- The Associate - PMEL (Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) will work closely Integrated Urban Planning Practice and MFR (Managing for Results) team located in India and Washington DC
- This position will be responsible for implementing Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (PMEL) to ensure projects are effective and building towards desired outputs, outcomes, and impacts
- This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong MEL background that is ready to work on MEL deliverables for a large multi-year grant on the Eco City-Region project
The specific goals of this position are to have:
- Robust, evidence- based development and management of theories of change (ToC) for the Eco City-Region project
- Intentional pause and reflect cycles to review ToCs and ME data, discuss the learnings and changes needed to achieve the results in the strategic plan
- Iterative cycles of evaluation that support ongoing reflection and learning, systemization and publication of lessons learned
How your day will unfold:
- Support Eco City-Region team as they adopt the ME system (DevResults) including helping in the formulation and refinement of theory of change, results framework, develop or refine indicators and develop methodology for data collection.
- Develop primary data collection tools (eg, surveys, questionnaires, semi structured interview guides, etc) and support for implementation (eg, training enumerators, developing sampling methodology, mentoring partners, etc), primary data cleaning, analysis and reporting protocols
- Lead the meaningful incorporation of gender and social inclusion considerations and indicators within PMEL lifecycle
- Provide support for project performance monitoring activities and systems, including necessary data management and visualization software and data collection instruments, to collect, store, manage, analyze, visualize and report ME data on indicators.
- Liaise with multiple stakeholders for timely data collection, verification and feedback
- Conduct regular and ad-hoc data analysis and develop reports (monthly, quarterly, annually) to share knowledge, demonstrate progress and facilitate continuous learning
- Ensure timely PMEL reporting to all relevant stakeholders
- Working with our communications team, translate data into simple, powerful messages that resonate with various stakeholders and audiences
- Working with Research, Data and Innovation (RDI) and Managing for Results (MfR) teams at WRI to ensure that data collection and analysis are of the highest standards
- Support collaboration, learning and adaptation efforts, to help in the identification, analysis, and synthesis of lessons learned from program implementation
- Coordinate with buy-in clients, network and implementation partners, WRI project colleagues and other stakeholders to support the development of learning-oriented reports
- Participate in regular project management planning meetings and provide analytical feedback and support to inform technical decisions
- Engage the project team in the Learning Plan, leading the writing of the plan and ensuring that the project staff understand their roles, how the project fosters collaborative learning and systematically shares the learning and uses it to adaptively manage the project, especially learning between the pilots
- Support annual MEL planning process, including engaging partners and stakeholders during annual stock-taking events and other project related opportunities to intentionally and iteratively adapt and improve the ToC and MEL plan; update, manually or as needed, the project s MEL Plan and Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRs), Context Indicator Reference Sheets (CIRS) and other elements of the PMEL plan
- Support and advise colleagues on activity-level and project-wide monitoring and evaluation efforts, ensuring quality and consistency
- Responsible for data quality assurance, including regular data quality assessments and supporting the development of systems to support high quality performance data
- Ensure MEL procedures support data quality assurances, develop and document the procedures as needed for the project
Qualifications and Requirements we seek:
- Minimum of 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning for international development work or comparable work in another industry
- Experience with process of implementing of PMEL Plans, including both quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and reporting on performance and context indicators through development projects or related industry projects
- Experience using digital technology for data collection, management, analysis, and reporting and documentation.
- Experience with PMEL lifecycle, including development of logical framework, development of indicators and methodology for data collection, conducting interviews, surveys, and other data collection methods, cleaning data, managing data responsibly, analysing the data, effectively conveying key insights and contextualizing results, documenting processes, methodologies, managing and/or conducting evaluations, etc
- Experience with baseline, mid-term, and final evaluation management
- Detail oriented, able to manage multiple priorities, ensure highest standards and consistency of work
- Demonstrated experience conducting formal and informal MEL trainings, mentoring staff and staff from partner organizations
- Excellent facilitation, communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Experience working effectively and respectfully in diverse teams and communities around the globe
- Ability to meet deadlines, take initiative and accomplish work with minimal supervision
- Strong critical thinking capabilities with an ability to rapidly assess situational needs, develop problem solving strategies, and implement sustainable solutions
- Master s degree in public policy/ environmental governance/ urban planning/ geography/ sociology/ economics/ statistics or a related relevant discipline
- Prior Experience in supporting MEL for developmental projects is strongly preferred
- Experience of communication/ outreach/ engagement is strongly preferred
- Experience with PMEL start-up phase, where systems and procedures need to be developed
- Experience with relevant software for building dashboards and MEL platforms like DevResults, Power BI etc
