Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Coordinator

The opportunity

• Support effective utilization of PMERL, MS Dynamics 365/SAP through regular review to ensure integrity of data for program and influencing initiatives.
• Support development of specific project databases and modifications database and software solutions for data collection, data capture and analysis.
• Ensure that research into MERL best practices is conducted and incorporated into developing new or improved MERL systems/tools. This will involve close collaboration with the Communications unit in conducting research on documenting best practices and success stories for lessons learnt.
• Support quantitative and qualitative analysis and review of the data collected across projects, organizing it into reports for different purposes and different audiences. The analysis needs to be gender sensitive and inclusive.
• Regularly track projects’ progress and update the projects’ Indicator Performance Trackers to support the projects’ reporting obligations to different stakeholders.
• Contribute to the quarterly and annual reporting requirements by providing timely and quality data to the MERL Manager.
• Contribute to the deployment of appropriate, gender sensitive and inclusive community feedback mechanisms, ensuring processes are in place for timely and adequate analysis and response.
• Support planning, design and coordination of project evaluations and research initiatives to ensure delivery of quality initiatives including implementation of the sampling methodology and data collection for evaluation and research initiatives.
• Conduct routine monitoring field visits of all the project activities to establish learning and development needs, using data collected to inform the learning and development of MERL interventions contributing to the knowledge and application of MERL best practices.