Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist - World Learning - Lebanon

World Learning has an immediate vacancy for a Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for the USAID-funded “Expand Your Horizon” (EYH) program in Lebanon. Duration: about 2 years. Lebanese nationals are highly encouraged to apply. Please transmit CV and cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position. Please also provide three professional references with contact information. Only finalist candidates will be contacted.

Background: This position supports a technical training and capacity building project in Lebanon. The program is intended to contribute to building the capacity of Lebanese organizations and individuals to act as catalysts for democratic reform, economic growth and social stabilization of Lebanon.

The Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist will be of Lebanese nationality. S/he will report to the Project Director and have strong capacities in needs assessment, monitoring performance of the project, and rigorously tracking and evaluating the impact.

Specific Responsibilities:
1. Design
- In collaboration with technical specialists, prepare results frame works, performance monitoring and evaluation plans for new programs/proposals, including indicators, data collection methodologies, measurement tools and analysis and reporting protocols; conduct in-house staff training.
- In addition to project-specific indicators, develop project-wide indicators for each sector and collect, synthesize and report as needed.

2. Monitoring
- Establish project monitoring systems, including overall design, instrumentation, data collection/aggregation, and analysis. Oversee the quality and processing of data collection where required. As needed, work with/train project staff, grantees and local partners in monitoring activities.
- Review, improve and disseminate general project reporting guidelines, for both periodic and final project reports.
- In collaboration with appropriate project and/or technical staff, review project reports (be they quarterly, semi-annual or annual, performance monitoring plan reporting, work plan development, and so on) for quality and to ensure that reports and other project documents capture progress, effectiveness, and impact of programs; ensure that results of report reviews are constructively fed back to project teams.
- Develop internal database, or add to existing knowledge management systems, in order to fully house and capture project successes, results and/or challenges.
- Ensure compliance with program standards expected/required by external oversight agencies.

3. Evaluation
- Develop overall strategy for program evaluation strategies and systems.
- Lead teams for internal or donor-required evaluation. Working with assigned project manager or field-based project directors, design scopes of work, methodologies, time lines, products and deliverables, manage external consultants, interact with donors when needed, review products for quality.

Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a field related to international development and/or social sciences.
- Minimum five years relevant experience in field of M&E.
- Demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation design, applied research, indicator development; strong analytical skills; understanding of donor requirements and expectations, particularly the USG is preferable. Excellent oral and written English communication.
- Excellent inter-personal, inter-cultural and teamwork skills, as well as sound judgment and strong initiative, as needed to work independently. Ability to mentor and provide training.
- Good computer skills essential, including Word, Excel, project and database management, statistical packages.
- Lebanese encouraged to apply

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