Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Coordinator

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Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Coordinator

Overview

Trees Outside Forests in India (TOFI) is a five-year joint initiative by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of the Government of India. With the united force of its consortium partners led by CIFOR-ICRAF, the initiative is committed to expanding the area under trees outside forests for the benefit of livelihoods and the ecosystem.

As a key member of TOFI’s Senior Program Leadership Team (SPLT) and supported by CIFOR-ICRAF’s Head, Impact Acceleration and Learning, the job holder will be responsible for delivering and fine tuning TOFI’s MEL Plan (Monitoring Sub- plan; Evaluation Sub-plan; and Learning Sub-plan).

Duties and responsibilities

• Set up and oversee TOFI’s Performance Indicator Tracking System (PITS).
• Oversee and coordinate Data Quality Audits (DQAs).
• Support and synthesize results from context “SWOT” monitoring reviews.
• Coordinate state-level appraisals of the policy environment and TOF investment landscapes.
• Design and oversee the administration of sample surveys and large plantation monitoring, liaising with key geo informatics scientists for remote sensing-based verification.
• Verify and document Cases of Indirectly Facilitated TOF Expansion (CIFT).
• Organize and support the facilitation of annual intra- and inter-state reflection and sharing events.
• Design and coordinate the undertaking of Annual Learning Deep Dives.
• Package and communicate data and evidence pertaining to the above to both inform adaptive program management and out-scaling processes.
• Other duties commensurate with the role as agreed with the supervisor.

Education, knowledge and experience

• Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
• At least 10 years of field experience in monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded projects and or/development programs.
• Experience of working in internationally funded forestry focused programs in India.
• Experience with survey development, statistical sampling, mobile surveys, and data analysis, using software, such as ODK, SurveyCTO, or Kobo, and statistical analysis packages, such as Stata or R.

Source: https://www.cifor-icraf.org/career/206844000031593534/monitoring-evaluation-learning-mel-coordinator/

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