Monitoring And Evaluation Consultant

BACKGROUND and JUSTIFICATION :  KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation is a Lebanese non-profit, non-political, non-confessional civil society organization, established on the 8th of March 2005 by a group of activists and professionals who have long years of work experience in women issues, specifically in gender-based violence. The organization seeks to mitigate the causes and results of violence and exploitation of women and children through advocacy and lobbying, raising awareness, and by offering social and legal services to vulnerable cases. KAFA’s overall strategic goal is to contribute to the eradication of all sorts of domestic violence and exploitation of women and children. It focuses its strategies and efforts on three major areas: 1) Gender-based violence 2) Child sexual exploitation, and 3) Trafficking in women.  Since 2013, KAFA has partnered with UNICEF in a project entitled “Protecting children and adolescents from Gender Based Violence” aiming at enhancing protection of vulnerable children and adolescents affected by the Syrian crisis from gender based violence (early marriage and sexual abuse) through promoting their right to information by improving their access to adequate services and their awareness as well as their caregivers’ on how to protect themselves from Gender Based Violence. In 2016, the project is divided into three major set interventions aiming at protecting children, adolescents and women from gender-based violence at both emergency and development levels.  SCOPE OF WORK: The M&E consultant’s responsibility is to coordinate and support implementation of monitoring and evaluation of all the project activities to be conducted in accordance with the Results Framework The M & E Consultant will be working closely with the Child Protection Manager as well as with the field staff. Duties and Responsibilities: The M & E Consultant is expected to deliver an M&E report assessing the current progress with suggested recommendations. The M & E Consultant ensures the implementation of monitoring and evaluation policies and strategies, focusing on the following: Participate in and contribute to the finalization of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for the project; Develop monitoring and evaluation tools; Provide technical support to the Program staff to strengthen their monitoring and evaluation system; Conduct assessment on the field level M&E, and develop and lead the implementation of a capacity development plan; Facilitate the review of progress on a quarterly basis and ensure problem solving through remedial actions; Assist in the identification of potential implementation problems and bottlenecks and recommend appropriate strategies to address them; Review the quality of existing data sources, the methods of collecting them and the degree to which they will provide good baseline data for end of project evaluation to develop approaches to address identified gaps; Follow up on implementation of evaluation recommendations; ensure the optimal use of evaluation findings by providing guidance in preparation of timely management response to all mandatory evaluations and by developing a communication/dissemination plan; Provide a quarterly monitoring and evaluation report; Track and follow up the implementation of the program through providing analysis of the indicators reached versus those planned; Identify and formulate lessons learned and document best practices from evaluations and studies to be integrated into project reports.  QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE At least five years of relevant M&E experience and technical experience, including the utilization of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies Extensive experience utilizing the logframe approach for project monitoring Experience in indicator development, methodology and tool design, data collection and analysis, data quality assessments, and/or performance monitoring and reporting. English fluency required Familiarity with current best practice in relation to evaluation and performance management beneficial  SKILLS: -       Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others -       Strong interpersonal skills -       Experience in a non-governmental organization, and a good knowledge of local context and community in Bekaa -       Good Level of proficiency in Windows Excel and quantitative analysis -       Strong team spirit PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: While working on a KAFA project, it is required to sign KAFA’s Child Protection Policy.