SayPro Monitoring and Evaluation Management —

• Lead and support global monitoring and evaluation across the organization including direct management of two or more regional M&E managers
• Support the development of the results framework of the Destination 2030 Alliance with IRC (and potentially others in the future), and contribute to updates in future years as needed
• Lead quality assurance/quality control for centralized and decentralized M&E functions
• Research and develop appropriate databases and systems needed to support efficient M&E functions
• Collaborate with members of the Strategic Advisory and Accountability and Influence teams to support all new M&E needs and technical input
• Provide strong and constant support to the learning priorities of the organization
• Promote evidence-based decision-making at all levels, from designing specific programmatic approaches within a country to influencing long-term strategic planning processes
• Develop organizational evaluation agenda that will provide adaptive management support to country programs
• Build a team with the capacity to offer technical assistance to all country M&E or MEL staff
• Support capacity building of all MEL staff globally
• Design monitoring methodology and instruments
• Design data collection tools institutionally related to all program work
• Manage relationships with Akvo and water
• Develop institutional plans for external evaluation of programmatic progress towards everyone and forever goals
• Work to develop new evaluation opportunities that assess the Everyone Forever model and specific pilot projects that lead towards learning and improvement of implementation.
• Collaborate with global advisors to develop and implement M&E tools to support work in systems finance, climate, water resource management, and sanitation market systems development.
• Collaborate with various partners including those with Agenda For Change to harmonize monitoring approaches across partners and governments
• Lead rollout and training of ArcGIS to expand monitoring program to include mapping and spatial analysis
• Guide and support Country Programs by implementing all aspects of monitoring, including data collection and analysis
• Train global staff on monitoring technology, methodology, instruments, and analysis
• Support Country Programs by embedding monitoring with local institutions, including governments
• Maintain monitoring and evaluation of training materials and documentation
• Work with the Information Technology department to manage and troubleshoot monitoring technology used in the country
• Provide technical guidance to country programs on integrating equity and inclusion (E&I) considerations into annual monitoring processes and support ad hoc evaluations and E&I validation studies
• Ensure the preparation of material covering areas of monitoring and evaluation in preparation for annual reflection workshops

Regional and Country Support

• Collaborate with Regional Leadership Teams to implement the global MEL framework and Destination 2030 results framework in the Latin America, Africa, and South Asia regions
• Ensure collaboration with regional teams to facilitate operational planning processes that are based on data and result in adaptive management
• Ensure collaboration with regional teams to coordinate organizational impact reporting
• Collaborate with SAA team and regional teams to help coordinate organizational strategy efforts at regional and country levels
• Ensure technical support is provided to country programs on program design and MEL frameworks during the pursuit and implementation of in-country funding opportunities, as requested
• Ensure high-level support to country-led efforts to embed service level monitoring and system strength assessments as part of national impact initiatives
• Ensure the establishment of a community of practice of MEL professionals across countries and regions

Support to Donor Impact Team and External Influence

• Support the development of funding proposals for specific research opportunities to enable innovation in monitoring, research, GIS, or evaluation of programmatic work**
• Support Donor Impact Team with varying M&E requirements associated with different types of funding partners including foundations, individuals, corporate partners, and institutional donors
• Provide support to the Donor Impact team in developing tools needed to sell Everyone Forever**
• Support country programs and grant managers in harmonizing specific grant requirements with Water For People’s monitoring framework
• Consult on the development of monitoring technology and features including software, data collection tools, database tools, and others as needed
• Support the technical and programmatic development, rollout, and data ingestion for current and future versions of the Everyone Forever Tracker
• Share monitoring best practices with other sector players

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Set goals and priorities and conduct performance reviews for direct report
• Review and approve timesheets, time off requests, and monthly expense reports
• Train data professionals, volunteers, and country program staff involved in any aspect of management or monitoring data
• Follow organization policies and ensure compliance
• Lead regular meetings with M&E personnel and direct reports