The Monitoring & Evaluation Expert will be placed within the TESS MAV+ project team based in Brussels, Belgium and will report to the Deputy Director of Expertise France TESS MAV+.

He/she will provide expertise to the project team and to the project's institutional and operational partners in the development and use of monitoring and evaluation tools.

He/she will document, monitor, analyse and capitalise on the project process and results.

The position has the following objectives:

-          To contribute to the effective and efficient management and implementation of actions by ensuring their monitoring and evaluation in accordance with the requirements of Expertise France;

-          Coordinate the project's overall monitoring and evaluation strategy

-          Ensuring that the monitoring and evaluation tools are appropriated and used by the stakeholders.

Main roles

A/ He/she is the link between the harmonised M&E framework for the TESS MAV+ Project (in coordination with the TESS MAV+ Project Director and Expertise France ‘s M&E Coordinator)

-          He/she will set up the monitoring and evaluation system and to this end :

o   Participates in the development and implementation of a participatory monitoring-evaluation system;

o   Plans and coordinates the implementation of baseline and endline surveys;

o   Ensures the quality, consistency and harmonisation of the monitoring and evaluation tools, processes, procedures and methodologies deployed.

-          He/she will set up data collection and analysis tools (forms, databases, etc.) to facilitate monitoring of the progress of activities and their proper implementation;

-          He/she will set up a centralised filing and archiving system for digital and paper data (reports, questionnaires, etc.);

-          He/she identifies the M&E capacity development needs of the project teams and partners and plans the necessary reinforcement or training actions;

Support for data collection

-          He/she supports the start-up of data collection (qualitative and quantitative) and the filling in of tools by the activity stream managers and their teams;

-          He/she plans and implements cross-cutting or large-scale surveys in coordination with the technical team;

-          He/she compiles and manages databases;

-          He/she checks the consistency and quality of the data collected and compliance with database regulations, and to do this ;

o   Detects missing data or redundancies and suggests possible improvements;

o   Compiles the data collected and enters it into the dedicated databases on a monthly basis;

o   Capitalises on, documents and disseminates the programme's good practice, achievements and innovations;

o   Anticipates and provides practical solutions to problems relating to monitoring and evaluation (filling in data, registers, patient file circuits, supervision and any corrections required);

B/ He/she will support the monitoring and evaluation activities for the TESS MAV+ (in coordination with the Deputy Director) and will therefore:

-          Evaluates the terms of reference and participates in the internal evaluation process for the actions implemented;

-          Ensures the monitoring of relevant performance indicators, data and tools and shares findings and alerts on significant deviations.

Data analysis

·         He/she formalises data output in the form of summary notes including analysis elements;

·         He/she monitors the extent to which project results have been achieved;

·         He/she alerts the Deputy Project Director to problems encountered and potential delays.

Reporting

·         He/she ensures the regularity of technical reports from field staff and project implementation partners;

·         He/she participates in the preparation and implementation of reviews as defined by Expertise France;

·         He/she participates in the preparation of reports, incorporating data from the monitoring and evaluation system;

Data archiving

·         He/she codes the questionnaires;

·         He/she organises the filing of questionnaires, computer data, summaries and reports;

·         He/she regularly saves the data entered and the results.

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