Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

The overall purpose of the M&E Coordinator position is to coordinate all aspects of M&E related to projects, including consortiums, being implemented in NRC North West Office; consolidate reporting from different Core Competencies and contribute to the overall development of NRC Myanmar’s M&E capacity.

Duties and responsibilities

• Line management of M&E staff.
• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures.
• Support and contribute to the development and implementation of M&E systems, including M&E SOPs, guidance and tools.
• Participate in programme design and proposal discussions, including theory of change development, logframe design and budgeting for M&E.
• Support area-based programme and M&E staff in planning for and execution of M&E activities: —– – creation of methodologies and tools for monitoring, coordinating data collection, data management, analysis, reporting, and learning.
• Support the implementation, dissemination and use of evaluations, assessments and monitoring data in programme development, adjustment or review.
• Capacity building and training of programme and M&E staff on M&E technical and conceptual areas, transfer key skills.
• Contribute to the design of M&E staffing structure and resourcing, including collaboration with programme staff to identify and plan for M&E needs.
• Provide regular information to the Integrated Area Programme Manager and the ICLA CC Specialist
• Promote the rights of IDPs/refugees/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

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Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience in an international NGO preferably in an emergency or post-conflict setting, including M&E capacity and systems development.
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Thorough experience with and knowledge of principles and current approaches to monitoring and evaluation in relief and development programmes, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Understanding of data and information needs for programme management and decision making.
  Experience in facilitating the capacity building efforts of diverse colleagues, including local partner agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring and other formal and non-formal methods.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Analytic and computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)
• Experience using SPSS, STATA, Epi Info.
• Knowledge of the context in Myanmar is preferred but not mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of typical M&E activities (logframes, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, sampling, quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches, etc.);
• Strong knowledge of humanitarian and development M&E frameworks and standards;
• Knowledge of data collection software e.g., KoBo or ODK Collect;
• Knowledge of statistical software, e.g. SPSS is a plus
• Knowledge of GIS software e.g., ArcGIS or QGIS is a plus

Personal qualities

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

We can offer

An opportunity to make a difference and become part of a dedicated team of humanitarians.

Duration: 6 months (Possibility of extension based on funding)
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.

Grade 7 in the NRC grade structure Click here to view the NRC Grade Structure

Duty station: Sittwe, North West Myanmar Office