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About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles too.
Learn about our vision, mission and values
About the Role
Christian Aid is seeking to recruit a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer who would be responsible for the contribution to the progress of the country programme towards its strategic goals through development and maintaining effective monitoring and evaluation system. To provide support to projects implementation particularly to EU funded projects and programmes and to lead monitoring and impact evaluation, create conditions so that learning is fed into programme decision-making, to contribute to the development of Christian Aid policy and strategy.
To work with partner organizations and providing support to ensure the effectiveness of the application of downward accountability mechanisms, such as HAP, international standards and bench-marks in line with Christian Aid corporate/country strategy, to develop systems of documentation of learnings and best practices, to organize and share internally and with external stakeholders.
About you
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate who have a skill/experience on partners’ performance management and for developing plans to improve the performance of partner staff, volunteers or others. You will give capacity building support where it is required; and assist others to develop, implement and update their monitoring and evaluation systems. You will need to be pro-active, solutions-focused and have strong interpersonal skills. You will be a team player, able to establish good relationships across the various stakeholders (including local NGOs, INGOs, government, private sector and external partners). Moreover, since you may have a project management responsibility for directing work of others and may take a responsibility for ensuring that work quality and professional standards are maintained, the corresponding knowledge and experience for these tasks is highly demanded. You are required to have demonstrated experience of working on EU funded projects and programmes.
In addition, you need to be educated to at least degree level preferably in developmental economics, statistics, M&E, Project Management, other social sciences, or development related disciplines, with at least 7 years’ experience in international NGO setting on the areas of monitoring and evaluation. It would be desirable for the candidate to have a good understanding of issues such as gender, accountability, policy, and disaster risk reduction. It is essential for the candidate to have strong skills, knowledge and experience in:
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.
We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths and none (with the exception of Director positions where there is a genuine occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian - Exempted under the Equality Act 2010).
All successful candidates will require social media, DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process 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. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures”
Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid’s Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid’s Code of Conduct.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
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