Manager – Monitoring, Evaluation & Research

Green Hill Rangamati

 

Green Hill Rangamati

Follow

Summary

• Vacancy: —
• Location: Cox’s Bazar
• Salary: Tk. 100000 – 130000 (Monthly)
• Experience: At least 5 years
• Published: 8 Jun 2024

 

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Medical/Public Health/Research/Statistics and relevant field.

Experience

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
  NGO

Additional Requirements

• At least five years of experience in implementing monitoring and evaluation systems as well as designing and maintaining a database.
• Proven experience in research projects.
• Experience in managing and executing M&E activities for donor-funded projects, including experience in developing M&E capacity among staff and partners.
• Experience utilizing and managing database and information management software.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• Experience coordinating with governments, ministries and/or local CSOs, as well as local communities, for the design and implementation of surveys and other data collection techniques.
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Access).
• Prefer proficiency in Statistical Software (SPSS and/or STATA and/or Epi Info).
• Fluent communication skills in both writing and speaking English.
• Proven good report writing skills, ability to present monitoring data and survey finding clearly.
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently as well as being part of a team.
• Able to cope up under stressful conditions.
• Ability to quickly develop a strong understanding of the local cultural and political context.
• Able to motivate others and work successfully within these contexts.
• Good communication skill and ability to present findings, learning and best practices internally and externally.

Responsibilities & Context

Department: Programs

Travel: 40% Travel to field

Reports to: CXB Project Director

Reporting to this position: M & E Officers and Research Coordinator

Community Partners International (CPI) is a U.S. based nonprofit organization that works with local partner organization Green Hill to expand access to quality health services and generate the resources, local capacity & coordination necessary for partners and the people to meet their own health & community needs.

Context analysis / Strategy / Development: Manager – Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MME&R) will participate in the development and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, research and knowledge/information management on the mission based on the identified program needs in the country, and in line with GH-CPI’s program intervention framework. In coordination with all relevant stakeholders, MME&R will analyze strengths and weaknesses of the program and lead the way forward under guidance of the Senior Management Team.

Program quality: MME&R will monitor the program quality and provide immediate feedback to the program teams to ensure programmatic compliances.

Representation/ Coordination: MME&R will ensure GH-CPI’s external representation for the appropriate platforms, partners, donors, national authorities and local actors as needed and will contribute to the good information sharing.

Human Resources/ Training: MME&R will provide technical support to the M&E and Research teams as well as partners in particular to the M&E and research aspects. Provide support for the recruitment of technical staff for M&E & research team. Working under the guidance of the CXB Project Director, MME&R will identify key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and gaps within M&E and research departments.

Logistics and Administration: MME&R will ensure the M&E and research teams follow logistic and administrative procedures and keep the logistic and administrative departments informed of any relevant developments.

Security: MME&R will contribute to the compliance with security rules on the mission and share all information related to security with the line manager. MME&R will develop security reporting avenues for M&E and research teams.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Steer & lead overall functions/ operation of the program monitoring, evaluation and research dept. of the organization in light of the GH-CPI’s strategic direction & vision.
• Provide strategic, analytical and result-oriented inputs to the management for taking timely decisions in terms of organizational development, enterprise risk management, operational strategy setting, improve program quality as well as standardization process throughout the organization.
• Facilitate the required coordination and lead the process for reviewing and updating the project-specific indicators and GH-CPl’s core program indicators, monitoring & evaluation frameworks and plans periodically relevant to National, donor’s and GH-CPI strategies together with the respective program team members.
• Develop, update and implement monitoring and evaluation strategies for existing and new programs.
• Accumulate the learning from different functions/programs, compile and share across the organization and partners to contribute in organizational information/knowledge management.
• Strengthen health information system in terms of consuming information and communications technology and lead the way forward to health Strategies in line with National strategies for both GH-CPI and partners.
• Provide technical support to ensure quality documentation and analysis throughout the organization and partners.
• Development & maintaining of dashboards and high-level strategies on showcasing achievements/ outcomes and programs.
• Facilitate the process of designing and implementation of GH-CPI monitoring and evaluation system, policy tools, and processes.
• Oversee data quality management and ensure data source, data collection, analysis and provision of required inputs to all project focal and responsible for timely report to respective projects.
• Provide close mentoring to M&E team members for long run progress and coach the capabilities of human resources to optimize productivity, maximize team spirit and momentum to reach organization’s expected goal.
• Lead and manage the overall process for preparation of documents for ethical review, including research proposal, data collection method and tools, identify appropriate participants, informed consent forms, conduct interviews, prepare transcripts and drafting reports as necessary.
• Monitor progress of research activities; develop and maintain research documents and record activities, prepare ad hoc reports as required by organization, donor and/or regulatory bodies.
• Provide guidance, technical support, coaching and mentoring to research coordinator and research officer and team for capacity building.
• Provide required guidance and technical support to the partners in the area of monitoring, evaluation and research including capacity building.

