Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Reporting to: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Contract Type: Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Contract Duration: Until February 28, 2025 (with possibility to extend, subject to funds confirmation) 

Duty Station: Kyiv, Ukraine

Part 1:  Role Purpose:

Street Child is seeking a person who is eager to be involved in supporting the response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine caused by Russian military assault. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a member of well-established international organisation and its growing team in Ukraine. The role will require a motivated and enthusiastic candidate to handle monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning activities of the organisation. 

The hired person will be responsible for implementing the organization’s monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning protocols and processes. The person need to be experienced in project monitoring and evaluation in humanitarian aid sector or if you have knowledge and experience in research, data collection, analysis and reporting as well as have at least intermediate level command of English.

We are looking for candidates with a ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to support wherever needed. This is a demanding role and is suited to individuals who enjoy being busy and involved in a variety of tasks. In return it is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable skills and experience in a globally renowned international development NGO.

Street Child is proud to work with and through Ukrainian organisations. A candidate for this role should be prepared to work closely with local organisations to support their ability to impact the communities they serve.

This role is opened for the project funded by UN OCHA’s Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (project number 27464) and Infosys (project number UKR-2024-01). 

Part 2:  Key Responsibilities:

1) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (60%) 

• Implement and ensure implementation by partnering organisations and Street Child project team of project M&E protocols, plans and processes under the guidance of M&E Manager. 
• Support Monitoring and Evaluation Manager in developing monitoring and evaluation plans, processes and protocols of new proposals.
• Develop or support M&E Manager in developing data collection forms, questionnaires. 
• Collect, analyse and report on primary or secondary data in the frames of needs assessments or baseline surveys, monitoring visits, outcome evaluations using online and offline data collection modes under the guidance of M&E Manager.
• Plan and carry out field monitoring visits to the Street Child’s project locations, mainly in the East and North of Ukraine, develop field visit reports in line with Street Child’s internal reporting standards. 
• Develop recommendations based on different data collection activities for internal, organisational learning. 

2) Accountability (10%) 

• Be Street Child’s accountability focal point.
• Manage Street Child’s beneficiary feedback and complaint mechanism (BFCM) 
• Carry out accountability uptake evaluations among project beneficiaries. 
• Carry out online and offline data collection exercises under Street Child’s BFCM mechanism to proactively receive feedback from beneficiaries.
• Manage Street Child’s BFM channels.

3) Partnership and capacity building (30%) 

• Establish positive working relations with partner organisations, particularly, their M&E focal points. 
• Support partners in understanding and implementing their M&E and accountability commitments, data collection methods and tools. 
• Train and coach partners on M&E and accountability commitments under M&E Manager’s guidance.  
• Ensure partner organizations follow their M&E and accountability commitments. 
• Organise and facilitate regular M&E coordination and learning meetings with partner M&E focal points.

 4) Other 

• Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role 

• A strong commitment to Street Childs vision, mission, and values

• Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures 

• Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally

Part 3:  Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

• At least one year of previous working experience in project monitoring and evaluation within the humanitarian field or demonstrable working experience of data collection and analysis,
•  Demonstrable experience in using qualitative and quantitative research methods,
• Demonstrated experience in developing data collection tools,
• Demonstrated experience in data analysis and report writing,
• Advance knowledge of Excel program and other Microsoft office tools,
• Knowledge of English at least on intermediate level for report writing and communication.
• Working knowledge of humanitarian standards and principles, including Accountability to Affected Population principles is considered beneficial,
• Work in complex and volatile context is considered beneficial,
• Demonstrable experience working closely with national/local NGOs in Ukraine is considered beneficial.

 Skills and Abilities

• Critical thinking and ability to see a broader picture;
• Ability to analyse different sources of information and providing informed judgment
• Ability to write clearly and concisely in English and in Ukrainian
• Able and willing to travel, sometimes in insecure environments
• Good organizational abilities 
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Experience on presenting information to a group of people, delivering presentations and explaining new or unknown concepts to individuals and groups of people
• Demonstrated experience to work under pressure and tight deadlines 
• A ‘can-do’ attitude 

Other

 • A commitment to Street Child’s mission and values 

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher in social studies, sociology or related field

About Street Child 

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 650,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 33,000 caregivers to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

 Street Child’s commitment to safe environment 

Street Child is committed to diversity at workplace and welcomes applications from qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital partnership status, race, ethnic and national origins or sexual orientation.

 Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff. 

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check.  Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. 

To apply: 

Please apply for this role by submitting your CV and a covering note explaining why you think you could make an extraordinary impact in this role by clicking Monitoring & Evaluation Officer - Street Child (workable.com) before 23:00 on 12 April 2024. 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and so interested candidates are encouraged to apply early. 

As this role is based in country, appropriate pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy.