Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to post-crisis development, focusing on education, health, livelihoods, protection and water and sanitation.

Job Overview/Summary

The IRC is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager for the three-year, approximately $10-$25 million USAID-funded Let Girls Learn project. This project aims to build partnerships to lift up adolescent girls across Pakistan. The Let Girls Learn approach focuses on three pillars: 1) increasing access to quality education; 2) reducing barriers to success; and 3) empowering adolescent girls.

The M&E Manager will be responsible for overseeing the design and implementation of research, monitoring, and evaluation of the program in accordance with USAID regulations, IRC policies, and international standards for programming and research. The M&E Manager will provide technical and field oversight of all M&E activities and data analysis, including launching and supervising the baseline assessment, setting up an efficient program monitoring system, and overseeing any action research. The M&E Manager will provide direct technical supervision to national M&E staff. This Manager will also play a critical role in strengthening the skills of national staff to monitor program implementation as well as manage qualitative and quantitative data collection effectively.

This position is contingent on the IRC being awarded funding and is anticipated to begin in January 2017.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that monitoring systems meet USAID and IRC requirements and that collected data are used to update and improve technical standards continuously. 
• Lead the development of the program’s M&E plan and any required tools and methodologies for the monitoring of program activities, in collaboration with the technical advisors. 
• Design and lead program rapid assessments, baseline and endline surveys, and other assessments to inform program design. 
• Ensure timely collection and compilation of the data required for reporting on project progress and PMP indicators. 
• Directly supervise national M&E staff and strengthen their skills as well as the skills of national project staff in qualitative and quantitative M&E tools. 
• Ensure proper recordkeeping and efficient filing of all M&E records including filled data collection tools, reports, evidences of the reported progress, official correspondence etc. 
• Draft period donor reports (i.e. monthly, quarterly and annually including reports on PMP indicators). 
• Work closely with the IRC’s research, evaluation and learning unit and other technical advisors and in-country program staff on monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems and analyze the data it generates to inform project management, technical programming, and development of best practices and applied research.
• Conduct frequent field visits to program sites to monitor activities and engage local stakeholders.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, analytical and organizational skills; and the ability to assess priorities quickly and manage a variety of activities effectively at a time while paying appropriate attention to detail.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with donor, project stakeholders, in-country collaborators and staff at all levels of the organization.
• Understanding of USAID project management and program implementation requirements.
• Ability to work independently, organize work, meet deadlines, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Strong MS Office skills, including Word and Excel.

Required Skills:

·         Extensive experience working in and supporting M&E systems including use of various tools and technologies/databases. 

·         Significant experience in research design for field-based action research, including methodology, data collection, analysis, and ethics. 

·         Strong data management skills and familiarity with Excel, SPSS, Stata or other statistical analysis software required.

·         Previous experience working on education or similar projects.

·         Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring.

·         Experience in the area of quality control and timeliness of deliverables, work plans, quarterly reports, and other USAID reporting deliverables.

Experience/Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in statistics, public health, international development or related degree (Diploma/Certificate in M&E, statistics or social sciences preferred).
•  Minimum five years demonstrable overseas experience in program design, monitoring and evaluation in a development setting.
•  Experience managing M&E systems and protocols for a USAID-funded program.
• Experience implementing in the region required; experience in Pakistan preferred.
• Fluency in English is required.