Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (Assistant Manager - Monitoring & Evaluation And Learning)

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About the Organization

IDH brings companies, CSOs, governments and others in public-private partnerships together to realize green & inclusive growth at scale in commodity sectors and sourcing areas. Our approaches are designed to drive sustainability from niche to norm in mainstream markets, delivering impact on Sustainable Development Goals. We focus on creating positive impact on Better Jobs, Better Environment and Better Income. In this we are supported by multiple European governments, including our institutional donors: BUZA, SECO. IDH is a company that works together with over 600 companies, CSOs, financial institutions, producer organizations and governments in 12 sectors and 22 landscapes in over 40 countries worldwide.

Job Description

As the Assistant Management - Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor, you will work closely with the fundraising and program teams in IDH offices in India, as advisor and support. You will report directly to the Director Programs- India and matrix working with the Global M&E Team at IDH.

Job Responsibilities

MEL Counsellor and safeguard at India programs level:

• Internal expert for the India team on IDH M&E processes, frameworks, deliverables, and impact areas, risk assessments (ESG Assessments)
• Become the ‘internal expert’ for India team by staying linked, educated and aware of internal transitions on the organization level TOC, M&E processes and the capacity building needs they bring for the local India team.
• Lead or support the design, undertake, and oversee evaluations for India programs and projects for program scoping, planning and evaluation purposes. Be able to articulate key assumptions and learning questions.
• Support the management of external service providers to ensure M&E assignments meeting the needs of project/program/organization.
• Summarize and present program results and evaluation findings to internal and external partners, focused on key ‘learning questions’ that corelate to the ‘what and ‘how’ of each program.
• Provide technical support and respond to ad-hoc program request for development and implementation of M&E framework of Business Units, activities include but not limited to proposal development, reconstruction of Theory of Change (ToC), M&E framework and indicator guidance, target-setting, articulation of key assumptions and learning questions

Standardisation of Data Collection and Management Support the roll-out of the IDH organizational

• Result Measurement Framework across programs, including impact level indicators, ensure adherence of indicator definition and measurement guidance.
• Support organizational impact management by ensuring individual data collection activities (field level and sector level, quantitative and qualitative) are designed and implemented against a coherent learning trajectory and organizational evaluation plan.
• Ensure deliverables of data collection activities (such as Primary Data Collection) fit the purpose of project, program and organization and meeting quality standard.
• Support IDH India in building capacity to implement M&E frameworks, interpret M&E data and support IDH programs to make use of insights to steer the quality of projects and programs.
• Being the safeguard/checkpoint for data privacy and confidential norms and processes across M&E processes that involve vulnerable groups (farmers, workers, other groups).
• Cultivate an M&E culture and promote data-driven decision making.
• Support cross-learning with global impact and M&E colleagues with the India team, through calendarized trainings
• Empaneling a pool of organizations with M&E expertise across components and functions into a framework agreement, benchmarked against IDH global standards.
• Training and building the understanding of IDH’s expectations of quality, transparency and process across commissioned assignments.
• Leading the selection and review processes (pre- and post- ) assignments with the M&E service provider and program team for 360 degree feedback.
• Responsible for IDH India’s knowledge repository management for efficient cross sharing of key resources across teams, particularly in M&E.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Working and thinking at Master’s level
• Minimum 5 years working experience in M&E or impact evaluation, preferably also with international organizations
• Excellent communication skills to be able to improve M&E practice and communicate program results and evaluation findings to broad audiences
• Experience in designing and managing the implementation of independent evaluations
• Experience designing and implementing M&E frameworks
• Experience in managing and working with international teams (remotely)
• Strong data management and analytical skills
• Great interpersonal skills
• Able to work independently and show initiative to influence changes
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially a very good working knowledge of Salesforce, Excel and PowerPoint Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with statistical analysis and software and software such as SAS, SPSS, R or Python is desired
• Experience with geodata management and GIS software is an advantage.
• Affinity with sustainability, landscapes and international trade and development is an advantage but not an exclusion criterion.
• Knowledge and skill on social and environmental impact assessment would be an advantage

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