Data Monitoring And Research Jobs at International Alert

JOB DETAILS:
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Reports to M&E Manager
Management Responsibility None
Job location Rwanda
Grade 4.2
Contract Duration One year renewable
International Alert
International Alert has been working for over 30 years with people directly affected by conflict to find peaceful solutions.
We believe in a world where people resolve their differences without violence and can build a more peaceful future for their families and communities.
We build a more peaceful world by collaborating with people from across divides to resolve the root causes of conflict, because everyone can play a part in building peace, every day.
We work alongside local communities, partners, businesses, and policymakers to turn our in-depth research and analysis into practical solutions and action on the ground.
And we bring together people from the grassroots to the policy level to inspire and amplify the voice of peace, because it is only together that we can achieve change. To learn more about how and where we work, visit www.international-alert.org. 

Job Purpose
The purpose of this position is to support the continued growth and consolidation of the Rwanda Programme. This is a local position, the holder will work across programme projects to provide technical support programme staff and implementing partners in monitoring, evaluating, research and learning from programme implementation. They will establish a clear and reliable result-based monitoring, evaluation and learning system for Alert’s projects in Rwanda. This will involve working closely with the Alert team in Rwanda and local partners in ensuring data quality and supporting project teams to examine projects outcomes and impact using participatory approaches.

Duties and Responsibilities
1. Support the Rwanda project teams in strengthening their Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning (MEL) systems and to demonstrate impact achieved
• Facilitate, design, and conduct data collection and monitoring exercises on a regular basis to support the monitoring, evaluation and reporting of programs using primary or secondary data sources, including undertaking regular field visits.
• Undertake and facilitate the implementation of the M&E plan, regularly revising and updating performance questions, indicators, methods, and formats
• Coordinate and ensure the quality of baseline, mid-term, and end-term surveys for all projects.
• Develop data quality assurance processes to ensure validity, timeliness, proper analysis, and reporting of all data collected.
• Keep track projects database to ensure proper documentation of the long-term results of program interventions.
• Promote a results-based approach to M&E, emphasizing results and impacts.
• Identify problems with the M&E system and modify the system as necessary
• Monitor development and implementation of program activities included in the annual work plan, focusing on results, impacts, documenting success stories and lesson learning

2. Data collection related to program progress and program outcomes
• Utilizes the global monitoring system to track program outputs.
• Coordinates the required preparations for all ME activities by identifying and preparing participants for samples, testing and translating data collection tools and liaising with participants to secure time/space.
• Implements qualitative (focus groups, interviews, child observations) and quantitative (surveys) tools to collect data with partners and other stakeholders.

3.Day-to-Day Monitoring and Evaluation Activities
• Implementing monitoring systems and Monitoring project activities, outputs and progress towards anticipated results.

4.Data storage, analysis and reporting
• Oversees data entry and transcribing processes both for primary and secondary data.
• Conducts data audits and checks data to ensure accuracy in data collection and entry.
• Conducts rudimentary analysis on quantitative and qualitative data such as descriptive analyses and identifying themes and sub-themes.
• Ensures data storage is in line with International Alert standards such as confidentiality.







JOB DETAILS:

Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Reports to Country Director
Management Responsibility M&E officer,M&E Assistants
Job location Rwanda
Grade 2.2
Contract Duration One year renewable
International Alert
International Alert has been working for over 30 years with people directly affected by conflict to find peaceful solutions.
We believe in a world where people resolve their differences without violence and can build a more peaceful future for their families and communities.
We build a more peaceful world by collaborating with people from across divides to resolve the root causes of conflict, because everyone can play a part in building peace, every day.
We work alongside local communities, partners, businesses, and policymakers to turn our in-depth research and analysis into practical solutions and action on the ground.
And we bring together people from the grassroots to the policy level to inspire and amplify the voice of peace, because it is only together that we can achieve change. To learn more about how and where we work, visit www.international-alert.org. 

Job Purpose
The purpose of this position is to support the continued growth and consolidation of the Rwanda Programme. This is a local position, the holder will work across programme projects to provide technical support programme staff and implementing partners in monitoring, evaluating, research and learning from programme implementation. They will establish a clear and reliable result-based monitoring, evaluation and learning system for Alert’s projects in Rwanda. This will involve working closely with the Alert team in Rwanda and local partners in ensuring data quality and supporting project teams to examine projects outcomes and impact using participatory approaches. The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of programme or project design and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation processes. The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will also input into Africa Programme wide initiatives such as supporting the implementing of the organisational impact plan and sharing lessons, tools, and approaches with other country teams across the organisation. The post holder will be supported remotely by the Senior Programme Design and Assessment Officer, based in London, and will be line managed by Alert’s programme manager.

Duties and Responsibilities
1.Strategy Monitoring and Reporting
• Track the national strategy using the established M&E systems that provides information on progress being made on each of the indicators in the strategy
• Provide support in annual strategy reviews as part of the current strategy implementation plan.
• Analyze and interpret the monitoring data/information summarized in a useful manner to inform management decision making at national level
• Provide support to track national office strategy performance progress towards the global strategy, and reporting in collaboration with Program and p Managers
• Provide guidance in the use of annual planning tools, ensuring that quality planning and budgeting documents are produced;
• Coordinate with the M&E Officer and M&E assistant to store data in both hard and soft form and disseminate appropriate information among respective partners.

2. Programme/Project Design
• Provide technical support in the development of the annual program framework and country priorities.
• Coordinate all D&E staff to ensure strategy drives programming in International Alert.
• Support the dissemination of information from community engagement;
• Continues monitoring of theory of change remains consistent through the conception and implementation of project/programme activities;
• Participate in proposal writing.