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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager

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    negotiable
  • Job type:
    Full Time
  • Posted:
    4 years ago
  • Category:
    Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Deadline:
    March 7, 2020

18th Street & Warner Avenue, Monrovia
LIBERIA ACCOUNTABILITY AND VOICE INITIATIVE (LAVI)
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager
1. PROJECT BACKGROUND: The Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (LAVI) is a five-year, USAIDfunded project to strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships to advocate for and monitor policy and
accountability reforms. It aims to increase the influence of citizens and media in the governance of
public goods and services, as well as to create more effective, accountable, and inclusive governance in
Liberia. Under LAVI, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team is responsible for the
technical implementation of the Project’s Component 4. The MEL team also has full responsibility for
the monitoring and verification of all the activities implemented by Components 1 to 3 of the project,
and project reporting.
2. LOCATION: Monrovia, Liberia
3. ASSIGNMENT DURATION: One year with possibilities of extension
4. REPORTING AND SUPERVISION: Reports to the MEL Director
5. OBJECTIVE: The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager will support the monitoring,
evaluation, and learning activities and data quality assurance for LAVI under the supervision of the MEL
Director. The MEL Manager will also work on the Project’s learning component – implementing internal
and external LAVI learning activities that generate, capture, and share advocacy best-practices and
information.
6. TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES- M&E:
 Support the MEL Director to undertake periodic reviews of the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation
Plan (AMEP) and ensure performance indicator data are up-to-date, and M&E procedures are
responsive to the project activities.
 Work closely with all technical teams, and supervise ongoing M&E data collection in compliance
with the LAVI Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (AMEP) and USAID requirements, in a
timely manner.
 Write draft reports to support the MEL Director to deliver progress reports on a weekly,
monthly, quarterly, annual, and on ad-hoc basis.
 Conduct regular data quality assessments under the direction of the MEL Director ensuring
compliance with AMEP requirements, adequate documentation of all MEL data, and remediation
of any deficiencies.
 Work with partners and teams to review and monitor project-based M&E plans to track results
or fill identified gaps in current M&E plans and outputs.
 Provide MEL technical support and training to project partners and staff to improve data collection
and reporting.
 Manage, train, and coach Field Based Monitoring Consultants (FBMCs) to ensure they assist
grantees to collect project data using standardized data collection tools, carry out project quality
monitoring visits, submit weekly reports, assist in collecting success stories from identified sample
of trainees/beneficiaries, and provide logistical support to LAVI in the Counties.
 Ensure knowledge management processes for the effectiveness and efficiency of LAVI information
system for capturing, processing and classifying information is well maintained.
 Always consult with the MEL Director, and ensure that standardized tools and templates to
promote knowledge management are in existence, implemented, and maintained.
 Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisor.
18th Street & Warner Avenue, Monrovia
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES – Learning
 Support the MEL Director in capturing, saving, and sharing programmatic lessons-learned.
 Provide technical assistance to LAVI’s Learning Partners on the design and implementation of
learning activities
 Take a proactive role and draft learning reports that capture lessons learned from LAVI’s work in
order to inform the work of the partners and the project.
 Coordinate with LAVI staff and partners to implement learning events and support the capture
and dissemination of knowledge and lessons learned within the project and among project
partners, and help build lessons learned into project activities.
 Develop and facilitate LAVI staff learning and knowledge sharing activities to enhance
collaboration.
7. REPORTING AND SUPERVISION:
 Reports to the MEL Director
 Supervises the MEL Officer and LAVI Field Based Monitoring Consultants (FBMCs)
8. QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES
 Seven years of experience in monitoring and evaluation
 Experience conducting knowledge management and dissemination activities on similar programs,
preferably USAID-funded
 Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation capabilities in methodologies appropriate to complex
change processes and capacity development
 Demonstrated experience with data quality assessments
 Experience training local partners and staff in ME&L initiatives
 Familiarity with knowledge management and learning best practices
 Master’s degree is preferred, and Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
 Good working knowledge of English and fluency in written and spoken.
HOW TO APPLY: If you are interested, please send the following to LAVI by no later than February 7, 2020
to email address LAVIrecruitment@dai.com.Or apply through the system below
 Detailed CV – outlining all previous professional experiences.
 A cover letter that explains (1) why you are interested in the LAVI program and the role of
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager, and (2) why you are best suited for this role.
 Name of three professional references.
USAID LAVI values diversity and inclusion and strongly encourages women and persons from
marginalized groups to apply

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