As a MEL Manager (f/m/d) at HereWeGrow (HWG), you ensure that our funded programs are effectively monitored, evaluated, and that learning is systematically incorporated into our work. Your role will be instrumental in creating insights and evidence-based recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of funded initiatives, inform our learning agenda and guide our portfolio decisions.
You will report to the Head of Operations and work in close collaboration with our MEL and project management team.
Monitoring and evaluation within the entire project cycle:
- Selection and coordination of our MEL partners.
- Co-development of evaluation designs in coordination with research and project implementing partners.
- Quality control of evaluation concepts and tools (qualitative and quantitative).
- Facilitation of monitoring data exchange between project implementer and HWG.
- Analysis of monitoring data to inform our project team on progress and optimization potential.
- Close collaboration with project teams to integrate MEL findings and existing evidence into programmatic decision-making.
Organizational learning and impact assessment:
- Evaluation of overall project impact based on existing M&E data, including creation of impact models and social return on investment calculations to inform project management and funding decisions.
- Coordination of HWG-own research projects and data collection through HWG field staff or service providers as well as conduction of cross-project data analyses to answer specific learning questions.
- Continuous identification of opportunities for process improvement and innovation within the MEL area.
Other: Handling of overarching administrative tasks, e.g., literature management.
