Monitoring and evaluation specialist

Job: Monitoring and evaluation specialist
SOS Children’s Villages Denmark is looking for a monitoring and evaluation specialist to support and give advice to our portfolio of projects funded by institutional donors. These projects range from community strengthening, health promotion, economic empowerment and education to building long-term resilience among crisis-affected communities.
Our core target group is children, youth and families in vulnerable situations. The M&E specialist will work across all our projects currently implemented in Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland, Laos, Cambodia, Ukraine and Greenland.

As our new colleague, you will be part of the international programme department with 14 dedicated colleagues, three controllers and two student assistants. You will join a dynamic team with high work spirit and ethics that operates in an informal and positive work environment.

Responsibilities:

• To give technical advice to grant applications in collaboration with fundraisers, project managers and thematic experts, with a specific focus on formulating results frameworks and describing how we work with MEAL and project management.
• To manage our results measurement tool, e.g., by developing impact maps, surveys and to analyse results.
• To strengthen the use of evidence and data into reports, and to assist in related matters, such as writing case stories and reporting in IATI.
• To support evaluations, e.g., by developing terms of references with partners and to ensure proper dissemination and use of findings.
• To maintain and further develop our MEAL-system, at home and abroad.
• Other tasks may include carrying out surveys, such as sustainability studies, capacity assessments, context analysis and needs assessments.
• Regular travel, up to 30 days per year.

Qualifications and experiences:

• Relevant master’s degree.
• Minimum five years relevant experience from an international NGO or similar.
• Experience with projects funded by Danida, EU, and large institutional foundations.
• Experience with results-based management and monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Experience working in East Africa, Horn of Africa or Southeast Asia.
• Strong skills in qualitative and quantitative survey methods, including statistics.
• Strong skills in IT and technologies.
• Strong language skills, especially English, which is our work language.

Competencies:

• Organized and structured.
• Analytical and detail oriented.
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills.
• Assertive with a positive mindset and thriving as part of a team working for a common goal.
• Accustomed to working at all levels in an international environment.

We offer:

• A meaningful job in an organization that values a good working environment and prioritises personal and professional development of its employees.
• Good work-life balance and a strong collegial community.
• Salary in accordance with experience and based on collective agreement between SOS Children Villages Denmark and Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).
• Pension and health insurance scheme.
• A full-time position with a 37-hours workweek, including lunchbreak.

SOS Children’s Villages, founded in 1949, is the world’s largest non-governmental organization focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it.

Locally led, we work in more than 130 countries and territories to strengthen families who are under pressure so they can stay together. When this is not in the best interest of a child or young person, we work with a range of care options, including foster care and family-like care according to the unique needs of the child or young person.

Together with partners, donors, communities, children, young people, and families, we enable children to grow up with the bonds they need to develop and become their strongest selves. We speak up for children’s rights and advocate for change so all children can grow up in a supportive environment.

More information
For more information about the position, please contact Mads Gottlieb, Senior MEAL Advisor, on email: [e-mail]

To apply
Please apply no later than November 10, 2024.

Apply by clicking the “apply now” button and please attach a motivation letter and a CV together with a copy of relevant certificates.

We expect to conduct first-round interviews in week 47 and second-round interviews in week 48. We use a personality profile as part of our recruitment process. We expect to have you starting on January 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Place of work is our office in Copenhagen at Amerikavej 15C, 2nd floor, Copenhagen V, Denmark.

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SOS Children’s Villages Denmark is one of Denmark’s largest privately funded child rights organizations and operates in more than 130 countries.

Please visit www.sosbørnebyerne.dk for further information.