Vacancy Announcement for Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning Officer for the Burundi Program

Interpeace is an international organization for peacebuilding that supports locally led peacebuilding initiatives around the world. Interpeace tailors its approach to each society and ensures that the work is locally driven. Together with local partners and local teams, Interpeace jointly develops peacebuilding programs and helps establish processes of change that connect local communities, civil society, government and the international community.

As a strategic partner of the United Nations, Interpeace is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and has offices around the world.

Position within the Organization

The Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning Officer (MEL) for Burundi is a member of Program Management Unit which manages and implements Interpeace’s active and ongoing programs around the world. The Program Management Unit is led from the Headquarters office in Geneva, although team members are based in various locations including in East and Central Africa, West Africa, Europe and the MENA region. The MEL Officer reports to the Country Representative for the Burundi Program.

Purpose and General Overview

The MEL will be responsible for leading the processes of design, monitoring and evaluation as well as learning for the country program Burundi as agreed by both Interpeace and its local partners in Burundi. The MEL should be the key resource person for the Burundi Program Team in terms of design, monitoring and evaluation as well as learning.

Duties and Responsibilities

100% Burundi Program

Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

Lead and manage design, monitoring and evaluation processes to ensure that the Burundi Program adhere to global M&E standards while adapting them to capacities and realities of the program team as well as strategic thinking between Interpeace and its partners in Burundi. The goal is to facilitate the measurement of effectiveness of program implementation and to drive evidence-based program management. Tasks include:

• Lead the reflection about and innovation of monitoring and evaluation systems and tools;
• Lead the development and roll-out of monitoring and evaluation systems and tools on the country or project level, which includes design and facilitation of workshops for the development of M&E systems and tools for specific projects;
• Provide support and coaching for Interpeace staff and partner in M&E related questions;
• Ensure that shortfalls in monitoring, evaluation and information management that affect program implementation are identified and addressed;
• Contribute to and facilitate program reflections among Interpeace staff and partner to generate relevant information for program reporting and self-evaluations on program- induced change processes;
• Contribute to and review program reports to donors to ensure coherence with M&E standards;
• Serve as lead focal point for internal and external program assessments, evaluations, etc.

Supervise the execution of external evaluations, including budget management, recruitment and management of consultants, design of data gathering process and review of final reports;

• Ensure the integration of recommendations from external and internal evaluations into the ongoing work;
• Ensure that the programmatic work in-country complies with and feeds into Interpeace’s

Change Framework;

• Contribute to the writing of program proposals and concept notes in order to ensure that issues about monitoring and evaluation are taken into account, clearly stated and in line with team capacities and existing systems (e.g. Log-frame and indicators, M&E plan, Theory of Change);
• Work closely with other colleagues across the organization supporting their program design with experience from East Africa and the Great Lakes.

Learning

Lead processes to enhance learning among Interpeace’s Great Lakes staff and partners to ensure application of up-to-date best practices, to facilitate connection with other peacebuilding practitioners within and beyond Interpeace, and to promote innovation in program processes and tools. Tasks include:

• Develop strategies for documenting and disseminating lessons learned, success stories and methodological innovations within Interpeace;
• Develop and update internal documents which allow to capture lessons learned and ensure the transfer of savoir-faire among colleagues and between programs;
• Organize and facilitate regular reflective workshops and exercises within the Burundi team and/or program partner on peacebuilding practices;
• Contribute to advancing the Interpeace approach by sharing lessons learned, best practices and innovations with Interpeace colleagues beyond the Program;
• Support review of written products including publications and donor reports to provide quality control for communicating about impacts and change;
• Lead the fostering of a learning and reflective atmosphere within the program team/partner teams this includes accompanying the program team in the development of work plans for learning as well as mobilization for face-to-face meetings between partner and staff from different countries and regions;
• Ensure the effective knowledge management within the Burundi team, including the use of

Sharepoint, mailing lists and internal communication processes

Training and capacity building

Coordinate efforts to strengthen staff capacities. Tasks include:

• Lead the development and implementation of induction processes for regional staff and support partners in development of their own induction system;
• Coordinating internal efforts of personal development, ensuring that needs and existing capacities are assessed regularly within the regional team (and partner teams when applicable) with the aim of fostering a culture of mutual coaching and mentoring;
• Identify training and learning opportunities and engage in networking at the regional and national level in order to source potential training and learning opportunities for the staff/teams;
• Design and contribute to the delivery of training conducted by Interpeace for partners and donors.

Qualifications: Education

• Master’s degree in international relations, peace and conflict studies, security studies, human rights, diplomacy, international cooperation, humanitarian aid, psychology, communication or related fields

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience of DME and learning preferably in peacebuilding or development organizations with a particular emphasis on developing systems and processes which are owned by the project teams and allow to generate and analyze field, program and organization level results information. The results should be shown to feed into decision- making and organizational learning concerning ongoing projects and program development.
• At least 1 – 5 years of professional experience in providing adapted support to daily tasks of local partners in project implementation (strategy, planning, reflection, monitoring, or evaluation) in the fields of peacebuilding, development, social business or similar fields
• At least 1 – 5 years of professional experience in writing reports for donors and in developing project proposals and concept notes

Competencies

• Demonstrated use of a variety of M&E approaches, particularly Theory of Change, RPP Change Matrix, Outcome Mapping and/or Logical Framework
• Demonstrated work experience in the Great Lakes considered a strong asset
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in institutional development is considered a strong asset
• Knowledge of and experience in research, advocacy is considered an asset
• Full professional proficiency in French or native speaker (CEFR: C2) and professional working proficiency in English (CEFR: C1)

Other qualities

• Demonstrated interest and experience (e.g. policy brief, analytical publication, academic dissertation, work experience, volunteer engagement) in peacebuilding dynamics in East Africa and/or the Great Lakes (social cohesion, reconciliation, trust building, dialogue, radicalization, violent extremism, dynamics of violence etc.)
• Aptitude to adapt to a different context regarding security, culture, climate or health issue, demonstrated by experience outside of country of origin

Interpeace Competencies

• Collaboration and Weaving
• Communication
• Drive for results
• Adaptability and Continuous Learning
• Respect for Diversity

Success factors

• identify with Interpeace’s core objectives
• enjoy integrating into a dedicated, dynamic and international team
• be motivated to closely collaborate with our national partner
• be eager to learn more about peacebuilding and conflict prevention
• be creative and a critical thinker
• be flexible, including regarding working hours and short‐notice availability