Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) at World Vision International Rwanda

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) Specialist

World Vision is a child-focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programmes in 30 Districts of Rwanda. Our interventions in the strategic period of 2021-2025 seek to reach 2 million of the most vulnerable children. This is done through programming in Resilience and Livelihoods, WASH and Health, Child Protection and Education.

World Vision Rwanda seeks to hire a highly qualified, dedicated and experienced Rwandan national for the role of Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) Specialist, joining an established and experienced team. This stimulating position incorporates a range of skills and development in multiple areas, allowing for an exciting opportunity for career growth in a dynamic, global organization. The job holder will be based in Kigali, Rwanda and reports to the Deputy Chief Of the Party.

Purpose of the position:

To lead all DME activities at the regional level, provide technical support to programs and projects, and improve the quality of program effectiveness. The DME will build the capacity of staff, partners, and community in development programming, lead the Assessments/Baseline surveys, Evaluate and develop quality reports, develop concept papers, and proposals and review programs/projects' annual operating plans and reports to ensure quality and alignment with donor requirements according to World Vision guidelines.

The major responsibilities include:

1. Lead the project proposal review and ensure all staff have a good understanding of the project design, goals, outcomes and outputs
2. Develop Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan and tools to collect relevant program information to inform development programming
3. Initiate, lead and collaborate in project assessments as well as baseline, midline and end-line evaluation surveys for ongoing USDA projects as well as those that may be undergoing design or redesigning.
4. Build the capacity of program staff in DMEAL to ensure program, project management, monitoring and evaluation is conducted according to standards.
5. Ensure that all audit processes are supported fully and that recommendations are adhered to. Lead in monitoring the implementation of Audit recommendations and Program business processes
6. Capacitate staff in other participatory approaches (PRA, AQ, PLA) that engage the community in meaningful discussions on their preferred direction, program partners, volunteers and community members in doing assessment and supervise assessment exercises for USDA project in line with WV processes and guidelines
7. Establish and Manage the programs’ databases (Sinai, IMPAQ, MTT, Horizon) with relevant programming data, impact and success stories.
8. Maintain good working relationship with Support Office by timely responding to relevant DME issues
9. Collaborate with the Communications Team and program staff to enhance documentation and development and generation of success stories across all programs in the intervention areas
10. Prepare, consolidate and contribute to the development of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual analytical performance progress reports and ensure that key promising practices and learnings from different assessments, meetings or workshops are properly incorporated.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning in international development programs preferably in child protection and education.
• Experience with indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing MEL and performance monitoring plans.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative skills and demonstrated capacity and experience in data analysis, data collection; statistical analysis; and reporting.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• University degree in education, statistics, data science, social sciences, or other related field.
• Experience with statistical packages (e.g., SPSS, STATA, Python, Atlas.ti or NVivo) and familiarity with IT applications to support MEL, visualization and information management.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred in education, statistics, data science, social sciences, or other related field.
• Demonstrated capacity in monitoring Health and Hygiene and WASH-related interventions as well as foundational literacy interventions and evaluation of child development and learning outcomes using EGRA, LEGRA, IDELA, and ISELA will be a plus.
• Experience working with international donors, e.g. USAID preferred.

Salary:

The salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

NB: Women are highly encouraged to apply.

How to apply:

Should you wish to apply for this position, please go:

https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WorldVisionInternational/details/DME-Specialist_JR33971 If this is your first time applying online via the World Vision International careers website, you will need to register an account along with your application details. This site will provide you with additional functionality, such as saved searches and email alerts. Registration requires minimal information to create your account. Further details will be collected during the application process.

All applicants must apply using our online application system, CVs received via email or standard post will NOT be considered.

In case you face any challenges in applying, please let us know on wvrwanda-recruitment@wvi.org (no applications will be accepted through this email).

The closing date for submission of applications is 24^th July 2024; no late applications will be accepted. World Vision is committed to adult and child safeguarding and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children and vulnerable adults. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.