QSSR-TROCAIRE-CJC MONITORING, EVALUATION, LEARNING AND GENDER ADVISOR

Job Specification

Job Title: CJC Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Gender Advisor

Division: Trócaire Rwanda Country Programme       

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description

Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities in over 20 developing countries

across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world where; people’s dignity is ensured, and rights are respected; basic needs are met and resources are shared equitably; people have control over their own lives; and those in power act for the common good. As the official overseas development agency of the Irish Catholic Church, Trócaire has been working in Rwanda since 1994.

With funding from the Scottish Government, and in collaboration with the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF),

Trócaire has obtained a 3-year commercial contract for a Climate Just Communities (CJC) programme in Rwanda (2023-2026).

The purpose of the CJC Programme is to implement effective climate justice interventions focusing on community voice and

needs, prioritizing marginalized communities, women, and people with disabilities, and considering the Scottish Government’s pillars of climate justice. In line with this purpose, Trōcaire (Principle Sub-Contractor) works together with local delivery partners including Rwanda Climate Change and Development Network (RCCDN), DUHAMIC-ADRI, DUTERIMBERE NGO, Rwanda Development Organisation/RDO, as well as the National Union of Disabilities Organisation Rwanda (NUDOR).

The project is being implemented in three Districts; Gisagara, Karongi and Ngororero.

The MEL and Gender Advisor will report to Trócaire Climate Justice Communities (CJC) Chief of Party (CoP) and will be responsible for high quality MEL and gender inclusion support for both Trócaire and its delivery partners. This position will support CoP with the coordination to ensure the monitoring, learning and gender inclusivity are being implemented in the 3-year Scottish Government funded climate programme.

The MEL and Gender Advisor principal duties include developing technical resources to strengthen gender integration for both Trócaire and delivery partners; conducting gender analyses and assessments; developing, implementing, and evaluating activities that address gender equality and inclusive development, female empowerment, male engagement, and gender/inclusion-based violence prevention and response. The MEL and Gender Advisor will also conduct regular monitoring and documentation of learning which will influence designing and facilitating gender and inclusive development-related training and coaching to service delivery for Trócaire and its delivery partners.

The MEL and Gender Advisor leads the integration of gender transformative elements in accordance with global best practice, donor requirements and Trócaire requirements. This includes capacity strengthening and technical assistance to delivery partners.

The role will require extensive travel to the districts of operations, carrying out regular field and local delivery partner visits, as well as attending programme-related meetings, stakeholder engagements, coordination meetings, and other representation as required (including participation in delivery partner and other stakeholder organized activities & dialogues). 

The CJC MEL and Gender Advisor will work closely together with Trócaire Rwanda’s Monitoring, Inclusion, Learning and Accountability Advisor (MILA), as well as Trócaire’s global Women’s Empowerment Advisor and global colleagues from the Programme Impact and Learning division (PIL).

Safeguarding Programme Participants-Children & Adults

Trócaire is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct), which outlines the expected behaviours and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives.

Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. All offers of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and appropriate screening (e.g., police/Garda vetting, counterterrorism and anti-trafficking). Trócaire also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, and all employees will be subject to this as part of the contract of employment.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Monitoring

• Provide technical support to the Climate Justice Communities team (Trócaire and consortium members) to develop and implement an integrated Programme MEL plan and to lead the successful implementation of the programme Results Frameworks
• Rolling out digital data collection methods and provide technical support and training for Trócaire and delivery partner staff on the usage of digital data collection techniques
• Provide training and technical advice on monitoring and evaluation to programme staff, including tool selection, data collection, analysis and interpretation including qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• Provide technical support on the design, updating and reporting on Results Framework for the Programme
• Provide technical support to the Programme Team on measuring reach including the annual collection and reporting of reach at country level.
• In collaboration with the CJC CoP and CJC Technical Advisor Climate Change, lead in conducting timely monitoring and learning activities, including oversight and quality assurance of field data collection, data management and analysis that will contribute to quality reporting increased accountability, visibility of programme impact and continual programme improvement.
• Support the CJC team and partners in strategic targeting of programme participants in line with organisational standards.
• Advise and support technical staff from Trócaire and partners to ensure gender-sensitive data collection and analysis, including the use of practical indicators and monitoring tools and processes
• Assist in the development of donor reports and regular updates on achievements made.

