Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Manager (Central & Eastern Europe)

Background

The Norwegian Refugee Council has been present in Ukraine since 2014, helping more than hundreds of thousands of people with food, shelter, water, sanitation, and legal assistance. Following the escalation of the conflict on 24 February 2022, NRC is scaling up humanitarian assistance inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries to provide aid to tens of thousands of people forced to flee, and others affected by the conflict. NRC has launched a humanitarian response plan for the next six months to support 800,000 people inside Ukraine and neighbouring countries. NRC are responding, largely with local partners, through an integrated approach combining our sectoral areas of expertise such as education, protection, legal aid (ICLA) and shelter. NRC is operational in Ukraine and has set up country operations in Poland, Romania and Moldova, and are exploring responses in other countries subject to regional context developments. To support the regional response in the best way, NRC has established the Central and Eastern Europe Regional Office (CEERO), which will be based in Warsaw, Poland. This will ensure a centralised structure in proximity to the crisis and will provide coordinated support, management, advice and oversight to the country operations.

About the role

The purpose of the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Manager position is to assume the overall responsibility for the implementation of the Global M&E Framework, policy, guidelines and technical developments in the region. The M&E Manager should lead the strategic direction and quality assurance of M&E in the region. This includes providing technical support and capacity building for M&E systems across the RO as well as ensuring use of M&E data for regional strategic and programmatic decisions.

Generic responsibilities

1. Develop monitoring and evaluation strategy across the region aligned with global M&E framework, policy, strategy, procedures and priorities (RO M&E strategy and SOP, including M&E in the strategy, resources, staffing, capacity building and data use).
2. Responsible for leading and facilitating the roll out and use of global M&E developments across the region and at the CO level (communication, co-ordination, training, technical support and follow up).
3. Technical line management of M&E Managers at Country Offices and technical role in recruitment of most senior M&E staff in COs (managers or coordinators) and M&E deployments in the region.
4. Responsible for planning and coordinating processes relating to M&E within the regional office, including evaluation, research and learning planning processes and GORS reporting.
5. Ensuring processes and systems for the use of M&E data through routine learning moments are institutionalised across the RO, with systems in place for interpreting and using M&E data. Directly provide analysis on regional level data for the regional programme management team for use in strategic learning moments and regional programme strategy.
6. Provide technical support to programme staff in order to strengthen M&E processes and quality at the CO level, including M&E SOPs, evaluation planning and management, results measurement and data collection methodology and data use to ensure M&E systems meet or exceed NRC minimum standards.
7. Strategic input to CO M&E strategies, including through carrying out M&E compliance checks in collaboration with the global M&E team and ensuring that these are used to develop CO M&E strategies, priorities and resourcing for M&E
8. Developing/providing technical support for regional level M&E activities including regional level grants/ pilots/ programmes evaluations and research aligned with global, regional and country learning priorities.
9. Roll out NRC’s M&E capacity building strategy across the region to relevant staff and developing and providing tailored training on M&E when required.
10. Contribute to global M&E strategy, policy and development priorities through representing CO M&E priorities in relevant global discussions and capturing and sharing innovation in M&E as well as leading on agreed global developments, with technical supervision from the global team.

Further details and Job Description can be downloaded here

Skills & Experience

• Five to seven years of work experience at a senior level in monitoring and evaluation
• Advanced degree in economics, research methods, social sciences or a related field
• Experience of evaluation or research methods – qualitative and quantitative data analysis and tools
• Advanced analytical skills (complex research, systems development and evaluations)
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented/proven results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of the context in Central and Eastern Europe
• Knowledge of conducing M&E working with/through partners a particular asset
• Experience of working in humanitarian settings and emergency contexts; in Central and Eastern Europe – will be an asset
• Experience with start-ups and emergencies
• Command of Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian/Moldavian will be an asset

The applicants passport and/or ability to obtain a Schengen visa immediately will be requirement for the positions.

What We Offer

• Duty Station: Warsaw (Poland), 30% across the region travel
• Contract:12 month contract
• NRC’s Salary Scale: NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package
• Start date: Immediately

We also encourage you to share this widely with your other colleagues in the humanitarian sector.

We shall be collecting applications on a rolling basis and if your profile fits our immediate need then a recruiter will reach out to you.

NRC is very grateful to those who have responded thus far and continue to heed to our calls for support. This is going a long way in addressing the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns currently affecting the people of Ukraine.

Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. Due to large response, NRC will not provide feedback to those candidates who do not meet criteria and/or not follow the application process.