Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Salary: Local terms and conditions apply

Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon

Contract: 2 year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

About the role

We are looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer (MEL Officer) to help us strengthen and deliver programme monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting. You will work with the MEL team and contribute to developing and incorporating effective monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting into the design of Sightsavers’ programmes.

The MEL Officer will provide technical support to regional Country Office teams throughout the programme life cycle and will work collaboratively to strengthen data management, improve the quality and timeliness of reporting, and increase the utilisation of monitoring data in decision making.

Key duties will include:

• Assist with development of project proposals and contribute towards project design working closely with technical advisors and regional Country Office teams to develop Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) plans.
• Support setting up of new projects on Sightsavers’ systems (Programme Portal, Start-up and Inception kick off meetings).
• Proactively contribute to the development and strengthening of programme monitoring practice by assisting in writing guidance, creating tools and delivering workshops.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and country teams to ensure appropriate monitoring tools and systems are in place prior to project implementation and provide technical support to country teams on their monitoring practice over the project lifecycle.
• Undertake routine monitoring of projects analysing performance data, assist with analysis of qualitative and quantitative data as required, writing reports and providing recommendations.
• Triangulate project data with project reports from Country Offices, quality standards assessments and monitoring trip reports to identify gaps and actions for improvement.
• Support the collection, analysis, consolidation and dissemination of indicator baseline & endline data.
• Participate in internal quality standards assessments for Country Office project cycle management practice and support the completion of the action plans resulting from the assessment.

Skills and Experience

As the successful candidate you will possess working experience, or a degree/qualification, in a relevant field, e.g. international development, public health, social sciences. You will also have a background in project management and/or monitoring, evaluation, and learning, experience / understanding of monitoring frameworks, and have strong English and French communication skills.

Further requirements include;

Essential

• Understanding of the complexities of working in multiple countries, with diverse cultures.
• Commitment to Sightsavers’ values, working with marginalised groups, and inclusive development.
• Highly numerate and confident when working with quantitative data.
• Experience of analysing data and interpreting it for different audiences.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel.
• Understanding of the international development/not-for-profit sector and programme management challenges in a development context.
• Strong presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English and French.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Available to travel up to 12 weeks a year both locally and overseas; dependent on travel restrictions.

Desirable

• Experience of collecting and analysing qualitative data.
• Experience of developing Theories of Change.
• Experience using statistical packages, NVivo or Power BI.
• Familiarity with producing infographics to present information.
• Experience of working in disability inclusive programmes.
• Experience of using online or mobile survey and data collection tools.
• Good technical skills in design and implementation of monitoring frameworks, log frame development, and monitoring tools.
• Experience of working within a geographically disbursed team.

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description full details.

Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

Next Steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV (in English) via our recruitment portal and follow the application process, being sure to answer all questions. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

We anticipate that first stage interviews will take place during the week commencing 16 October and the evaluation process will include a task and 2 stage oral interviews.

Due to travel requirements within the team, shortlisting of applicants will be conducted during the end of the week commencing 9 October.

Closing date: 1 October 2023

As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work.

Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.