Job Description: Full-Time Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

Responsible: GFI’s Program Manager

Duration: One-year contract with possibility of extension

Compensation: Commensurate with Experience

Better Brick Nepal (BBN)

Better Brick — Nepal transforms the brick industry by eliminating child, forced, and bonded labor. We incentivize kilns to improve conditions for workers through access to better production techniques, stronger operations and the creation of a market for ethically produced bricks.  Better Brick Nepal is a Nepali NGO that works in collaboration with other NGOs partners in Nepal, progressive brick kilns, the Government of Nepal, Global Fairness Initiative and GoodWeave, and Humanity United. BBN aims to achieve its objective by utilizing a “tiered” system of engagement to differentiate levels of progress towards improving working conditions, as defined by the BBN Standards, BBN’s levels of engagement and investment on each kiln, and intensities of market facilitation and promotion for the kilns. BBN partner kilns will fall into three tiers - Participant Kilns, Member Kilns, and Certified Kilns. BBN currently operates the Better Brick Nepal program. 

The BBN program’s specific objectives are:

• Develop clear and transparent criteria that define the conditions each kiln is working towards (BBN Standards) and create a process to manage and assess progress against them
• Implement a multi-faceted intervention program to prepare and support kilns in sustainably improving working conditions on their kilns and ultimately help them become a viable enterprise that is certified as a Better Brick Kiln
• Create a market segmentation for “better bricks” and secure buyers interested in purchasing socially-responsibly produced bricks 
• Generate awareness around the challenges brick workers face among public consumers, policy makers, and decision makers to galvanize support for improving working conditions on brick kilns and creating a market preference for Better Bricks,  
• Implement a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy to segment the brick market and drive a set of policies and practices that incentivize the production of Better Bricks.
• Empower kilns and their workers through worker committees, compliance officers, trainings and technical assistance for better productions and the establishment of decent working conditions at brick kilns

Position Roles and Responsibilities:

The MEL Officer is primarily responsible for establishing and overseeing a functional monitoring, evaluation and learning system for BBN and other programs implemented by GFI Nepal.

Development of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Tools

• Assist in the planning and management of M&E plans, including defining data collection tools, log frames, results frameworks, and performance monitoring plans (PMP), among others
• Contribute to the development of a M&E plan that specifies baselines, output, outcome and impact indicators, annual targets, and data sources
• Develop and bolster M&E data collection and analysis systems to ensure that program interventions are effective
• Ensure the alignment of M&E activities with program goals
• Contribute to the development of annual work plans to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activity.
• Suggest strategies to Program Manager (PM)  and Country Director (CD) for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks
• Provide technical support on M&E and evidence-based recommendations
• Any other duties, as assigned 

Management of M&E Data and Reporting

• Manage data collection, data entry, and reporting responsibilities for M&E data
• Conduct field visits for data validation and to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets; coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data; capture and document lessons learned and champion the scaling up best practices
• Ensure that all reporting requirements, including monthly reports and PMP reporting, as outlined in program documents and proposals, are submitted on time from the field and provided to all relevant stakeholders, including GFI, in a timely manner
• Provide regular reporting on activities to the BBN leadership and submit written reports upon request
• Working closely with GFI/DC, strengthen availability and use of high quality data for decision making at all levels of the project
• Support program staff and senior management to in creation of relevant reports so that is data is used in decision making process
• Support the development, design and writing of proposals and concept notes for related programming information management and reporting
• Any other duties, as assigned 

Learning and Capacity Building

• Provide technical leadership and support to project and partner staff in planning and implementation M&E systems and activities, data-based program decision-making and results reporting
• Undertake capacity building of partner NGOs in data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting mechanisms
• Coordinate regularly with field staff to ensure M&E requirements are understood, completed, and submitted in a timely manner 
• Support the program team and partners in extracting lessons learnt and good practices, and documenting case studies demonstrating qualitative and quantitative changes.
• Any other duties, as assigned

Knowledge and Experience:

• 3- 4 years of relevant experience in monitoring evaluation and learning experience
• With experience in databases, MS Access and other analysis software such as SPSS
• Ability to work in challenging environment
• Proficient in report writing and documentation
• Bachelors or equivalent, in related field including M&E, research design, or development 
• A high level of personal integrity, efficiency, and ability to balance multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to work on Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation system and Theory of Change
• Fluency in English and Nepali

Applying Procedure:

 Interested applicants are required to submit a detailed cover letter, along with their updated CV, and three (3) references to [email protected]  Application deadline: 12 May 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further selection process. 

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