Responsible for guiding the overall M&E strategy and implementation related activities within the project and via partners, and providing timely and relevant information to all project stakeholders. Work closely with all parties involved in M&E design and implementation including, project managers and field staff, representatives from partners and key stakeholder groups, external consultants and donors.

FH Heartbeat
At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of guiding principles we call “The Heartbeat.” This includes our Values, Vision and Purpose, which serve as the explanation of who we are and how we work as an organization. Together we follow God’s call responding to human suffering and graduating communities from extreme poverty.

Principal Responsibilities
Management of M&E systems
• Manage and oversee the collection and organizing of information in accordance with FH DRC’s M&E Systems and M&E Framework.
• Track performance on established input, activity, output, effect and impact indicators to measure achievement and track progress towards intermediate results and overall program strategic objectives.
• Work closely with program managers and technical coordinators to process, analyze and use this information to improve management, make necessary adjustments, and assess certain trends.
• Manage the correct and effective use of routine monitoring tools including Mini KPCs using LQAS to assess changes in adoption of improved practices, pre/post tests, Quality Improvement and Verification Checklists, and Barrier Analysis to identify determinants of behaviors so that more effective behavior change can be encouraged.
• Design, plan, coordinate and report on the major periodic events associated with individual programs, namely, baseline survey, mid-term evaluation and final evaluation.
• Conduct spot checks at the individual site and community level to evaluate adherence to programming standards and visually verify information reported through the normal reporting systems.
• Compile and present program information for internal monthly, quarterly and annual reports as well as donor required annual reports such as BHA’s Standardized Indicators Performance Tracking Table for the USAID/BHA funded DFSA.
• Through aggregation of information and analysis at a national level, provide annual progress reports on national level strategic objectives.
• Consult management on findings of project performances.
• Ensure that monitoring, data collection and reporting take root in the process of program implementation.
• Set in place or adapt FH DRC M&E policy, its yearly implementation plan and update (including M&E plans, targets).
• Support operations team in the perspective of program growth and designing.
Facilitation of knowledge building and sharing
• Provide training and capacity building for FH DRC staff in effective monitoring and evaluation tools and systems.
• Ensure transfer of monitoring and evaluation skills to a local community level through participative training and development of community based systems such as the early warning system.
• Search, collect and share new approaches and tools regarding designing, monitoring and evaluation in order to keep FH DRC on a competitive level within the development and relief partnership.
Develop and improve FH DRC’s M&E tools and systems
• Further develop the M&E System and processes to function more efficiently in providing relevant, timely program assessment information to key stakeholders within the organization as well as external partners and community level groups.
• Develop a national M&E System to harmonize and where possible, standardize the indicators and processes, which are used in different provinces, with different programs and donors.
• Assist in developing a community based early warning system through monitoring of defined trigger indicators and a community level and triangulating this information with other early warning stakeholders.
• Take a lead role in integrating M&E into new program design and implementation planning.
• Facilitate the work of any external program evaluators and take a lead role in ensuring follow-up of their recommendations.
Other duties as assigned.

Job Level Specifications
• Vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a Christian commitment to serving the poor and in full agreement with FH’s Christian beliefs expressed in The Heartbeat.
• Demonstrated computer-operating skills, including proficiency in Google platforms, Microsoft Office products and statistical analysis software (SPSS, EPI-Info, or similar), and virtual technologies such as Skype and/or Zoom.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating Title II development programs is highly valued.
• Experience in war-affected areas, difficult and insecure living conditions.
• Experience with the logical framework approach to M&E and with quantitative, qualitative, and participatory M&E approaches.
• Ability to sit/stand at a computer for up to 8 hours a day doing repetitive motions on a keyboard.
• Medical fitness to live and travel in rural and urban areas with extreme conditions and limited medical support.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of time per year, to insecure countries or locations and internationally.

Experience
• Typically, 6+ years of M&E experience.
• Prior experience in a complex, matrixed organization, with the ability to scale processes in a global, professional, service organization.
• Minimum three years of living and working in a developing country.
Education/Certifications
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BSc.) from four-year College or university in Statistics, Sociology, International Development or other relevant field.

Language
Proficiency in spoken and written English. Working knowledge of French highly desirable. Ability to read and interpret field program reports, analyze and interpret reports and statistical information, technical procedures, and government regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Supervisor Responsibilities
Directly supervises staff. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints, resolving problems, etc.

Safeguarding Policy
Food for the Hungry is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for all beneficiaries it serves. It is FH's policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that prevents and deters any actions and omissions that put any beneficiaries, including children and the most vulnerable at risk. All personnel are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation. Any violations of this policy could result in termination.