Gender Inclusion

• With the support from the CoP to ensure, enable and capacitate staff and partner staff in order to be able to implement programmes whereby inclusion is optimally ensured (inclusion in its broadest sense, encompassing people living with disabilities, the most vulnerable populations and women and youth), in close collaboration with the programmes’ coordinator and project officers.
• Ensure gender transformative is ensured at all levels, from programme design, implementation, adjustments, activity determination, monitoring and programme revision.
• Integrate gender equality considerations in Results-Based Management monitoring and reporting methods.
• Track and report against gender key indicators and disaggregate data by gender.
• Conduct regular gender assessments, reviews and audits to assess ways to continually target involvement of women in all activities planned, in a way that responds to women’s priorities, lives and experiences.

Learning

• Ensure learning from the programme and wider Climate Just programming is included in the development and rollout of the programme.
• Learn from other organisational and external documented learning in rolling out new approaches and methods (e.g., digital data monitoring and innovative participatory, ethical and M&E methods) and explore how to apply these in the Rwandan context.
• Identify successful practices and document case studies that can be showcased in publications, communication materials and conferences.
• Contribute to communications materials that highlight gender equality programming, successes and lessons learnt.

Partner Capacity Strengthening

• Develop and implement a partner M&E capacity development plan, generating training materials and resources where needed.
• Support delivery partners to build internal MEAL capacity.
• Work with CoP and support delivery partners use of results-based management and engagement with programme learning and review processes.
• Through training and close accompaniment, support delivery partner staff to develop skills and competencies to gather, manage and analyse quality gender-sensitive data.  
• Mentor delivery partners in their use of digital data collection and advise on data protection and security.
• Support and mentor delivery partner staff to analyse and interpret data to inform programme quality control, produce quality donor reports, document lessons learned and programme impact and to inform future project development.
• Support delivery partners to implement quality field monitoring in a manner that is sensitive to the different needs of programme participants.

Person Specification-Essential Requirements

sQualification

Degree in international development, economics, statistics, social science, or a related field.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in programme implementation, including significant experience in monitoring and evaluation, accountability and learning.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in using results-based management approach
• Previous experience report writing for major international donors such as Scottish Government, European Union, UN, Irish Aid, UK donors, etc.
• Experience in participatory M&E approaches.
• Previous experience working with local partner organizations.
• Experience working on issues of Gender, Vulnerability and Women’s Empowerment

 Skills

• Technical skills to implement M&E in a gender-sensitive manner, including tool design, sampling, data collection, analysis, participatory rural appraisal and report writing.
• Ability to develop indicators, tools and processes for monitoring Women’s Empowerment and livelihoods interventions are particularly desirable.
• Ability to analyse and synthesize large both qualitative and quantitative data into different formats (e.g., reports, short summaries, presentations).
• Experience leveraging monitoring data for improving ongoing project management.
• Facilitation, coordination, and communication skills, with an ability to communicate to a variety of audiences in a variety of formats.
• High level of proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and online data management systems such as CommCare.
• Spoken fluency and written proficiency in English, French and local language.

Qualities

• Commitment to Trócaire’s Vision, Mission and Values.
• Commitment to the empowerment of women and girls, and an understanding of a partnership approach to development.
• Sympathetic understanding of the Catholic Church’s role in relief and development.
• Ability to work to deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong team player who can establish solid working relationships with colleagues.

Other

• Willingness to travel frequently in country.
• Able to work irregular hours on an occasional basis.Specification – Essential Requirement

Note:

The deadline for the application is no later than Monday, May 13^th  2024. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted