Monitoring And Evaluation Officer

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Social Accountability International (SAI) – Human Rights @ Work

Position: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E Officer) (Contract)

Duration: 3 years, with possibility of extension

Location: Indonesia

Language: English fluency required 

SAI is applying for Phase 1 of a US Department of Labor (USDOL) funded grant project to develop and pilot actionable resources to create global worker-driven social compliance systems, putting workers and their organizations at the center of effective solutions to ensure the real, independently verifiable protection of labor rights in global supply chains. The resources will be piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector. Phase 1 is expected to run for 3 years starting at the end of 2023 or beginning of 2024. If Phase 2 of the project is awarded, the project will be extended 4 years and to additional countries. Find out more about the project objectives here.

Conditional on the project being selected and funded by the USDOL, the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will be hired to design, build, and implement a robust monitoring and evaluation program. 

Throughout the course of the project, the role of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will include, but not be limited to: 

• Design and manage development of the Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (CMEP), to include:  
• Ensure that the established guidelines on project M&E for different project components are respected  
• Review the performance indicators and reports produced by different stakeholders and suggest necessary changes  
• Working with USDOL post award to develop appropriate indicators and a plan for assessing the effectiveness and sustainability of key components (or activities) of the project.
• Accountability feedback mechanisms to ensure responsiveness to needs and clients  
• Assist in improving communication and information sharing between different stakeholders 
• Data collection, including digital data collection where feasible  
• Routine monitoring of the various program activities  
• Monitor and report on the performance of the programs in the region and suggest measures to improve the monitoring system.
• Assessments of beneficiary needs  
• Collaborate with external M&E experts to develop CMEP tool; 
• Lead process of establishing baseline values for USDOL standards and project specific-indicators.
• Evaluations of the effectiveness of program interventions  
• Indicator development across project and geographic locations, including incorporation of the organizational core indicators  
• Collaboration with ILAB on required performance evaluations and/or other learning/accountability activities.
• Coordinate with communities, service providers, and local governments in the region to ensure a long-term approach to participatory M&E process.
• Support project/program staff to properly document, organize and capture program progress and create a tools library to increase institutional learning and disseminate lessons learned.  
• Manage external consultants carrying out on-the-ground baseline and follow-up survey data collection.
• Other relevant responsibilities as they arise.
• Assist the Project Director in preparing periodic reports on the activities, schedule, and financial status of all project components in a standard reporting format as required.
• Support development of tools and systems that ensure recommendations/lessons learned from previous grants flow back into project design of new grants.
• Ensuring adequate M&E staffing capacity to support monitoring activities through the project’s period of performance.
• Development of project-specific child labor/forced labor definitions.

Experience/Qualifications 

• Experience designing and managing multiple disaggregation variables for participant monitoring and database systems, including gender and age.
• Experience in designing and administering data collection tools, conducting data entry, data cleaning, data processing and analysis.
• Experience with designing and implementing results-based monitoring systems for projects focused on capacity building.
• Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages.
• Experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator design, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/or performance monitoring plans.
• Experience in planning and managing various studies; for example, performance evaluations, baseline studies, case studies, and gender/diversity-related studies.
• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in statistics, demographics, public policy, international development, economics, or related field; or, ten (10) years or more of related work experience. (If qualifying with a Bachelor’s degree, it is preferred that the candidate also hold an advanced certificate in M&E, statistics, or economics).
• Experience managing and providing ongoing training to M&E field officers and/or subrecipients;
• Experience with data quality assessments and oversight.
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in a senior M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities of international development project.
• Fluency in English required.
• Understanding of gender mainstreaming and analysis frameworks and development of indicators pertaining to adolescent girls’ and women’s economic empowerment preferred.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to [email protected]. All applicants MUST include job title “SAI Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer – Indonesia” in the subject line of their email submission. 

The position is based in Indonesia. Compensation commensurate with experience and appropriate for a charitable organization of SAI’s size. SAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.