Described by one professional as the “joker card” of development roles, monitoring and evaluation — more commonly known as M&E — specialists vary from one organization to the next. Often, individuals will specialize in a specific sector with a range of titles that fall into the field, from M&E officer to monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning director.
“The terminology varies from organization to organization because the specific needs may differ,” said Guillermo Robert de Arquer, M&E specialist at Lepra, “but I think there are core issues that are cross-cutting.”
A large part of an M&E role is to analyze and interpret data.