Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (Maternity cover)

• Job Title: Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
• Location: London (with some international travel)
• Contract: Maternity Cover – 8 to 9 months (25th of July 2022 – Apr 2023)
• Reporting to: Director of Research and Innovation
• Salary: £51,727.26 gross per annum
• Closing: 27 June 2022 09:00 UK time

Responsible for: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor; Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer; supervision of Department MEL leads X 3; occasional consultants and volunteers.

Specific responsibilities and tasks

1. Organisation-wide MEL strategies and leadership

• Support teams to implement recommendations from the 2022 mid-term review of our Strategic Plan.
• Use Outcome Harvesting data to review progress against our organisational Theory of Change and Results Framework.
• Foster a culture of organisational learning by using various internal platforms to share our evidence to support communications, programme improvement and adaptation and innovation.
• Facilitate cross-organisational learning spaces to share evidence of what works and what doesn’t in our peace practice.
• Support the development of systems to link evidence from CR peace practice to thematic learning, research, innovation and advocacy, working with the Director of Research and Innovation.
• Support the Communications and Fundraising team to communicate the impact of our work, including through reports to strategic donors.
• Supervise the use of our online system for MEL and Outcome Harvesting in Podio, working closely with Department MEL leads and the Fundraising Team.
• Working with the Gender team to integrate gender into the Outcome Harvesting process and MEL data.
• Set the objectives and guide the work of the MEL team (full time MEL Adviser and MEL Officer) and supervise the MEL work of three Department officers.
• Develop and manage an annual budget for specific MEL activities and monitor expenditure.

2. Outcome Harvesting

• Lead on the application of Outcome Harvesting, ensuring it is used consistently, is providing robust data, and meets organisational standards, vision and values:
• Continue to develop and improve our Outcome Harvesting approach
• Develop and maintain organisational guidelines
• Oversee the quality of implementation of the methodology
• Lead on the delivery of annual Outcome Harvesting Analysis workshops
• Document and analyse Outcome Harvesting results
• Support integration of findings into programmatic work, donor reporting and communications
• Support use of findings for external evaluations
• Share key lessons learned internally

Essential Knowledge, skills and experience

• Thorough knowledge of complexity aware approaches and methodologies for MEL at strategic, organisational and project level.
• Understanding of gender-sensitive approaches to monitoring and evaluation and the challenges of practical implementation.
• Track record of providing professional advice to strategic or cross-organisational MEL processes.
• Track record of working with staff and local partners to provide professional advice and guidance to embed robust MEL practices into programming practice.
• Experience of different measurement and evaluation frameworks and techniques, such as the logical framework approach, theories of change and organisational learning, and participatory techniques.
• Experience or good knowledge of using Outcome Harvesting to measure programming, and of supporting practitioners to use the evidence of Outcome Harvesting results.
• Experience in delivering training and capacity building support and facilitating meetings and events.
• Experience of managing staff, and the ability to work as part of a team as well as independently, and to work collaboratively with a flexible approach.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, and the ability to communicate complex information and arguments clearly and accurately.
• Capacity to listen actively to people from varying backgrounds, and a range of political, cultural, and value orientations.
• Good political judgement, including an appreciation of how to handle sensitive and confidential issues.
• Good IT skills. Including to manage online workshops and database and analysis software such as Zoho Analytics, Microsoft PowerBi and Podio.

Desirable Knowledge, skills and experience

• Knowledge of MEL challenges for peacebuilding.
• A post-graduate qualification or equivalent through experience in a relevant subject area (an advantage).