Chemonics International Hiring for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Team Leader at Amman, Jordan Full Time

Job Title:                    Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Team Leader

Program:                    Jordan Water Governance Activity (WGA)

Reporting to:             Chief of Party

Location:                    Amman

Position type:            Long-Term Local Professional

Duration:                    Life of Project

BACKGROUND 

The Water Governance Activity (WGA) program is a multi-year project funded by USAID, which aims to support the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to achieve measurable improvements and greater sustainability of the water sector by providing technical assistance to strengthen the GoJ’s reform, policy development and implementation, and capacity-building efforts. WGA will support the following objectives: support the GoJ to define and resolve water sector strategy and policy issues; improve water entities’ performance by reducing network losses, increasing conveyance efficiencies, and improving utility cost recovery; and specific, cross-cutting objectives related to support to gender, youth, persons with disabilities (PWD), and private sector engagement.

JOB SUMMARY:

The MEL Team Leader will manage the development and implementation of the project’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) system and Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan (AMELP) and ensure ongoing collection and evaluation of project data and results in partnership with technical staff. The MEL Team Leader will also support MEL capacity building efforts for ministry and utility counterparts, under the direction of the Chief of Party and DCOP-Technical. They will also work with project leadership to assess project performance and to support learning activities as well as manage the MEL team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Leads the development of the project’s MEL system and AMELP, ensuring that it aligns with WGA strategic objectives and the USAID Evaluation Policy requirements.
• Refines and finalizes the project’s results framework, theory of change, and development hypothesis during work planning sessions
• Provides leadership and oversight of MEL activities including learning agenda, process monitoring, data collection, data analysis, data quality, timeliness, and reporting.
• Coordinates closely with technical staff to support MEL capacity building for WGA counterparts as needed.
• Oversees the collection of and reporting on program management, output, and outcome indicators, including developing data collection tools as necessary.
• Applies adaptive management strategies and facilitates learning activities to support staff to assess progress and continually refine programming.
• Supports the integration of principles of thinking and working politically (TWP) and complexity aware monitoring into the AMELP and MEL activities
• Leads the strategy and design of the program’s collaboration, learning and adaptation (CLA) activities and oversees implementation.
• Supports the creation and dissemination of program learning through strategic communications.
• Manages the program MEL team and provides technical support to WGA teams related to MEL and CLA. 
• Promotes linkages to enable projects and staff to learn from one another, discuss common M&E challenges, seek/offer assistance, and share best practices; and,
• Lead strategic thinking related to project deliverables quality, verifications linked to learning outcomes.
• Develop a comprehensive results and performance monitoring framework for WGA
• Develop and maintain an M&E system/database for all data collected for the approved frameworks and associated program management-related data
• Implement on-going evaluations of WGA cost effectiveness and results.
• Design, conduct and/or advise on appropriate evaluation and learning designs and strategies for WGA.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with the donor, implementing partners, and all related stakeholders.
• Represent Chemonics in external M&E-related working groups, conferences, and workshops. Identify and participate in M&E professional organizations.
• Other duties as assigned by the CoP.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Extensive knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and utilization of statistical software.
• Ability to convey results to non-technical stakeholders, and to generate interest in the use of MEL results and help staff to make programmatic improvements.
• Proven track record of successfully managing high-performing teams to achieve results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to write technical reports, are required.
• Knowledge of Jordan operating environment strongly preferred
• Fluent Arabic and English required 

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral/social sciences, statistics, or related field; advanced degree preferred
• At least +10 years of M&E experience working with development programs; USAID-funded program experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrable skills and experience in development of M&E tools, data analysis, data use, and assessments.
• Working knowledge and experience utilizing USAID-funded M&E systems highly preferred.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Chemonics is committed to the goal of equal employment opportunity. Chemonics recruits, hires, trains, and promotes people in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, or any other category specified by labor laws. All employment decisions will be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity. All personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, social and recreational programs will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, or any other category specified by local labor laws.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. This position will be hired on a rolling basis.