Position: Senior Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)

Unit: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning

Location: Remote/ Delhi based Position

Reports To: Director, Resource Development and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Duties and Responsibilitis:

● Plays a leadership role in the organization, supporting high-quality programs at national, regional and global levels.

● Works closely with Senior Management and Program Directors to strengthen existing MEL approaches and frameworks and to ensure implementation of MEL strategies and activities.

● Ensures that the MEL framework incorporates an organization-wide approach, is efficient and supportive of strong programming, is flexible and responsive, addresses stakeholder and donor requirements, and is consistent with CREA’s feminist values.

● Strengthens the culture of learning within CREA and integrates MEL with other dimensions of the organization.

● Leads the development of program and project-specific MEL strategies, plans and indicators to capture performance and results and links these to the organization-wide MEL framework and system.

● Integrates MEL better practices and innovations into ongoing work at CREA.

● Builds a MEL team, including hiring, orienting and managing MEL staff with the capacity to provide technical leadership and guidance to program staff and partners.

● Builds the capacity of program staff and partners to participate in monitoring and evaluation of program activities, to generate data for programmatic learning and decision-making, and to interpret and report results.

● Oversees documentation or evaluation of CREA’s and partners’ work and contributes to developing strategies for disseminating results to diverse audiences.

● Contributes to raising CREA’s visibility as an innovative thought leader and credible voice and represents CREA at various forums.

● Develops and manages the MEL work plan and budget, including working with Program Directors to manage the MEL funds that are built into program or project budgets.

● Contributes to fundraising, including relationship-building, proposal-writing and reporting

Qualifications:

● A minimum 10-years of work experience in human rights, women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, or gender and development.

● Demonstrated and deep knowledge of learning, monitoring, and evaluation design and methodologies for human rights, women’s rights, social justice or international development organizations.

● Master’s degree or equivalent work experience in social sciences or related disciplines, with solid knowledge of research methods.

● Demonstrated understanding of conducting research or evaluation cross-culturally and in collaborative partnerships.

● Ability to establish strong, collaborative interpersonal relationships with colleagues and with external partners and stakeholders.

● Sound political judgment and demonstrated ability to think strategically and to translate ideas into programmatic plans and actions.

● Ability to take initiative and manage multiple projects against deadlines, and to work both in an advisory and a hands-on implementation capacity.

● Demonstrated ability to supervise and mentor staff, as well as manage consultants.

● Experience in facilitating the use of data to inform decision-making and learning.

● Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) for diverse audiences.

● Ability to use technology effectively.

● Fluency in English is required.

● Understanding of and commitment to the vision, values and mission of CREA.

Apply:
Interested candidates who meet the required educational and experience requirements should send their CV along with a cover letter, current and expected salary to xxxxx@creaworld.org by 20 June 2021. Please include in the subject line the name of the position you are applying for. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview