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Role:
Firstly, to provide monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) support to all ongoing and future programmes of IPRD to ensure effective delivery. You will provide MEL support to all programmes from the design and business case stage to programme completion stage. This involves designing robust programme theories of change, results frameworks, and working with implementing partners to ensure these frameworks are implemented well and robust monitoring data are generated to review programme progress.
Secondly, you will deliver MEL support to designated UK Embassies and High Commissions across the Indo-Pacific region without an in-house MEL advisor, to design and implement a MEL plan for their bilateral programming. Delivering this objective will account for 50% of this role, and will contribute to the new Jakarta/Delhi based Post Support team, supporting our diplomatic posts in the Indo-Pacific with their bilateral programme management.
Location:
New Delhi (British High Commission)
Eligibility:
IPRD is a regional team that addresses development challenges across the Indo-Pacific region rather than in a single country. We work on transboundary challenges, and with large regional and international organisational partners such as the World Bank, UNDP, ADB etc. Our MEL work, therefore, requires working with major international stakeholders such as these on, for example, helping them develop or improve theories of change and results matrices—that match FCDO standards and expectations—for FCDO funded programmes that they deliver as well as understanding of development issues that span multiple countries in the region. Applicants to this role are therefore expected to have experience in MEL that is delivered regionally or internationally rather than which is strictly single country focused.
The successful candidate will be proactive, take initiative, and have:
Essential:
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- A strong background in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, ideally designing theories of change and results frameworks for development interventions in multiple sectors and that have footprint in multiple countries.
- Strong communicator with evidence of excellent written and presentation skills.
- Able to help others make good use of social research/evaluation evidence.
- The ability to work independently and be able to build strong relationships.
- Effective team player and ability to work effectively within and across teams.
PLEASE NOTE: The candidate CV needs to demonstrate they have undertaken similar roles and activities as shown in the Key Responsibilities section above.
Qualification
- A degree in related fields (social sciences) with a minimum 4-years of relevant experience.
Civil Service Behaviours required for this role:
In line with recruitment into all positions in the British civil service, we will assess candidates’ suitability for this role based on a set of key behaviours. To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate these behaviours, including through your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles Civil Service Behaviours Framework, which provides detailed guidance on how the behaviours are defined and the standards expected at Level 3 for this position.These behaviours are:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
Technical Competencies required for this role:
MEL Advisory roles in FCDO function within the Evaluation Cadre—one of the thirteen advisory cadres which are professional bodies within FCDO. Each cadre has its Technical Competency Framework, which defines competencies in which candidates should demonstrate expertise. Applicants to this role are expected to demonstrate:
- A thorough knowledge of research/evaluation methodology, method, and the latest techniques, including main quantitative, qualitative and evaluation methods (at e.g. post graduate level) with at least two years of applied experience. Is up to date with methodological developments.
For more information on competencies required at SEO level, please refer to relevant section in FCDO Evaluation & Government Social Research (GSR) Cadre Technical Competency Framework and then answer the questions in this application form in the forthcoming sections.
International Competencies required for this role:
The job-holder would be strongly expected to exhibit the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s International Competencies in this role, notably:
- Build and maintain cooperative and productive relationships with an effective range of external contacts. Use the network professionally and sensitively to the benefit of the UK.
Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format to prepare specific examples of when they have demonstrated these behaviours in their application. Using the STAR format to provide evidence of your skills and experience in your application and at interview helps to give a structure. You briefly describe the situation in which you showed the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this
Responsibilities:
In this role, the MEL Adviser will work 50% on IPRD’s own programmes, and 50% supporting bilateral programming as part of the new IPRD Post Support Function. It will:
- Work closely with IPRD’s Senior MEL Adviser to ensure the department’s overarching MEL strategy is successfully implemented, both at programme and portfolio levels, to ensure efficient tracking of progress and contribution to FCDO objectives.
- Work closely with IPRD programme teams to provide monitoring, evaluation and learning support for ongoing and future programmes. You will work with the senior MEL Adviser to ensure all programmes have robust monitoring frameworks in place; ensure all ICF programmes have relevant ICF Indicators in their results frameworks; ensure that implementing partners supply robust data for tracking and reviewing programme progress; and ensure quality learning is produced and applied consistently to maximise programme effectiveness.
- Proactively engage with programme implementing partners to ensure they buy into programme theories of change and clearly understand FCDO/IPRD expectations at outcome level.
- Proactively engage with FCDO’s M&E networks, central teams, Statistics and Evaluation Cadres, to draw on best-practice approaches and adapt them to IPRD MEL requirements.
- Throughout the implementation phase of all IPRD programmes, provide clear guidance to programme teams on best monitoring practices, ensuring data quality, and actively engage in annual review processes to ensure progress is reported correctly.
- Work closely with IPRD’s Senior MEL adviser to develop a strategy for effectively providing MEL support to selected number of smaller IP posts (as part of Post Support Team), and then deliver this support. This support is expected to begin as soon as possible, and you will provide it remotely. IPRD will review the effectiveness of this support at the end of 2022-23 period and decide on any changes or improvements. As mentioned in the Purpose section, you will be expected to allocated about 50% percent of your time to deliver this objective.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can apply through the official link (click here)
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