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Advisor for Monitoring, Evaluation and Project Management (f/m) SOS Children's Villages

SOS Children's Villages is an international non-governmental social development organisation that has been active in the field of children's rights and committed to children's needs and concerns since 1949. In 132 countries and territories our activities focus on children without parental care and children of families in difficult circumstances. SOS-Kinderdorf International is the umbrella association to which all national SOS Children’s Villages Associations are affiliated and is based in Innsbruck, Austria.

Over the last ten years SOS Children’s Villages has become more active in the area of community development programmes. The organisational aim is now to develop a clear frame and guidance for a global monitoring and evaluation system, based on tools and procedures already in place.

One of the tools which are currently implemented to support monitoring, evaluation & quality management is a web-based database for case management on programme level (with different access roles for aggregated reporting on all levels). So far, the software and the related M&E framework are available in 13 languages and the further roll-out is planned for the coming two years. To support this project, our organisation is seeking for support.


Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Provide guidelines for designing, implementing and capacity-building for monitoring and evaluation (M&E), strengthening existing M&E system on all organizational levels

• Project management for the implementation of software system and related procedures

• Liaise with IT and coordinate requirement definition for software system

• Prepare reports, presentations summarizing project results based on global programme database

• Support development of tools for data collection and TORs for external evaluation

• Coordinate the implementation of a framework for planning, monitoring and evaluation of programmes in line with the new programme policy

• Assist in streamlining and standardising M&E tools across the organization

• Develop training curricula to strengthen the capacity of M&E staff in programme units and national offices

• Design and coordinate staff training on a range of program M&E issues, methods and tools

• Cultivate a culture of learning and orientation towards assessing programme outcomes across the organization

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in the fields of Monitoring & Evaluation, social sciences or related field

• 5 years relevant experience in design, monitoring & evaluation in development programmes

• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing data collection systems

• A combination of technical, analytical and managerial capabilities and a proven record of project management

• Significant experience in the design and implementation of M&E systems

• Strong facilitation skills, including the design and management of effective trainings.Demonstrated experience in statistical analysis and reporting, including experience with computer-based statistical packages and databases (Epi Info, ACCESS, STATA, SPSS, SAS, etc.)

• Writing and oral presentation skills in English

• Ability to work independently with initiative to manage high volume of work flow

• Ability and willingness to travel

• Labour permit for Austria necessary

Job Email id: personal(at)sos-kd.org