The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation, with a network of 192-member National Societies. The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies to prevent and alleviate human suffering and thereby to contribute to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The IFRC also has country cluster delegation and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

Job Purpose

The MEL Senior Officer will be a member of the Asia Pacific Regional PMER and Quality Assurance Unit based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The MEL Senior Officer will be the focal person who leads/advises M&E and learnings processes and implementation in the Asia Pacific region and may from time to time be required to travel to other countries to assist (travel and safety permitting) National Societies or IFRC delegations.

The overall purpose of this senior position is to support a culture and practice of reliable monitoring, evaluation and learning for the IFRC work in the Asia Pacific Regional Office. The position will provide leadership in how the success and impact of programmes are defined and measured. This includes leading the improvement of existing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems as well as developing and coordinating new MEL systems and events within the IFRC and among its partners, building the capacity of the IFRC Secretariat and National Societies in MEL, and promoting knowledge transfer.

The position will provide technical advice/expertise on MEL-related tasks and should ensure that MEL systems are in place at the Secretariat and National Societies, and are in line with the framework and guidelines for M&E, and that learnings, lessons and resources are adapted for use by the IFRC Secretariat and National Societies to build its capacity in applying new methodologies in future situations.

The position will also work closely with Geneva and other regions to influence and develop global policies and procedures that will help in measuring results globally according to best practices in evaluation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Compliance, quality and accountability

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Coordination within IFRC Regional Office and country delegations to ensure accurate, thorough, and useful monitoring and reporting of project activities and impacts, both internally and externally. This includes particularly close collaboration with the regional programme managers, the regional PMER Unit, and National Societies PMER/operation focal points to ensure that monitoring data is properly collected, verified and included in the reports for the project/programme/operation.
• Lead in the monitoring of the implementation progress of appeals and operational plans in the AP region through data collected from the implementation plan and reports. This will be done in collaboration with, PMER Coordinators, PMER Senior Officers, Operations Coordinators and IM Coordinator.
• Collaborate and co-create with Geneva and other regions in the development of a Federation-Wide Monitoring and Reporting System to monitor IFRC’s Plan &; Budget 2021-2025 with standard systems and procedures to ensure credible,
• reliable, timely, and cost-effective monitoring data to inform ongoing management decisions, strategic planning, and uphold accountability. The position will be responsible for rollout within the region, in collaboration with FDRS.
• Coordination and oversee Secretariat evaluations, ensuring that they are timely, useful, and ethical, upholding the criteria and standards as defined in the IFRC Framework for Evaluation. This includes TOR preparation for and the design
• and implementation of programme surveys (e.g. baselines), real-time evaluations (RTE), mid-term and end of project evaluations, case studies, and other components of the M&E system as technical assistance needs arise; using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods and various participatory methodologies to monitor performance. This includes ensure learnings from evaluations to be applied in future programming.
• Provide technical guidance to programme staff in incorporating appropriate M&E systems into projects based on needs, Secretariat and donor requirements, resources and capacities. This includes:
• adequate needs assessment to inform relevant programming.
• the use of project and programme logframes according to the IFRC PPP guidelines.
• the development of SMART indicators that are supported with clear and concise indicator guidelines that define the indicators, data sources, data collection methods, frequency, and audience.
• the development monitoring plans and data management tools for effective programme/project management. This includes coordinating and supporting the implementation of the Movement/Federation-Wide Reporting System for largescale emergency operations.
• Routinely perform quality control checks of M&E work, overseeing the recording and reporting of progress and performance of the project/programme/operation compared to targets.

Reporting

• Coordinate the reporting related to operational plans, liaising with the technical departments, undertaking quality control and final editing for all plans/reports, ensuring that professional standards are adhered to, and deadlines are met

Job Duties and Responsibilities 

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Lead the development of a system to ensure that lessons learned from the programme and operations are used to improve future design and implementation. This includes facilitating management response processes following an evaluation/review, and reflection opportunities (e.g. meetings and workshops) towards developing a strong learning culture in IFRC. This will be done in collaboration with PMER Coordinator.
• Organize seminars with staff and relevant stakeholders to digest lessons from analysis and deepen reflection on achievements and failures that serve to improve programme and operation design.
• Contribute to drafting learning papers that capture lessons from IFRC’s work in order to inform the work of the humanitarian and development fields.
• Input into the development of IFRC’s case studies, to showcase insights and instances of success in IFRC’s work for sharing with donors and other stakeholders.
• Liaise with external organizations to identify and disseminate good MEL practices in MEL and contribute to knowledge sharing.

Education

• Graduate degree in a relevant humanitarian or Social Sciences, ideally studies relating to
• data management, statistics etc
• Basic Delegate Training Course or IMPACT, ERU, CAP Training or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years relevant international experience both in the field and headquarters in disaster relief, recovery or development work
• Minimum of 5 years in designing and implementing integrated results-based MEL
• systems and processes
• Experience as evaluator for disaster relief, recovery or development work. (Please
• include at least two evaluation reports in which you were part of)
• Experience in coaching programme staff and facilitating training on various MEL topics
• Experience in selecting and managing consultants
• Solid understanding of the development sector with a focus on participatory processes, joint management, and gender issues

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

• Strong analytical and written skills, including reports and presentation skills
• Solid experience in research methodology, data processing and data analytics
• Excellent computer skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel (and/or other statistical tool),
• Outlook, Word, data visualization tools (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, etc)
• Knowledge and skills around results-based planning (logframe) and setting up robust planning systems for complex programmes
• Knowledge of assessment, survey and monitoring methodologies and experience
• implementing them
• Knowledge of evaluation and review for disaster response or recovery work
• Fluent spoken and written English

Source:https://www.ifrc.org/jobs/details.html?jobId=109286&jobTitle=Senior%20Officer%2C%20Monitoring%2C%20Evaluation%20and%20Learning%20(Maternity%20Cover)