Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Evidence generation
1. Actively co-lead the discussions between RAM and Programme and other relevant units on monitoring system building and maintenance, Theory of Change, evidence-based decision-making and other related strategic conversation.
2. Lead on the development of Line of Sight and Logframe for the Jordan Country Strategic Plan, in accordance with corporate guidelines and requirements, as well as ensure any required updates are made in a timely manner.
3. Based on RAM corporate requirements, field implementations and programmatic needs, provide technical follow-up on the finalization, implementation and regular update of monitoring plans for all programme activities.
4. In coordination with the RAM, Programme team, provide technical oversight on implementation of designed methodology for survey design and data analysis, to ensure rigorous implementation of process and outcome monitoring.
5. Provide support to oversee and ensure availability and the quality of the outcome, output indicators (including beneficiaries, tonnage, and cash) to measure the WFP Jordan Country Strategic Plan (CSP) progress and achievements, to enable better operational decision making.
6. Write regular and high-quality monitoring reports and contribute to other documents where relevant evidence from RAM activities is needed.
7. Ensure gender, equity, disability, protection, human rights, and other inclusion issues are mainstreamed in all M&E work as appropriate.
Learning and effective results communication
1. With the support of the Head of Unit and RAM officer, design solid monitoring studies to enable accountable impact monitoring and conduct advanced statistical analysis to illustrate the programme impact along the program cycle.
2. Communicate RAM analysis through various formats (reports, meetings, presentations, discussions, etc.) to facilitate effective communication with the management and enable regular learning and action-based follow-up from Programme, Field Support and other teams.
3. Support different evaluation exercises (design, data collection, analysis and report) to inform programme and Country Strategy Plan discussions and decision-making.
4. Regularly identify and document lessons learnt through the monitoring implementation cycle (from design to analysis) and propose improvement measurements to the monitoring processes.
5. Take initiative to work with other team members on constantly building the visualization capacity and enhancing the visualization of RAM analysis upon information needs of different audiences.
Capacity building and sustainability
1. Support the implementation of capacity-strengthening initiatives for RAM on process monitoring practices, procedures, and tools in alignment with WFP country office s strategic goals and objectives.
2. Identify capacity and practice gaps in monitoring for different activities and develop action plans to address them internally and externally.
3. Supervise the implementation of the data quality assurance plan for various monitoring activities to ensure the achievement of accountable results.
4. Supervise junior staff as needed
Perform other related duties as required.
Desired Candidate Profile
Education:
Advanced University degree in Performance Management, Statistics, Development Economics, International Relations, Performance Management or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience.
Experience:
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Knowledge & Skills:
Sound technical expertise in designing and implementing Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) systems for development programmes/projects, preferably in the field of food security, social protection, safety nets, early warning systems, or related.
Willingness to innovate and improve the work process in close collaboration with others.
Strong knowledge of monitoring concepts, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and tools employed along the project monitoring cycle.
Strong analytical and communication skills and proficiency in data analysis/statistical software, including excel SPSS, STATA or R.
Experience in successfully managing and leading a technical team.
Experience with impact evaluation/formative evaluation/process evaluation is asset.
Languages:
Fluency in both oral and written communication in English & Arabic.