Technical Officer/Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer

Background: 

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.  

FHI 360 seeks qualified candidates only to serve as the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer  for the Lebanon Civic Action Accelerator Program, a five-year civil society strengthening program funded by USAID and implemented by FHI 360. The project will support a broad swath of civil society actors, building on prior civil society assistance accomplishments. Planned assistance interventions under this activity will increase the role of beneficiaries in shaping public policy (related to governance, human rights, protection of environment, and others); improve service provision; enhance the technical and administrative capacities of beneficiary organizations; and advance strategic collective action to advance rights and impact public policy.  

Anticipated Start Date: December 2021 or January 2022  

Job Responsibilities:  

The MEL Officer will contribute to the project’s overall monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities. She/he will implement the MEL plan and lead on the gathering, analysis, and reporting of data and the integration of feedback and adjustments into project planning and implementation. The MEL Officer will report to the Chief of Party with support from the Senior MEL Advisor and specialized technical guidance from FHI 360’s MEL team based in Washington, DC. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Coordinate the implementation of the MEL plan for the project, including monitoring indicator targets, conducting data collection activities, and analyzing data to measure results and achievement of the project’s strategic objectives. 
• Contribute to the design and implementation of project evaluations, surveys, research and other components of the monitoring and evaluation system. 
• Support the project’s collaboration, learning and adaptation (CLA) activities in collaboration with the field and home office MEL staff, including data analysis, organizing learning activities to assess performance, capturing lessons to inform adaptative management. 
• Work with senior management and project staff to ensure that project learnings are applied, and project activities are adapted, as needed, for innovative and effective programming.  
• Support the development and implementation of high-quality quantitative and qualitative methods and participatory methodologies to control the quality of the program in terms of performance and results; design appropriate feedback mechanisms to assess whether the approaches implemented by the project are effective. 
• Support grantees in designing and implementing their MEL plans in line with LEB-CAAP reporting requirements; conduct routine monitoring visits, review grantee reports, and provide support as required to ensure application of high-quality MEL activities and data collection.  
• Communicate information obtained through MEL activities to project staff, as well as USAID and partners.  
• Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and adjust as needed.  
• Produce high quality and timely MEL reports for the project, FHI 360, and USAID, including documentation of successes, data analysis for indicator aggregation and reporting, summary of qualitative results, etc. 
• Contribute to the development of annual performance plans and annual MEL plans.  

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in international development, statistics, public policy, political science, demographics, or related field required. Advanced degree preferred.  
• At least 5 years of relevant M&E experience with international development programs, preferably related to civil society, youth engagement, advocacy, and/or capacity building.  
• Understanding of USAID rules, regulations, policies, and procedures preferred 
• Experience in research, evaluation and learning methods, including qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, and impact data collection and analysis  
• Experience with indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing MEL and performance monitoring plans.  
• Understanding of gender equality and social inclusion considerations for the Lebanese context preferred.  
• Experience drafting and implementing surveys and other data collection tools with knowledge of Kobo, SPSS, Power BI preferred 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic required along with MS Office/Teams/SharePoint.  
• Must be authorized to work in Lebanon

This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.  

FHI 360 fosters the strength and health of its workforce through a competitive benefits package, professional development and policies and programs that support a healthy work/life balance. Join our global workforce to make a positive difference for others — and yourself. We offer competitive compensation and an outstanding benefit package.  

FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected under applicable law.  

FHI 360 welcomes diversity among its staff and encourages members of any marginalized or underrepresented group to apply for any position for which they believe they are qualified. 

Qualified candidates from outside Beirut are especially encouraged to apply.