Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

The solutions to poverty lie within people. Help us unleash them

Location: flexible within Horn & East Africa

Competitive salary and benefits package

Closing date: June 13th 2012

VSO works through its volunteers and partners to fight poverty around the world. Through our volunteers and partners, we harness the talents, enthusiasm and skills of ordinary people to bring about lasting change. It is an exciting time for VSO as we have an ambitious global strategy People First.

Underpinning our strategy is a commitment to employing robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices to demonstrate our development impact and accountability.

Over the last year we have implemented a new global M&E Framework and developed the tools to help us grow a body of evidence about the impact we make; and we have put in place a strategic commitment to prioritise M&E work globally. We now need people with the talent to lead in bringing the M&E framework into life.

The job

As the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, you’ll be driving the development of our M&E framework and specific M&E initiatives across our country and regional programmes in the Horn and East Africa Region.

In addition to leading on specific M&E initiatives, you will also help to build the capacity of our country and regional offices by providing technical assistance, advice and training.

While technical skills are important, such as managing large amounts of data and experience in leading and designing quantitative and qualitative evaluations, this role carries broader responsibilities as the focal point for M&E in the region and it will be crucial that you can prioritise and balance needs of a wide range of stakeholders as well as build effective relationships.

This role is part of a global M&E team that is spread across Africa, Asia and supported from the UK.

While your focus will be on building evidence about our impact in the Horn and East Africa region, we also expect you to contribute at all levels, bringing your skills and expertise to work with colleagues in other regions and to shape VSO’s global M&E approach. This role will involve regional and international travel on occasions.

You

You will have a solid background in M&E and experience, ideally gained in working in a development context.

Accompanying your technical skills in qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluation, you will be effective in managing complex data and data collation processes.

What is more important however is your ability to communicate your analysis and M&E concepts clearly and simply.

You will be an approachable expert who can quickly translate M&E jargon into ordinary English and deliver on projects with a pragmatic and practical approach.

We’ve been working through volunteers to fight poverty for more than 50 years. In fact, we’re the leading organisation in the field.

We work in almost 50 countries and we’re constantly exploring new ways to use the time, energy and skills of people to make a difference.

Even if you know us, it’s worth checking out our website – we might not be the organisation you think we are.

Ready to apply?

Please submit a CV and a cover letter to HR at recruitment@vsoint.org.

Please quote the job title on the subject line.

The cover letter should detail the reasons you believe you are most suitable for the role and outline your current salary, benefits package and your salary expectations.

Please include telephone and email contact and details of two referees (one of whom should be your current or most recent employer).

VSO is an equal opportunity employer, values inclusion and seeks to have a diverse workforce.

We welcome applicants from the region of Horn and East Africa.

Due to anticipated interest in this post, only short-listed candidates will receive a response.