Reports To: Programs Manager
Working Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 5:30 pm

Objective/Purpose of the Position:

The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will serve as the main focal person for all monitoring and evaluation related activities for Street Child of Nepal projects. S/he will assist and report to the Programs Manager regarding the Monitoring and Evaluation of project activities implemented by the project. The M&E Manager’s responsibility will be to coordinate and support implementation of monitoring and evaluation of all the project activities to be conducted in accordance with the Results Framework of the Project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead development of and oversee the review of project level Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) plan and associated workplans for each component/activity (as reflected in the Results framework).
  
• Develop M&E tasks to be carried out by the team (e.g. the design of surveys, evaluations (mid-term and final evaluation), etc. using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods.
  
• Be responsible for sourcing data and information for specific M&E needs directly from other agencies (such as budgets, staff capacity and other internal data) particularly for indicators not requiring a survey.
  
• Support technical work such as reviewing M&E methods, carrying out training needs, designing M&E tools and advising M&E technical assistance.
  
• Oversee and participate in evaluations and assessments.
  
• Ensure quality control of M&E outputs (e.g. surveys etc.), including by contributing substantively to the design and field testing of the monitoring methodology, review, supervise design and implementation of the survey, participatory data collection methods and protocols, data verification techniques, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks conducted under this contract.
  
• Closely cooperate and coordinate with the Social and Communication Specialist for the design, quality, development and completion of all assessments, analytical reports, case studies, success stories.
  
• Review and provide advice related to log frames and indicators on proposals submitted by the partner.
  
• Ensure the incorporation of information on project level indicators into program level reports and provide recommendations.
  
• Develop and maintain an M&E database for the project and contribute to the maintenance of a database of projects.
  
• Maintain a detailed knowledge of all relevant issues impacting his/her field of Monitoring & Evaluation.
  
• Coordinate and cooperate with Social and Communication Specialist for promoting information sharing on all aspects related to project activities among stakeholders.
  
• Ensuring mentoring and training of project team to foster capacity building on M&E knowledge.
  
• Support monitoring and evaluation missions commissioned by the donors.
  
• Review monitoring and evaluation systems/mechanisms, processes and procedures of the project and forms and formats for project activities under its various components.
  
• Monitor project progress through field visit, offer feedback and keep regular communication with related field and centre level staff.
  
• Attend, participate and provide necessary inputs for preparation of and during project meeting, Workshops and trainings;
  
• Serve as focal point for providing M&E inputs on Implementation Progress Reports (IPRs).
  
• Prepare and submit M&E inputs as per the Results Framework to the consolidated trimester/annual project implementation progress reports meeting the deadlines as per the requirement of project and donors;
  
• Accomplish others tasks related for preparing, monitoring, evaluation and MIS as per the need of project assigned by Programs Manager.
  

Core Competencies:

• The M&E Specialist should possess excellent technical skills in socio-economic research and program and project performance assessment.
  
• Demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation of development project activities.
  
• Strong communication and facilitation skills and ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders in a sensitive environment. S/he must be able to respond quickly to requests for information
  
• S/he must demonstrate strong interpersonal and motivational skills and sensitivity to the local environment as well as the ability to work with minimal supervision.
  
• Excellent data analytical skills and interpretation. S/he must have ability to write clearly and concisely, and have sound quantitative skills (managing, analysing and interpreting data).
  
• Experienced on planning, monitoring and evaluation of community-based projects.
  
• Priority will be given to individuals having good computer knowledge on database software such as Microsoft Excel, SPSS, GIS etc.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Information Management, Social Science, Management or related field combined with extensive experience in similar responsible position in rural community is considered as equivalent.
  
• At least 7 years of work experience in a field related to education, livelihoods, out-of-school children, and planning or project management.
  
• At least 3 years of experience in M&E design and implementation at the project level.
  
• Previous successful involvement with, and good knowledge of CBOs, I/NGOs and civil society is desired.
  
• Willingness to undertake regular field visits in different conditions is required.
  
• Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), GIS and SPSS is a must.
  
• Experiences in creating and managing performance monitoring plans and leveraging performance monitoring data for improving ongoing project management are required.
  
• Knowledge in designing and field testing surveys and other data collection instruments is required.
  
• Contribute in indicator development, data collection and analysis, data quality assessments, and/or performance monitoring and reporting.
  
• Good knowledge of concepts and framework for monitoring and Evaluation and Result Measurement.
  
• Both written and spoken in English is essential.