Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Fiji /Tonga/Samoa)

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Fiji and Pacific Regional)

• Excellent opportunity to deepen skills in monitoring and results measurement for economic growth and business innovation in Fiji and the Pacific Region
• Making a genuine difference to people’s lives and communities including initiatives focussed on climate change and inclusion.
• Based in Suva, Fiji/ Nuku’alofa,Tonga/ Apia,Samoa (any of these countries) including travel within the country and to other MDF countries

About MDF
Australia’s Market Development Facility (MDF) helps countries in the Indo-Pacific region to grow through improved productivity, economic diversification, competitiveness and trade.
MDF helps business partners to identify markets that have high potential to grow, be profitable, and deliver social and environmental value.

MDF supports catalytic innovation in these markets by co-investing with local and international partners to reduce the costs and risks of early-stage commercial opportunities. This accelerates progress to profitability and scale.
Our aim is to do good by supporting good business. MDF supports business investment and innovation that reduces poverty, economically empowers women and combats climate change.MDF currently operates in Fiji, Timor-Leste, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga and Sri Lanka.

MDF is funded by the Australian Government and co-funded by the New Zealand Government in Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. It is implemented by Palladium, in partnership with Swisscontact

About the Opportunity

If you’re someone who enjoys monitoring and analysing results and research measurement, combined with the diversity of conducting field trips to gather real time information and data, then this role is for you!

This is a unique opportunity for a mid-level monitoring and evaluation professional to build skills and capabilities in monitoring and results measurement in a pioneering portfolio of work. The Market Development Facility is an impactful program which enables private sector development and business innovation in Fiji and the Pacific Region. The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (internally known as RIMI – Research, Impact Measurement, and Inclusion) is responsible for monitoring and results measurement (MRM) for an assigned portfolio of investment interventions.

This key position measures the results of MDF’s work in Fiji and the Pacific to determine if we are achieving the desired objectives with tangible and credible results measurement. You would join a small team of other RIMI Specialists in the following areas:

• Support the review of all MRM documentation such intervention guides, results chains, research plans, attribution strategies, concept notes, intervention agreements and value for money calculations.
• Support planning of all MRM work for assigned portfolio to ensure timely completion of fieldwork, analysis and data presentation.
• Ensure integration of MRM documentation and data into MDF’s Management Information System.
• Support the production of the Annual Report, case studies, Annual Strategic Plans and Guidance Notes.
• Contribute to analysis of economic sectors and markets to identify their potential for pro-poor growth, constraints to growth, and innovative solutions and opportunities to unlock this growth potential.
• Help country team staff to understand and integrate MDF’s inclusion strategies in their work.
• Contribute to learning through lessons sharing, reflection, evidence gathering, in-house trainings.

About You
We are seeking an individual who brings:

• Experience and skills in qualitative and quantitative research, preferably applied in monitoring and results measurement of economic or private sector development.
• Capabilities in analysing complex data sets, including complex field research, and conveying findings into simple, clear and actionable content.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation/MRM, research, economics, business, international development, or related fields.
• Willingness to travel regularly in Fiji and the Pacific Region.
• Familiarity with Market Systems Development or knowledge of the DCED Standard for Measuring Results in Private Sector Development, is desirable but not essential.

How to Apply
For full details on the full Terms of Reference (TOR), please click here.

Please submit your application online, including your CV and brief cover letter clearly indicating your country of preference and working rights in that country, outlining your suitability in line with the requirements of the position.

Closing date: Midnight Wednesday 16th October 2024, Suva Time

This position is open to residents with authority to live and work in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Rates of pay are based on local labour standards.

About Palladium
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include (but are not limited to): socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation , disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Safeguarding
We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who we encounter in our work are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including a rigorous due diligence process