Design Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

% of time

Activity

End Results

1. THRIVE 2030 Project Planning

• Support THRIVE 2030 Project teams and partners in developing annual and quarterly plans aligned to the log frame.
• Support the project team to set and meet targets.
• Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including PMPs, indicators, and tools.
• Facilitate participatory planning workshops with stakeholders.

• Approved annual and quarterly plans.
• M&E framework and tools in place.
• Project targets in place.
• Documented workshop reports.

1. Monitoring of THRIVE 2030 Project Activities & Implementing Partners Evaluation

• Lead the project team in beneficiary registration and tracking the number.
• Track THRIVE 2030 performance indicators and targets achievements.
• Conduct field visits to monitor implementation progress.
• Develop and administer partner performance scorecards.
• Provide capacity building and technical support to partners.
• Track compliance with donor and organizational standards.
• Participate in sharing internally on project monitoring updates.

• Beneficiaries are registered as expected of the project
• Quality monthly and quarterly monitoring reports.
• Partner evaluation reports.
• Capacity-building reports.
• Corrective action plans.
• Participation in WVR MEAL reflection forums.

1. Management of THRIVE 2030 Project Participants Database

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive participant database.
• Conduct routine data quality assessments (DQAs).
• Train staff and data clerks on data entry and validation.
• Update and disaggregate data by gender, age, disability, location, etc.

• Updated and reliable database in place.
• DQA reports.
• On-demand data reports.

1. Reporting and Documentation

• Compile and analyze monitoring data for donor/internal reports.
• Produce success stories, case studies, and learning briefs.
• Maintain a repository of reports, data, and evaluations.
• Support knowledge management and lessons dissemination.

• Timely and quality donor reports.
• Case studies and success stories.
• Documentation repository maintained.
• Learning briefs shared.

1. THRIVE 2030 Project Evaluations (Mid-Term and Final) and assessments

• Lead design and implementation of assessments, mid-term and final evaluations.
• Develop ToRs for external evaluators and manage the evaluation processes.
• Coordinate midline, and endline evaluation, and any other related assessments while ensuring the quality of the processes and products.
• Ensure findings are disseminated and used for programming.

• Approved ToRs.
• Quality Assessments, mid-term and final evaluation reports.
• Dissemination workshop reports.
• Recommendations integrated / adapted.
• Evidence briefs shared.

1. Liaison with THRIVE 2030 Core Project Team & Tool Development

• Act as focal point between THRIVE 2030 Project and Global THRIVE 2030 Project Team M&E.
• Share THRIVE 2030 Project updates, results, and lessons globally.
• Support development, testing, and updating of M&E tools.

• Regular communication with Global M&E team.
• Updated tools and guidelines.
• Alignment reports with global standards.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• University degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in M&E within international development projects.
• Proven experience in resilience, livelihoods, financial inclusion, social behaviour and mindset change, and market systems development.
• Strong skills in data analysis (SPSS, STATA, Excel, or other statistical software).
• Demonstrated experience in developing M&E systems, managing databases, and leading evaluations.
• Excellent report writing, communication, and facilitation skills.

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

• University degree (Master’s degree preferred) in education, statistics, data science, social sciences, or other related field.
• Experience with statistical packages (e.g., SPSS, STATA, Python, Atlas. ti or NVivo) and familiarity with IT applications to support MEL, visualization and information management.

Preferred Knowledge

and Qualifications

• Demonstrated capacity in monitoring resilience, livelihoods, financial inclusion, social behaviour and mindset change, and market systems development related interventions  
• Experience working with international donors, 

Travel and/or

Work Environment

Requirement

Willingness to travel locally to different supported sites  

Physical

Requirements

Language

Requirements

Excellent written and oral English communication skills are required.