Monitoring And Evaluation jobs in South Africa

About the Role

The Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) will be responsible for the design, management, and direction of the organisational MEL strategy and methodology. This role aims to assess and track the social impact across all interventions, impact MEL frameworks, and support participating companies in building and refining their own.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Design and Implementation of MEL Systems: Develop key performance indicators, targets, tools, and appropriate MEL responsibilities across the programme and related activities.
• Develop and Disseminate MEL Tools: Create relevant M&E tools, formats, and lead the provision of M&E-specific technical training.
• Data Management: Oversee data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting, ensuring data reliability and high quality.
• Team Management: Manage and support MEL staff, including the recruitment and onboarding of new team members.
• External Evaluation Coordination: Coordinate external evaluation processes, including drafting evaluation ToR and selecting firms where appropriate.
• Reporting: Oversee, direct, and review the data analysis and writing of select sections of programme reports in collaboration with the programme team.
• Applied Learning and Adaptation: Lead the team on routine reviews and interpretation of data for learning and adaptation, and package and disseminate timely findings.
• Thought Leadership: Produce thought leadership pieces relevant to the data collected from programme interventions.
• Create Outputs and Reports for Partnerships and Business Development Division: Develop and deliver regular reports and presentations to support the partnerships and business development division, ensuring that data and insights are effectively communicated to stakeholders.
• Corporate Funders Reporting: Responsible for reporting to corporate funders, ensuring that all reports meet their specific requirements and expectations. This includes having experience in reporting to corporate funders and understanding their unique needs and priorities.
• Oversight of Quality and Accreditation, Data, and Project Specialists: Provide oversight and guidance to quality and accreditation specialists, data specialists, and project specialists to ensure high standards and effective project execution.

Qualifications

• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
• Industry: Non-profit Organizations
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Job Functions: Management

Required Skills

• M&E
• System Monitoring
• Data Collection
• Capacity Building
• Technical Assistance
• International Development
• Proposal Writing
• Qualitative Research
• Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
• Statistics

Preferred Skills

• Experience in reporting to corporate funders and understanding their unique needs and priorities.