Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor

Mission of the position:

Under the leadership of National Programme Development Manager (NPDM), the National M&E Advisor drives the development and implementation of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Results based management (RBM), and quality assurance (QA) in the Member Association. S/he builds M&E capacity in the member association and provides technical expertise to national and programme management in the implementation of Results Based Management including programme management system i.e. ProDIGI. S/he supports programmes with implementation of PDB2, monitors data quality and analyses programme trends.  S/he supports the NPDM, other national programme advisors and programme management to develop quality assurance in the MA. As a member of the regional M&E network, s/he shares good practices and experiences with other MAs and contributes to the development of M&E in the region.

Key performance areas and main responsibilities

• Acts as an advisor to the national and programme management and staff on M&E, RBM, and QA
• Coordinates and supports national and programme management in the implementation of RBM in line with international policy support documents, and monitors progress
• Coordinates the development of national RBM and QA actions during annual planning
• Coordinates external and internal needs assessments, feasibility studies etc.
• Provides technical expertise to support the development of key programme planning documents i.e. concept note, results framework, activity schedule
• Provides technical expertise to national and programme staff in developing and applying monitoring plans and respective data collection tools
• Coordinates external evaluations and social impact studies 
• Supports programme management with and monitors implementation of PDB2 and digital programme management systems i.e. ProDIGI to ensure data quality
• Provides technical expertise to PD and HR in defining and monitoring programme KPIs
• Aggregates and analyses data and supports NPDM and advisors to derive trends for informed decision-making and strategic planning
• Supports the NPDM in the development of an internal Quality Assurance systematic approach, including standardized tools and processes (e.g. quality audit) in accordance with federation and national standards, policies and guidelines, and SOS RBM approach
• Supports IPD in the development of key RBM documents for IPD projects including ERPs 
• Provides capacity building on M&E to national and programme staff based on needs identified
• Collects, documents and distributes lessons learnt as well as identified challenges
• Facilitates internal and external knowledge sharing on M&E
• Participates in the regional M&E network
• Keeps updated on latest developments and research in the field of monitoring and evaluation, RBM and quality assurance

Child Safeguarding

• Responsible within own area of work to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to prevent and protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination.
• Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures.

Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA)

• Take appropriate actions to prevent and reduce the risk of SEA in areas of operation, including through awareness-raising, training, SEA risk assessments, child safeguarding and other measures;
• Take disciplinary action in response to proven misconduct, in line with relevant internal administrative policies and procedures.
• Take steps to identify and effectively mitigate against SEA in all programme activities