Regular Responsibilities:

M&E System Performance

• Plan and conduct regular monitoring visits with team members and perform training or routing Data Quality Assessment (RDQA).
• Develop and update training curricula and handbooks, conduct training on such topics as presenting indicators, designing quality data collection and monitoring tools, standardizing information systems, creating parameter queries, etc.
• Supervise team members on documentation and implementation of M&E activities which are in line with training curricula, practices and donor agreement, providing recommendations for changes as needed that are taken into account of the local context and mainstream emerging successful practices.
• Facilitate designing and implementation of all kinds of evaluations and assessments as per the program needs.
• Review/clearance of technical reports from GH-CPl’s teams, and provide feedback to team members to be able to deal with partners focusing on data quality and M&E performance.
• Provide necessary assistance on utilizing electronic databases and manipulating database objects for accurate data collection, analysis, report and dissemination among stakeholders.
• Regular monitoring visit to partner organizations and provide technical assistance to strengthen partners’ M&E system according to their requirements.
• Ensure accurate and timely notification to senior management team members for technically sound decision making.
• Conduct any other M&E tasks as necessary.

Research:

• Ensures smooth and efficient day-to-day operations of research and data collection activities;
• Facilitate required training for the research team as per the research protocol.
• Support advocacy initiative with stakeholders at different levels as well as facilitate coordination for the research projects.
• Support research coordinator, research officer and team for implementing research projects as well as in identifying appropriate content, developing messages and disseminating content for awareness raising programs/events/activities as per the program needs.
• Strengthen and sustain good relationships and coordination with relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate with other members of the program team and other related stakeholders to ensure that every step of the research/study is designed and implemented according to the timeline.
• Manage all administrative and financial tasks related to the research projects.
• Plans, implements, and maintains data collection and analysis systems in support of research protocol; Coordinate collection and analysis of research data with research team.
• Any other research related tasks assigned by the line manager and/or SMT.

Information Management:

• Facilitate the learning process throughout the organization as well as encourage staff to share their learning for creating an environment for learning and sharing.
• Share learning across the organization and partners by compiling the learning shared as well as extracting learning from different documents like case stories, good practices, training, workshops, monitoring reports, researches, evaluations, assessments, etc.
• Represent GH-CPI strongly at different forums, development debates, and other relevant occasions and actively contribute with the learning.
• Develop an Information Management System and take necessary initiatives to enhance capacity and reporting protocol in collaboration with the respective program leads.
• Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports in the form of a dashboard sharing project specific information.
• Information support to prepare monthly/quarterly/annual monitoring reports for the program team and for the donors.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of Monthly, Quarterly, Annual and Project Completion Reports for the projects and programs.

Partner Support and Capacity Building:

• Assess the M&E and research capacity of GH-CPI team members & partners along with developing plans for M&E and research capacity building activities.
• Strengthen existing monitoring & evaluation and information management systems of CPl’s implementing partners and ensure the quality of data.
• Assist in writing grant proposals and in developing indicators for the proposals.
• Provide inputs for survey/research design, sampling and questionnaire development (if necessary).
• Monitor the capabilities of team members and arrange the required support (both in house and outsourced training).

Operations and Administration:

• Maintain regular contact with M&E and Research focal persons from donor agencies, partner organizations and relevant govt. agencies as needed.
• Ensure effective implementation of grant package system for M&E and Research department.

Employment Status

Full Time

Job Location

Cox’s Bazar

Source link