Do you have knowledge on and experience with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning? Are you passionate about a just Green Transition which is inclusive of local marginalized communities? Are you driven by a desire to contribute to private sector development in North Africa? Do you have strong analytical and critical thinking skills? Do you have the interpersonal skills and gravitas to provide support and guidance to key program partners in the region? Then Hivos is looking for you!
About Hivos
Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values. Together with citizens and their organizations, it aims to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights and resources. It works in partnership with others in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America on three impact areas: Civic Rights in a Digital Age; Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; and Climate Justice. Hivos’ approach is solution driven, and it builds wider movements for change by amplifying and connecting voices.
Job context
With its relatively young population, in addition to the changes in the job market occurring due to the green transformation process in North Africa, more and more young people each year need to find a sustainable living.
As a response to this Hivos MENA has developed and currently running two programs that aims to contribute to the creation of more economic opportunities for more than 19,000 young women and men between the ages of 15 and 35 years in North Africa within the Green Economy.
Our vision is to empower young men and women to find a decent job in the Green Economy which Hivos defines as future proof. Such economies are anticipated to continue growing and will require young people to have a new skill set that is not tackled within the traditional education systems. In order to ensure that economic inclusion of youth is included in this transformation process in North Africa and that there is an adequate value chain supporting their growth, Hivos also aims to stimulate the formation of innovation clusters that are feeding these economies with viable business solutions and is inclusive of youth.
To this end, The Challenge Fund for a Just Transition (CFJT) and the GreenWorks Alliance (GW) Programs aim to create more than 19,000 decent jobs for youth in the green economy. We specifically look to identify and support Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) that can act as catalysts for green value chain micro clusters. By rapidly scaling such ‘champion’ SGBs, the CFJT and GW also scale the clusters of micro-suppliers & distributors, and micro-business clients around the SGB which will lead to the creation of new jobs, improve conditions of existing ones and connect unemployed youth with job opportunities.
The CFJT and GW are the continuation of previous programmes Hivos has been implementing in North Africa over the past five years: Mideast Creatives from 2014 to 2016, Co-Working for Sustainable Employment from 2016 to 2018 and Boosting Bottom-Up Societal Transformation (BOOST) in 2019. This collective endeavour has successfully supported more than 25 collaborative spaces in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, and has helped to create more than 200 new businesses, scale more than 100 others and create more than 5,000 new job opportunities.
Your responsibilities
The core responsibility of the MEL Officer is to ensure that the CFJT and the GW programs are (1) properly reporting their target indicators to the donors, (2) actively adjusting and implementing the programs’ learning components and (3) utilizing the outcomes of the M&E and learning activities in the development of a capacity building program for the partners.
Accordingly, the MEL Officer’s core responsibilities are:
- Ensure the GW and CFJT programs maintain proper and efficient planning, monitoring and evaluation systems, approaches and strategies.
- Develop a high quality collective learning program based on programs’ Learning Agenda
- Design Job Decency Metrics for each selected SGBs to be supported through the program
- Provide strong technical M&E support, guidance and capacity building to local implementing partners, including leading on design of partner capacity building plans
- Lead the annual evaluation process for both programs from inception to contracting external evaluation third parties, and ensue timely & quality information is available.
- Lead aspects of Linking and Learning activities & events under the programs.
- Play a key role in strategic thinking in the area of MEL.
Specific Tasks would include:
- Develop tools and systems, such as M&E tools, guidelines and other reference documents for M&E to ensure harmonized data collection systems.
- Provide continuous support & guidance to the GW and CFJT teams and alliance partners on how to plan, monitor & evaluate properly.
- Work with partners to review and monitor project-based M&E plans to track results or fill identified gaps in current M&E plans and outputs.
- Conduct data verification and quality control exercises in project countries, and lead on improvement of data quality.
- Oversee the Learning component, through developing the learning questions and agenda and building and leading a process of continuous re-evaluation, re-energizing, re-thinking, re-tooling and re-shaping the strategies & approaches being used.
- Coordinate the production and dissemination of high quality learning products in coordination with the Communications Officer.
- Lead the development of the capacity building component which includes the organization of events, gatherings, meetups, trainings and circulation of relevant opportunities for the partners.
- Ensure the proper reporting of program’s technical indicators and its relevance to Hivos’ strategic compass.
- Support the communications officer with relevant insights that comes out of the ME &L activities.
- Assist Program Manager in Business Development initiatives through background information, analysis and design research whenever applicable.
- Be part of the Hivos M&E Working Group
- Provide M&E support & advice to other small projects, as the need arises.
- Other tasks as requested by line manager as required.
Your profile
- Master’s degree international development, research, social science, statistics or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of solid M&E experience with an international non-governmental organization, with experience working at a regional level a strong advantage.
- Demonstrated track record in supporting, advising and designing & implementing capacity building programs for partners.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and application of quantitative and qualitative M&E systems, approaches and tools.
- Demonstrated track record in delivering on high quality MEL-related tasks during critical points in life of program, specifically start-up and closure phases.
- Experience conducting interviews and focus group discussions with a variety of stakeholders.
- Leading or overseeing external evaluation process & learnings, from start to finish.
- Solid experience in data analysis, data collection; statistical analysis; and reporting.
- Able to work internally and externally with teams & with a range of individuals & partners from a diverse background, and cultures.
- Strong knowledge & experience working with relevant software.
- Able & willing to travel both internationally and domestically as requested. Given the number of partners under programs, in person visits partners is critical.
- Excellent communication and social interaction skills, and fluent in both written and spoken English and Arabic. French is a plus.
- Mandatory job & behavioural skills: strong team player; positive attitude; well-organized & multi-tasker; takes initiative; active listener; critical & analytical thinker; strong interpersonal & communication skills; can work independently & remotely with teams & partners; able to meet strict deadlines; able to handle competing priorities and heavy workload; trustworthy and reliable; and work requires minimal review.
What we offer
We offer a one year commitment in stimulating work environment in a professional international organization with very dedicated staff. We offer a national contract based on Hivos local labor conditions, with remuneration commensurate with the experience and expertise. Contract renewable depending on performance and funding.
For Tunisia-based applicants specifically:
Until the conclusion of Hivos’ registration as a foreign NGO in Tunisia, this position will be hosted at Al Bawsala, a Tunisian non-profit association. Upon the conclusion of Hivos’ registration in Tunis, Hivos intends to transfer the employee’s contract under Hivos.
How to apply
You are welcome to submit your application by 2 Sept 2023. You must submit:
- cover letter (maximum 2 pages)
- CV (maximum 3-4 pages) in English.
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Candidates are highly encouraged to provide a clear track record in their CV and description in cover letter that matches the requirements of the position elaborated above.
Hivos reserves the right to close the position before the application deadline if a suitable candidate is identified. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
