that drive sustainable, locally led change.

Our Approach
The Volunteering for Development method supports vulnerable and marginalised groups to achieve their rights and bring about lasting change. Rooted in addressing the causes of marginalisation and vulnerability, the approach is guided by social inclusion and gender, social accountability, and resilience together with social cohesion and a conflict-sensitive approach. These principles inform work across inclusive education, health, and resilient livelihoods to improve wellbeing and create stability.
The method emphasises relationships in building shared understanding, commitment, and collective action. With most volunteers being national volunteers, blended teams of community, national, and international volunteers bring diverse perspectives that generate insight, innovation, and action to tackle complex challenges. This fosters active citizenship and encourages leadership toward a fair world for all.

Project Background and Contextual Information
The Philippines has a long history of conflict and instability driven by political, socio-economic, and climate-related factors. The Women, Peace and Security agenda promotes women’s equal and meaningful participation in peace-building and security. This project supports the nationwide implementation of the WPS agenda through strengthened capacities and participation of civil society organisations and local community groups in the WPS policy process.
The National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2023–2033 is the government’s roadmap for advancing the WPS agenda. It is structured around four pillars—participation, protection, prevention, and relief and recovery—and includes 26 action points aligned with the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Magna Carta of Women, and the Joint Memorandum Circular 2014-01 between OPAPRU and the Philippine Commission on Women.
The plan highlights the importance of government–civil society collaboration and emphasises monitoring, evaluation, and learning to strengthen accountability.
This project supports NAPWPS implementation at local and regional levels in three regions across the Philippines, working closely with government partners, civil society organisations, and local communities. Delivery is through a consortium led by VSO with three implementing partners in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Role Outputs
Strengthened monitoring and evaluation capacity of project consortium partners and other stakeholders, including CSOs, WROs, and CBOs across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Working with the MERL coordinator on the implementation of the Measuring Impact for Learning & Empowerment approach, applying participatory monitoring, evaluation, learning, and forward accountability.
Input into the development of evaluation and data collection tools, including the survey for the localised WPS Index study.
Support for the WPS Index study and the risk and resilience vulnerability study through participatory workshops.
Support for the MERL coordinator in analysing data and drafting WPS studies.
Support for the development and use of the WPS digital dashboard.
Support for WPS dialogue, implementation, and monitoring.
Generation of learning and evidence on WPS localisation for localised WPS reports and digital dashboards.
Collaboration with communications and advocacy volunteers and stakeholders to identify priority advocacy actions for CSOs, CBOs, and WROs working on the WPS agenda.
Close work with partners to localise evaluation data tools and outputs.
Contribution to the MERL technical working group for GPACT and collaboration with other Evaluation NVS.
Leadership in lobbying local government units, national agencies, and stakeholders to integrate WPS key performance indicators into the Community-Based Monitoring System.
Other support to the project as required.

Experience and Skills Required for This Volunteer Placement
Experience in monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded projects
Knowledge of evaluation tools and methods
Facilitation skills
Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
Report writing skills
Collaborative and team-oriented approach

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

About the Organization

VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. Our vision is a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfil their potential. We bring people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world. VSO welcomes volunteers from an ever increasing range of countries, backgrounds and ages. National agencies in Canada, Kenya, the Netherlands and the Philippines recruit volunteers from many different countries worldwide and this international approach allows us to combine and learn from a rich variety of perspectives. Tackling Disadvantage at "Grass Roots" Level Ours is a very individual "people to people" approach to development. Instead of sending food or money, we send women and men from a wide range of professions who want the chance to make a real difference in the fight against poverty. These volunteers work in partnership with colleagues and communities to share skills and learning and jointly achieve change. But we have to be realistic in our expectations. We commit to long-term development goals and long-term partnerships and focus on sustainable development rather than the short-term relief of certain problems. VSO also works to address the structural inequalities and barriers that prevent people from exercising their rights. We use our experience and our supporter networks to work for changes in policy and practice - rich and poor countries - that reduce disadvantage. VSO is by far the largest independent volunteer-sending agency in the world. Since 1958, we have sent out more than 29,000 volunteers to work in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific region and, more latterly, Eastern Europe in response to requests from our overseas partners. At the moment we have around 1,500 people working in placements in these regions. Shared Partnerships, Shared Benefits You only have to talk to VSO volunteers to realise that they gain from their experience, personally or professionally, as much as they contribute. Many will enthuse how fascinating it was to explore a different culture at first hand. Others will point to the friendships they have made. But many will also tell you how their professional talents have been stretched, and how they have learnt new skills that will significantly enhance their career prospects on their return home. If ever it was true that "you get out what you put in", VSO is proof positive. This experience makes volunteers passionate in challenging misconceptions about developing countries. In the current climate, it is more urgent than ever that we work to achieve a global community where people of all cultures are seen as equal, learn from each other and share a common sense of rights and responsibilities as global citizens. VSO builds on this experience and passion to support a range of global education activity. To find out more about volunteering with or supporting VSO visit our website at www.vso.org.uk