Jobs at Save the Children in Jordan: Regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Advisor

Save the Children is offering a full-time job opportunity as a Regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Advisor to be in charge of the Ukraine and Regional Refugee Response in Amman’s office, Jordan. 

Leadership and Strategy:

• Lead the implementation of response-level MEAL strategy, frameworks and systems and ensure roll out of core SCI MEAL tools, in line with Save the Children’s MEAL in Emergencies (MiE) System Quality Benchmarks and SC MiE Procedure.
• Support the development of the response Master Logframe to support proposal logframes, MEAL frameworks; plans and budgets.
• Maintain a MEAL master-budget and work with the New Business Development team, fundraising and technical teams to ensure MEAL activities and costs are adequately covered.
• Support the Ukraine Country Office and Regional Refugee Response teams to manage monitoring and evaluation of programme/project activities as agreed in MEAL frameworks or plans.
• Ensure technology is efficiently used for data collection and analysis (e.g. through KoBo Toolbox), as well as for data management, supporting the design and development of databases.
• Set up systems to manage complex information generated by MEAL activities using PowerBi, such as feedback and response databases and qualitative outcome monitoring data systems, indicator performance tracking.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis to inform course adaptation of the response.
• Present and disseminate information to inform senior management decision-making.
• Ensure all relevant Save the Children Humanitarian Plan (SCHP) indicators are collected and reported on a quarterly basis in the HART system.
• Ensure the Ukraine Country office and Regional Refugee Response teams are supported to develop quality project proposals, particularly facilitating linkages for multi-country proposals.

Assessments and Monitoring:

• Lead the SC “Needs Snapshot” assessment process across countries responding to the crisis. Clean data and visually present data in PowerBi Dashboard.
• Lead planning, delivery and analysis of (multi-sectoral) needs assessments in coordination with other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings include an analysis of children’s needs.
• Support the development of programme baseline surveys and endlines where required.
• Lead on development of systems and tools to support performance monitoring against humanitarian global minimum and quality standards (e.g. Core Humanitarian Standard, Sphere, INEE etc.), as well as driving the roll-out of standardised quality benchmarks for core activities of the responses.
• Support the Ukraine Country Office and Regional Refugee Response teams to analyse progress against response objectives and strategies.
• Lead in the process of undertaking regular data quality assessment and providing feedback on data improvement.

Accountability to Children and Communities:

• Support the Regional Accountability and Child Participation Advisor to roll out key accountability initiatives and ensure that Feedback data is used for decision making at regional and country management level. 

Evaluations and Learning:

• Support the Regional Research and Evaluation Advisor by identifying which projects should include and budget for an evaluation to fill key evidence gaps to inform the existing and future responses.
• Have oversight of all completed evaluations and ensure that reports are scored by two reviewers and uploaded to the Evaluation Repository. These report scores will be included in the Program KPI submissions.
• With support from senior staff, lead planning, design, implementation and follow-up of response-level reviews/evaluations (e.g. Real Time Review) and provide support to technical teams on the design and implementation of sector/project specific evaluations.
• Lead on response-specific learning activities e.g. facilitating the development of the Response Learning Agenda, prepare lessons learnt process and develop PowerBi Dashboards for staff to easily access information etc.
• Ensure that evaluations and documents capturing learning are centrally stored, that their main findings are communicated to response management for decision-making, and that their main findings feed into programme design and future responses.
• Coordinate the desired body of evidence for the response through research that could be contributing to the Country Strategic Plan.

Capacity Building and Technical Support:

• Support response MEAL leads to identify capacity gaps and conduct training and awareness raising activities for operations and programme technical staff regarding MEAL priorities, quality standards and MEAL related tools and guidelines.
• Provide technical support to country response MEAL leads and management support to regional MEAL and Research staff. This includes identifying MEAL staffing needs for the humanitarian response, and lead rapid recruitment, induction, performance management and training alongside HR, when required.

Representation & Advocacy:

• Ensure that SC’s work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination forums, advocating for the specific needs of children. This will involve participation in coordination groups such as the Communicating with Communities Working Group.

General:

• Ensure effective linkages with MEEE regional and global work and broader initiatives.
• Contribute to regional team collaboration, meetings and planning processes, internal initiatives and reporting requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership in relation to Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, bullying and harassment, code of conduct, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

1. Master’s degree in relevant field or equivalent field experience.
2. At least 7 years of experience in a MEAL-specific role within an international emergency or emergency and development context.
3. Strong analytical skills, including working with research and evidence relevant to Save the Children’s agenda
4. Proven ability to build strong collaborative networks and influence, externally and internally
5. Experience in knowledge management and organisational learning in order to help drive improvements in evidence understanding and uptake
6. Experience in writing policy papers, research or evaluation reports
7. Knowledge and demonstrated experience of designing and managing research and evaluations
8. Demonstrated ability to think critically, strategically and analyse complex information and offer creative, practical and effective solutions
9. Ability to give professional support and direction to others
10. Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and an ability to produce and disseminate research and evaluation outputs to a variety of audiences
11. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt communication style to different stakeholders
12. High level of fluency in English, both verbal and written.
13. Proficiency in relevant data collection and analysis software.
14. Strong remote-working abilities.
15. Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
16. Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
17. Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
18. Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
19. Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
20. Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
21. Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
22. Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
23. Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
24. Willing to take disciplined risks.
25. Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
26. Experience and skills conducting quantitative and qualitative research, monitoring, and evaluation processes in humanitarian settings
27. Provides thought leadership for solving systemic issues related to MEAL in humanitarian responses
28. Promotes the design of humanitarian MEAL systems to inform data for response decision making
29. Experience influencing behaviour change and innovative approaches to improve the utilisation of evidence and learning for decision making in humanitarian settings 

Desirable qualifications:

1. Experience or knowledge of working and living in Ukraine or neighbouring country.
2. Ability to speak Ukrainian or Russian.
3. Experience in analysing the situation of children using the child rights programming/ principles framework.
4. Experience and knowledge of Save the Children’s structure, mandate and child focus.

 About Save the Children:

Save the Children is on the ground every day and in times of crisis. It believes that every child deserves a future. Around the world, they give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Their vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation and their mission are to achieve immediate and lasting change in children’s lives and to help children fulfill their potential.

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