World Vision

MEAL & Impact Specialist

Lusaka, Zambia Full time

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring &Evaluation System Implementation

  • In liaison with the Project Manager, the MEAL and Impact Specialist will oversee all planning and implementation of The Project related monitoring and evaluation activities.

  • Lead the development of the Project Performance Monitoring Framework and ensure it is aligned to the approved log frame.

  • Develop the quality control systems and mechanisms needed to guarantee proper management of information, data and identify areas of risk that might affect the Project.

  • Lead all data quality assurance, analysis, reporting, data dissemination and data use.

  • Providing expert technical advice to the Project, partners, and other stakeholders to improve implementation and tracking performance of education activities in intervention sites.

  • Develop data collection tools and procedures for the Project.

  • Lead training of data collectors

  • Lead the development of a data repository for the Project for better knowledge management and utilization.

Capacity Building

  • Identify training needs of the project team, as well as district and community-based level partners in monitoring and evaluation and other competencies.

  • Support staff orientation and participate in building capacity of Project staff through coaching and mentoring for increased/enhanced competency.

Ensure Program, Project Effectiveness, Documenting and Reporting

  • Lead in the identification, registration and monitoring of students.

  • Lead in the development of the sustainability plan.

  • Lead learning events to use monitoring and evaluation results for decision making and disseminate takeaways to relevant stakeholders.

  • Lead in annual monitoring of indicators, tracking Project outcomes and evaluation of the Project.

  • Lead in quarterly review meetings for the Project.

  • Lead all data audits for the Project.

  • Reporting and Communicating - to demonstrate progress against key Project indicators.

  • Provide technical leadership in Annual, semiannual, quarterly, monthly reports for the Project.

  • Provide technical support for the Project on documentation and communication of best practices.

  • Provide leadership on Knowledge management for the Project

  • Lead in the identification, registration and monitoring of students.

  • Lead in the development of the sustainability plan.

  • Lead learning events to use monitoring and evaluation results for decision making and disseminate takeaways to relevant stakeholders.

  • Support the integration of gender and disability in monitoring progress in Project implementation.

  • Manage consultants hired for case studies, surveys and research studies

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

  • A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Science, Statistics, Demography, Monitoring & Evaluation, or information systems or its equivalent.

  • At least 3 years’ experience in program design Monitoring and Evaluation.

  • Good level of proficiency in qualitative and quantitative analysis using statistical packages including Excel, SPSS and STATA.

  • Excellent analytical/problem-solving skills and detail orientation.

  • Ability to design M&E tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations.

  • Demonstrated ability to build capacity of World Vision staff and local partners.

  • Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues and external partners.

  • Strong written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Computer literate in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

  • Capacity to function well in a team and contribute effectively to team efforts.

  • Ability to adapt in different work environments: office based and field work (rural and peri-urban)

  • Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only