MEAL/GIS Officer NGO Job IUCN

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Key Responsibilities

More specifically, the roles and responsibilities of the MEAL/GIS Officer are as follows:

Design and planning;

• Through technical expertise and operational guidance, support the Programme Managers on designing and planning, in particular leading on the theory of change, results framework, and monitoring and evaluation plan.
• Ensure alignment of the intervention results and indicators with IUCN strategic goals and priorities (global, regional, national, and thematic) and with the principles laid out in the One Programme Charter.
• Lead the design and development or review of monitoring tools, including quantitative and qualitative indicators, which are SMART and aligned with project results frameworks, including gender-sensitive and disaggregated indicators.
• Provide input on the level of effort and resources required to support all planned performance and accountability activities.
• Support the formulation and/or review of the baseline measures and targets during project inception, and throughout project implementation.

Programme Implementation;

• Ensure consistent application of monitoring tools as guided by the project MEAL framework.
• Lead the collection and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative project data and regularly share the results of this analysis with the project team to help them ensure that the project is on track to deliver its results.
• Able to synthesize data into actionable insights and contribute to donor reports, internal learning, and adaptive management processes.
• Undertake interviews and surveys with relevant stakeholders.
• Work together with the Project Team members to ensure a good flow of information and data for MEAL.
• Ensure that the outcomes and impacts of the project are well captured and packaged in a way they can be broadly communicated.
• Ensure that the information flows between the various stakeholders engaged in the project.
• Contribute to gather lessons learned and facilitate their sharing through the organization of learning events.
• Elaborate annual MEAL reports and support the conduction of the Project’s external evaluations.
• Liaise frequently with IUCN MEAL team at the regional office.
• Provide technical advisory, operational guidance, and capacity building to the project team on performance and accountability to support implementation and adaptive management, including on appropriate monitoring and data collection methods and tools.
• Carry out training and mentoring project team members and partners on MEAL tools, data collection, and learning practices.
• Advocate for and facilitate the proactive use of performance and results information in decision-making and adaptive management across the project through the preparation of technical inputs from monitoring data and as a subject-matter expert on performance dashboards.
• Prepare technical inputs and/or contribute to drafting reports, and other evidence-based communications on progress internally and to the donor, by coordinating, controlling quality and synthesizing monitoring and reporting data.
• Identify and contribute to mitigation of risks, supporting the Project Manager(s) in the development of risk management tools and ensure project risk register is regularly monitored and updated.

Evaluation and learning;

• Support and provide inputs to supervision missions, including providing analyses or reports of progress against indicators. May be occasionally requested to participate in supervision missions of other projects.
• Advocate for and facilitate the proactive use of monitoring and evaluation information to support data-driven project management at all stages of the project cycle (promoting adaptive management and learning).
• Promote project, programme and institutional learning through the design and facilitation of internal evaluative work, learning events or other mechanisms that capture, synthesize and share lessons and best-practices.
• Contribute communications with information stemming from the monitoring, evaluation, and learning system.
• Support to project finalization and closure, including outcome documentation and lessons learned.
• Facilitating adaptive management and learning throughout the project using M&E findings.
• Risk analysis responsibilities on a quarterly basis, explicitly using a project risk register.
• Geographic Information System: Assume overall responsibility for the timely and quality delivery of geospatial information and remote sensing related including supporting assessments, monitoring, mapping and trend analysis; develop a methodological for regular monitoring and updating of information on the projects and programmes portal; identify key programmatic strategic priorities relevant to the current and emerging needs around GIS-linked natural resources conservation and management; work closely with the IUCN-GIS expert to ensure quality programme delivery and harmonization.

Representation;

• Network and liaise with partners and potential partners, developing and maintaining partnerships and strong relationships across all sectors (including the private sector).
• When required, represent IUCN and maintain good working relationships among the international and local NGO community in the basins, among community leadership structures and community-based organizations.
• Co-investment and developing new proposals.
• Play a role in identifying funding opportunities and the development of concept papers and proposals.

Qualifications

Education;

• A University degree in relevant discipline, including Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Agriculture, Forestry, Water resources management, Natural resources management, Biodiversity conservation, Environmental management, GIS and Remote Sensing for Conservation or any other field of study relevant to this position.
• Practical experience is designing and fielding M&E tools as well as organizing and facilitating donor monitoring missions.
• Computer literacy in relation to office applications (word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint) use of internet and online communication tools.

Experience;

• At least 7 years of previous work experience with monitoring, evaluation and learning for projects or programmes, preferably in the conservation, development, or socio-environmental sectors.
• Solid/Proven experience in applying GIS and remote sensing in conservation.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and managing complex, monitoring and evaluation for multi-country, multi-partner or multi-sector projects in conservation, development, or other relevant sectors in the region.
• Practical experience of using and updating data management systems.
• Proven experience in undertaking interviews and conducting surveys with different stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capacity to work well under pressure and successfully manage multiple deadlines and competing demands (must be very organized).
• Excellent ability to collate, analyze and synthesize information to deliver clear reports to facilitate adaptive management and decision-making.
• Ability to link M&E findings to programme decision-making, knowledge management, and strategic direction.
• Proficiency with data management and/or project management software and tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Kobo toolbox, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Excel, and other related tools) is highly desirable.
• Experience in group facilitation skills and capacity building in application of monitoring and evaluation methodologies.
• Relevant IT skills, familiarity with Microsoft office, PowerPoint and excel programs and proficiency in data management and analysis, with strong statistical skills using applications such as NVivo, SPSS, STATA, R etc. for quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Ability to rapidly research, analyze and integrate diverse information from varied sources.
• Ability to deal with sensitive information.
• Ability to deal with very diverse audience and publics from high management to community-based teams.
• Hands-on mentality, result driven, team player and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Knowledge of the application of environmental and social safeguards, working experience in this area is a plus.

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