£38,731 - £41,881 gross pa depending on skills and experience (plus other benefits)

Fixed-term contract (until the end of March 2017), full-time (35 hours per week)

Based in Brixton, London

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager will play a crucial role in implementing Progressio’s organisational monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) framework and ensuring high quality monitoring and evaluation work across our overseas programmes, including our International Citizen Service (ICS) programme. S/he will provide support to country offices and policy and advocacy staff in ensuring that we and our partners can meaningfully demonstrate impact and enable us to reflect on our successes and incorporate lessons in our programmatic thinking and practice. 

The post holder will also be responsible for monitoring and reporting on Progressio’s DFID Programme Partnership Agreement (PPA), coordinating Progressio’s participation in various DFID learning groups and steering committees, and ensuring the delivery of PPA MEL-specific commitments. 

The successful candidate should have a degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Demonstrable experience of programme and project planning, implementation and participatory monitoring and evaluation in the international development field is essential. You should have experience of developing and using information systems for programme management and organisational learning, including developing mechanisms, forums and processes for facilitating the sharing of lessons and experiences between teams; of developing MEL organisational frameworks and leading on MEL systems development, and of working with people at a distance.

You should have skills in the participatory monitoring and evaluation of development projects (both quantitative and qualitative); training skills; a good knowledge of current development thinking; of the role of capacity building and advocacy in bringing about social transformation; a grasp of gender analysis and dynamics, and analytical and research skills, including the ability to process large amounts of information. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, including the ability to build relationships and represent Progressio; a team player with the ability to work with a wide range of people; initiative; an ability to manage own priorities effectively and work to tight deadlines, and effective written and verbal communication skills in English are also essential.

An ability to undertake occasional overseas travel; cultural awareness and sensitivity in an inter-faith setting, and a personal commitment to Progressio’s vision, values and goals is also required.

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Closing date: 
Sunday, February 28, 2016