Director of M&E International Relief and Development (IRD)

Director of M&E

Rosslyn, Virginia

The Director of Monitoring & Evaluation will be a member of the Program Operations Unit. The Director will play a critical role in the coordination of activities for all IRD programs worldwide and will participate in the proposal development aspects of M&E. Additionally the Director will be the main point of contact with field-based M&E staff and will collaborate with the field in the development, modification, and implementation of M&E program plans and activities.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide technical expertise and leadership to promote quality M&E planning and implementation;

• Lead the effort in institutional learning by building on and developing systematic monitoring and evaluation practices to ensure quality of management and operations of IRD programs

• Provide methodological support and training to headquarters and field staff during the formulation, approval and implementation of M&E procedures and instruments, and select results-based management tools, in particular related to outcome monitoring;

• Establish and manage internal systems for effective and efficient program and project monitoring and reporting, both internal IRD and for donors and implementing partners;

• Serve as the main point of contact with implementers, program beneficiaries, consultants, and stakeholders in matters concerning M&E

• Monitor technical trends and issues and recommends project responses as needed;

• Support the Communications Unit with ideas and materials to promote IRD’s assessments and M&E functions;

• Provide technical advice and assistance for proposal development in the areas of outcome and activity monitoring, program evaluation and implementation, and overall M&E as needed;

• Travel to field assignments to ensure compliance, for project start-up, project close-out, M&E system development, supervising evaluation and operations research, assessments, and data analysis;

• Participate actively in M&E working groups and professional associations to expand IRD’s knowledge management; and

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Social Science, Economics, International Relations or related field

• 10-12 years’ of post Master’s relevant experience at the national or international level in monitoring and evaluation, including hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing relationships among partners.

• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.

• Strong understanding and use of statistics for M&E procedures and instruments.

• Technical experience in one or more of IRD sector areas.

• Excellent qualitative and quantitative analysis skills

Success Factors:

• Excellent writing skills.

• Ability to work well under pressure and successfully handle multiple tasks at once.

• Ability to solve complex technical, managerial or operational problems and evaluate options based on relevant information, resources, well-rounded experience, and knowledge.

• Ability to operate at advanced levels of authority and control significant activities, budgets and resources to produce and take responsibility for results.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Travel Requirements:

Up to 30%. Travel to conflict and post conflict areas may be required.

Please apply online at www.ird.org, position 1379