TITLE: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Operations Department
LOCATION: Juba (with up to 70% field travel- Pariang and Pibor)
EXPECTED START DATE: 1st January 2026 ( Subject to funding approval)
CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 months initially (with the possibility of extension).
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 2: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist will lead the design, implementation, and management of the project’s MEL system, ensuring that data on results, outputs, and outcomes is accurately collected, analyzed, and reported in line with World Bank and government requirements. The role ensures evidence-driven decision-making, adaptive management, accountability, and learning across all components, while supporting biometric registration, MIS dataflows, field monitoring, and reporting processes in Juba, Pariang, and Pibor.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Project Manager/Team Leader
Staff reporting to this post: N/A
Roles & Responsibilities
A. MEL System Design & Management
- Develop a Results-Based M&E Plan aligned with World Bank guidelines, government frameworks, and project outputs.
- Create data collection tools, indicator reference sheets, SOPs, MIS data protocols, and reporting templates.
- Ensure MEL integration across all modules (training, grants, coaching, VSLA, financial inclusion, GRM).
B. Data Collection, Verification & Quality Assurance
- Coordinate high-frequency data collection using digital tools (online in Juba; offline sync in Pariang and Pibor).
- Conduct Data Quality Audits (DQA) to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of all data.
- Support biometric attendance, beneficiary registry updates, and MIS record validation.
C. Monitoring & Field Oversight
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to observe training, coaching, VSLA sessions, grant utilization, and cooperative formation.
- Lead joint monitoring missions with MAFS, MGCSW, SPCU, county authorities, and UNOPS.
- Develop monitoring checklists tailored to each project module and county context.
D. Evaluation & Learning
- Develop quarterly learning reports identifying successes, challenges, trends, and adaptive recommendations.
- Support midline and endline evaluations, baseline validation, and data analysis.
- Document lessons learned and best practices for inclusion in annual and final reports.
E. Reporting & Accountability
- Produce quarterly, annual, and final donor reports in collaboration with the Team Leader and technical specialists.
- Track progress on KPIs such as business survival rates, income changes, VSLA savings levels, and cooperative functionality.
- Contribute to grievance redress monitoring and ensure concerns are captured and addressed.
F. Capacity Strengthening
- Train field teams, mobilizers, county officers, and partners on MEL tools, digital data collection, RBM, and reporting standards.
- Mentor staff to improve analytical skills, data visualization, and interpretation for programming decisions.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
- MEL System Design and Management
- Data Collection, Verification, and Quality Assurance
- Monitoring and Field Oversight
- Evaluation and Learning
- Reporting and Accountability
- Capacity Strengthening in MEL
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same.
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future-oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners and supporters.
- values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Project Planning and Management, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Demography, Development Studies, Public Administration, International Relations, Social Sciences, or a closely related field with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience;
- OR Bachelor’s degree in the same fields with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
Technical and Professional Experience
Proven experience in:
- Statistical analysis
- Project monitoring and evaluation
- Impact evaluation design, coordination, or analysis
- Experience developing results-based M&E frameworks, tools, data systems, and reporting structures.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and conducting data collection across multiple project sites.
- Experience working with MIS platforms and ensuring interoperability with external systems (e.g., SNSOP MIS).
- Strong experience in data management protocols, quality assurance, verification processes, and documentation.
- Proficiency in statistical software packages such as STATA and SPSS (essential requirement).
- Experience in generating knowledge products (e.g., success stories, learning briefs, analytical reports).
- Experience coordinating M&E activities with government ministries, development partners, and/or implementing partners.
Coordination & Collaboration
- Experience working with national government systems, particularly Ministries or SPCU-type structures.
- Ability to coordinate M&E efforts with multiple stakeholders, including research teams (e.g., World Bank) and other implementing partners.
Desirable:
- Experience working on World Bank–funded programmes, especially those involving MIS, economic empowerment, or graduation models.
- Previous work experience in South Sudan or similar fragile/conflict-affected settings.
- Familiarity with livelihoods, VSLA, financial inclusion, or economic empowerment monitoring systems.
- Knowledge of digital data collection platforms (e.g., KoboToolbox, CommCare, ODK, SurveyCTO).
- Strong skills in data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel dashboards).
- Experience supporting or coordinating impact evaluations in collaboration with research institutions.
- Strong analytical writing skills for preparing donor reports, learning papers, and policy-relevant insights.
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Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
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