Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator

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Job Title :                                               Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator

Organizational Unit:                             Cordaid Rwanda Office 

Job's Aim: 

Is responsible for tracking the performance, measuring the results, reporting the progress and communicating the impact of projects. The projects portfolio includes Transformation of Eastern Province Through Adaptation (TREPA); 6-year project currently in its 3rd year with a total budget 2.4 million Euros, Rabobank Foundation funded project with a total budget of 250,000 Euros and the Congo Nile Divide project with an expected budget of 3.5 million Euros recently acquired.

Job Specification: 

Reporting to the Climate Resilience Program Manager and with the functional oversight of MEL advisor, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator is responsible for implementing the MEL activities in the climate resilience program portfolio. The position therefore works closely with the individual projects’ teams under the Climate Resilience portfolio, and coordinates with consortium partners where relevant.

Aim of the Organisational Unit:  Is  responsible for the realisation of climate resilience portfolio targets. 

Job Grade:  Rwanda salary scale, Grade VIII Coordinator

Supervisor:   Program Manager Climate Resilience 

Supervises:  None 

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Results and Competences 

Monitoring & Evaluation  

• Works with Program Manager, Projects Coordinators and MEL advisor in designing, developing, updating and implementing comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) frameworks for the projects under the Climate Resilience portfolio, including indicators, data collection tools, and reporting mechanisms, aligned with project objectives, donor requirements and Cordaid internal MEL frameworks and guidelines.
• Regularly tracks the project deliverables progress and ensures they are filed in the repository, and updates MEL advisor accordingly.
• Implements and maintains the project database system, ensuring data is up-to-date, and supports the team in tracking work plan implementation against targets using the database.
• Conducts field visits and interviews to gather qualitative and quantitative data from project participants, stakeholders, and beneficiaries as needed.
• In collaboration with the project teams, ensures key performance indicators, achievements, human interest stories and lessons learned are included in the project progress reports and available for wider learning and knowledge sharing across the Climate Resilience portfolio, as well as within Cordaid Rwanda and ESA.
• In close coordination and consultation, establishes data quality assurance procedures to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and completeness of collected data, and conducts regular data quality audits to ensure quality control measures are in place and observed.
• Provides technical support for the collection of qualitative and quantitative research data conducted by the Consultants.
• In close collaboration with Communication advisors both at the region and global level, documents and shares project outcomes through success stories, conference, presentations, blogs, and learning briefs to inform workforce policy and practice.

Learning

• Organizes and leads learning sessions, workshops, and events to share insights and foster a culture of continuous improvement within the Climate Resilience portfolio.
• Works closely with project teams to capture, document, and disseminate best practices and lessons learned.
• Elaborates learning methodologies, facilitating reflection sessions, and ensuring that programs are continuously improved based on evidence and feedback.

Reporting

• Develops and delivers comprehensive M&E reports on project interventions to donors, partners, and stakeholders, ensuring they meet high-quality standards.
• Establishes and manages databases to organize program data, findings, and learning resources.
• Ensures the timely and precise documentation of program activities, outcomes, and key lessons learned.

Communication

• Manages the organization’s social media communications.Acts as the Focal Person responsible for Communication. 
• Regularly meets with projects’ participants to conduct interviews for human interest stories.

Compliance

Complies with Cordaid’s policies and procedures in MEL. Informs and supports other staff on the necessary procedures and systems to comply with the MEL policy. 

Representation

Represents Cordaid in meetings with MEL officers from different stakeholders, such as Ministries or other partners.   

Integrity  

Adheres to the Code of Conduct and integrity policies, reports concern and follows regular integrity trainings, this is a medium risk position.  

Requirements

Education / Experience Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (such as economics, international development, social or/and behavior sciences, statistics, informatics or other related field).
  Certification in a MEL-related area would be an asset.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluating and learning. Preferably in the context of financial inclusion in the agriculture sector

• Proficiency in M&E methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis techniques.

• Proficiency in digital data collection tools such as CommCare and data analysis software such as PowerBi and Excel.
• Familiarity with international non-governmental organizations and donor funded projects
• Demonstrated experience in preparation of reports, brief, factsheets,
• Demonstrate experience in collection human interest in collection human interest stories and writing skills.  
• Ability to set priorities, juggle tasks and meet tight deadlines with prioritization, paying attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to communicate continuously with different project stakeholders, a taste for human relations is required. Creativity, curiosity, organization, flexibility, pragmatism and the ability to work with a variety of people are among the skills required for communications
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, effective team member, analytical and coordination skills. 
• Demonstrated competence in working with stakeholders.
• Excellent English reading, writing and speaking skills, and Kinyarwanda speaking and reading skills

Others/Extra Details

Cordaid is fully committed to provide a safe and welcoming workplace to its employees, and to maintain respect and dignity of everyone that comes into contact with Cordaid. Therefore, Cordaid participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. For more information about Cordaid’s work on integrity https://www.cordaid.org/en/who–we–are/integrity–and–code–of–conduct/.

Applications including a motivation letter and extensive CV in English, should be submitted online;  

https://cordaid.hrmagic.co/careers/job?id=OTgy   by 11th October 2024.