Title: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Lead

Reports to: Chief of Party

Level: Experienced

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The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is a global humanitarian organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that demonstrates God’s love and compassion. ADRA works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action.

The successful candidate must understand, respect and honor the mission, purpose and identity of ADRA.

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SUMMARY

ADRA International is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Lead for an anticipated USAID–funded Feed the Future activity in Sudan. The activity aims to improve food security, increase the income of smallholder farmers, and support broader economic growth by increasing agriculture and livestock productivity; enhancing efficiency of productive resources (land, water); and introducing modern production practices. The activity will also ensure farmers have access to quality inputs, technologies, information, credit, and financial services, and that they meet market quality standards. ADRA has implemented humanitarian and development activities in Sudan for 40 years with funding for major international donors, including USAID. As M&E Lead, your knowledge and experience will provide technical expertise and leadership to generate and analyze quality evidence and data through monitoring, assessments, and evaluations. The M&E Lead will have overall management responsibility to oversee M&E activities including but not limited to M&E staff, coordinate and supervise monitoring and evaluation activities and ensure the success of the activity.

This position is contingent upon receipt of funding and requires donor approval.

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PRE-REQUISITES

Required

• Advanced degree (master’s or higher) in a quantitative field, (economics, agricultural/development economics, statistics, biostatistics, nutrition, applied sociology or other relevant subject) with significant training in quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in leading the M&E of multi-year development or resilience awards.
• Experience in using and designing electronic data collection platforms including kobo tool, ODK etc.
• Well experienced in designing, developing, and conducting data quality assessments according to USAID data quality assessment requirements, data management and data visualization; including proficiency in database development/management, SPSS, Stata, Access, and skills in analyzing, interpreting and communicating information to various stakeholders including USAID and ADRA International.
• Demonstrated experience building or strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems, conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, designing survey methodology, and promoting evidence-based program management.
• Demonstrated experience in leading the M&E of a large multi-year development award; knowledge about TOCs, logic models, food and nutrition security indicators, M&E plans, data quality assurance, data utilization, and gender & youth integration into M&E.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and operationalizing a comprehensive M&E plan.
• Well versed with the USAID reporting requirements and ability to quality progress and evaluation reports.
• Demonstrated ability to network and engage with necessary stakeholders.
• Knowledge and familiarity with USAID funding including M&E requirements.
• Knowledge and familiarity of working with Sudan context is a plus
• Written and spoken command of English. Arabic language is strongly preferred.

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BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

• Leading and Supervising – Provides others with a clear direction, motivates and empowers others; recruits staff of high caliber; provides staff with development opportunities and coaching; sets appropriate standards of behavior, gives regular feedback.
• Relating and Networking – Establishes good relationships with individuals both internally and externally; relates well to people at all levels; builds wide and effective networks of contacts; uses humor appropriately to bring warmth to relationships with others.
• Creating and Innovating – Produces new ideas, approaches, or insights; creates innovative products or designs; produces a range of solutions to problems.
• Planning and Organizing – Sets clearly defined objectives; plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; identifies and organizes resources needed to accomplish tasks; manages time effectively; monitors performance against deadlines and milestones.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lead the M&E component and strategies for the activity.
2. Lead and design, implementation and revise the activity’s TOC and Logical Framework.
3. Identify performance indicators including USAID-required and required if applicable indicators and tools to inform USAID, activity leadership and ADRA International about the progress towards the program objectives and encourage management to integrate them into the activity design.
4. Develop report templates and formats as well as the schedule for reporting.
5. Lead and provide guidance in designing mixed methods measurements such as baselines and evaluations and effectively promote evidence-based program management.
6. Provide technical expertise and provide input to senior leadership for activity adaptation based on key learnings.
7. Provide guidance on designing studies and develop instruments to ensure quality of data collected, processed and analyzed.
8. Provide strategic feedback, analysis and interpretation of data and information throughout the program startup and implementation processes.
9. Lead the development of M&E plans, frameworks, indicators, and develop tools and processes.
10. Support and lead assessments, surveys, case studies and other impact assessments.
11. Provide technical support and training to the activity team on sound M&E procedures and practices and support them in the implementation of assessments, diversity analysis, stakeholder analysis, organizational capacity assessments and other program data collection and analysis.
12. Ensure the consistency of indicators and tools across all partners, sector and programs as appropriate, maintaining a bank of key program indicators.
13. Lead the development of quantitative and qualitative surveys including designing the survey SOWs.
14. Leverage lessons learned, best practices, program data, evaluations and other information to communication pieces, proposal annexes, results-based documentation, etc.
15. Lead and develop activity reports including quarterly semiannual and annual reports and activity survey monitoring reports such as annual survey reports.
16. Lead and design activity annual surveys and activity annual reviews.
17. Perform other duties as assigned.

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TRAVEL

Up to 50% domestic and international travel required. Must have the ability to travel at short notice if necessary. Travel within Sudan dependent upon security conditions.

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MENTAL/EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to work in a fast-paced and customer service-oriented environment; to perform duties under pressure and meet deadlines in a timely manner; to work as part of a team as well as to complete assignments independently; to take instructions from supervisors; to exercise problem-solving skills; and to interact with co-workers, supervisors, network employees, donors and the public in a professional and pleasant manner.

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