Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer

Outright International; Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Outright International seeks a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer to design and implement MEL approaches, support staff and grantees, and oversee the MEL system across programs. Travel may be required; reporting to the Global Grants Director (UTC-4).

The role focuses on developing data collection tools, guiding evaluations, and ensuring high data quality, learning dissemination, and compliance with reporting requirements to strengthen program impact and accountability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of international programs.
• Commitment to liberation from persecution based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity or expression.
• Fluency with qualitative and quantitative methods; MEL for advocacy desirable.

Responsibilities

• Finalize and establish MEL frameworks during project start-up, including data collection tools and storage practices.
• Coordinate with project managers on government funds for indicator reporting and results descriptions.
• Oversee data collection and analysis for Outright programs with program staff; conduct site visits.
• Write internal reports with accuracy and clarity; maintain high data collection standards.

Skills

Monitoring & Evaluation

Data analysis

Qualitative & quantitative methods

Grant management experience

Capacity building / training

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

ABOUT OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL

Founded in 1990, Outright International strives to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people live safer, healthier, and more empowered lives worldwide. Working from its offices in 12 countries and global headquarters in New York City, Outright documents human rights violations, helps resource LGBTIQ movements and allies, and advocates for the rights of LGBTIQ people.

Outright currently seeks a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Officer to develop and implement contextualized MEL approaches, provide support to staff and grantees, conduct learning and evaluation activities, and provide oversight on the overall Outright MEL system. This will include supporting the development of programmatic strategies, progressively building and updating an organization-wide MEL framework, and contributing to grantee management and support, with the goal of establishing efficient, movement-appropriate tracking of program quality and results to inform reflection processes, compliance with reporting requirements, and to a lesser degree, support identification of content for advocacy and fundraising activities.

The position can be based anywhere and will require some travel. The selected candidate will report to Outright's Global Grants Director (located in UTC-4).

RESPONSIBILITIES

The key responsibilities of the role include the following.

Results Monitoring

• Finalize and establish MEL frameworks during the project start up phase, including development of data collection tools, establishing data flow and storage practices.
• Work with project managers of government funds to ensure smooth indicator reporting and accurate descriptions of results in reports.
• With program staff, oversee and conduct data collection efforts and analysis for Outright programs
• Conduct site visits.
• Effectively and proficiently write internal reports
• Ensure data collection standards are kept at the highest level

Evaluation and Learning

• Provide oversight of, or contribute technical expertise to, external mid-term and final evaluations of Outright programs
• Develop Terms of Reference for external evaluation
• Conduct internal evaluations and learning activities in collaboration with program staff.
• Lead on, or support staff to, circulate results and learning.

Other Duties

• Contribute to the development and finalization of Outright's Programmatic Strategies ensuring strong Monitoring Frameworks in place and develop tools to properly assess and communicate results
• Develop MEL resources and approaches for partners in Outright's grantmaking portfolio
• Develop MEL frameworks for proposals
• Ensure compliance with data privacy standards at the organization, project and country level.
• Participate in staff meetings, travel for staff retreats, and major Outright events.

Training and Capacity Building

• Provide guidance, develop tools and templates, and support uptake of new approaches;
• Identify opportunities for targeted capacity support (inclusive of staff learning exchanges) that can assist Outright staff to continue to build their skills in using data for project management.

• Support staff outside of government-funded projects to develop strong data collection, management and storage practices, and to understand compliance with data privacy standards.
• Provide accessible, practical MEL capacity support to grantees, online, in person and on an ad hoc basis

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of international programs
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to the pursuit of liberation from persecution based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity or expression within the broader context of a desire to eliminate all intersecting forms of oppression
• Fluency with qualitative and quantitative methods, experience in MEL for advocacy initiatives highly desireable
• Ability to think creatively to develop methods and approaches that meet compliance requirements, respect grassroot partner needs and priorities, address systemic inequalities, and retain the core of strong MEL practices.
• Strong analytical and data visualization skills with the capacity to communicate to a range of audiences
• Experience working with donor-funded projects, with a familiarity with the facilitation and compliance of government grants
• Ability to work in a multicultural, inclusive, and equitable environment
• Demonstrated strong organizational, communication, leadership, problem-solving and time management skills; ability to be productive with minimum oversight. Experience with organizational change initiatives a plus.
• Fluency in another language would be greatly appreciated (particularly French, Spanish or Arabic)
• Skilled at training and coaching others and an ease in communicating effectively while translating requirements to the appropriate level of understanding, especially for non-specialists

Outright International is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

People of color, transgender/gender-variant individuals, and individuals from the Global South are encouraged to apply.