Senior M&E Officer

Job purpose 

To support the Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (RMEL) team on a large, multi-year systems change project in the public sector in Lebanon

Responsibilities 

• Lead on management of key contractual outputs, including drafting and initial quality control
• Oversee the M&E plan and ensure project informational needs are met; identify new avenues for M&E team engagement with project activity
• Oversee use of innovative evaluation and learning methods across project activity e.g. Most Significant Change, and make sure project M&E remains up to date with best practice in the sector
• Lead on drafting of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools
• Oversee data collection with key project stakeholders and beneficiaries, including drafting of data collection tools
• Quality control the results framework and support project team to ensure project activity adheres to results framework
• Quality control updates to the theory of change and ensure it is iteratively updated in collaboration with key project stakeholders
• Support the RMEL lead to delivery key learning activities throughout the project cycle
• Work with the RMEL lead to make sure project documentation and approaches are inclusive and conflict sensitive, and that all related M&E reporting is similarly framed.

Qualifications 

Essential:

•  5 + years’ experience delivering M&E throughout a project cycle
• Fluent in English and Arabic
• Advanced degree, ideally in (social) sciences, mathematics, psychology etc.
• Excellent understanding of qualitative and quantitative methodology
• Excellent understanding of project cycle and results-based management
• Advanced knowledge of excel, and Microsoft suite
• Previous experience mainstreaming gender, inclusion and conflict sensitivity into M&E activities
• Out of the box thinker, motivated by contributing to change in Lebanon, and keen to work on an exciting team

Desirable:

• experience using Tableau, PowerBi and other information management and visualisation tools
• Past experience working on systems change projects, ideally in public sector and/or in security sector
• Experience showing innovative approaches to M&E
• Experience with international donors, preferably CSSF

TO APPLY: Interested candidates are requested to send their CV (max 2 pages) and a cover letter (max 1 page) describing why they are qualified for the role to hr@sirenassociates.com, or can submit an application via our online portal at http://sirenassociates.com/work/.