Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Senior Officer

The Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact Senior Officer supports the coordination of SHF's monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems at country and global levels, ensuring data collection, analysis, and reporting. The role ensures SHF-supported programs are results-oriented, evidence-based, and accountable to beneficiaries, governments, and donors.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of the SHF M&E framework, aligned with the SHF results framework and national sector priorities and strategies.
• Assist with harmonization of indicators with global targets and related national development plans.
• Support the periodic review of monitoring and evaluation tools, guidelines, and methodologies across the SHF-supported programme portfolio, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Contribute technical input to strengthen and continuously improve SHF M&E frameworks and results-based M&E systems, including the integration of GESI and climate impact considerations.
• Provide analysis of both quantitative and qualitative impact information.
• Manage a central database/platform for SHF’s impact data.
• Coordinate with SHF contract managers and as need be with partners, grantees, and service providers to enable timely reporting of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Analyse and collate data from various sources including partnerships and contractual agreements and ensure appropriate validation to monitor progress against agreed targets and milestones.
• Support quality assurance of program reports and ensure accuracy and consistency of performance data.
• Conduct field visits and partner monitoring to assess program delivery and verify results, as needed.
• Conduct outcome and impact assessments to evaluate SHF contributions to Next Generation Sanitation and Capital M (Menstrual health) market based approaches, including the enabling environment and removal of barriers, private sector engagement and growth and access to finance.
• Manage and support external evaluations, studies, and research to generate evidence on what works, as needed.
• Document and disseminate lessons learned, good practices, and innovative approaches, as well as supporting the response to donor impact requests.
• Facilitate learning and adaptive management by synthesizing findings and presenting evidence in accessible formats.
• Produce analytical reports, dashboards, and briefs for internal and external stakeholders, including donors and government partners.
• Support the integration of cross-cutting priorities such as equity, inclusion, and sustainability into M&E work.
• Contribute to UNOPS / SHF audit and assurance-related activities as required.

Requirements

• First-level university degree (Bachelor’s) in social sciences, economics, development studies, statistics, public administration, public policy, evaluation or a related field combined with two years of qualifying experience.
• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in the above fields with 0 years of relevant experience.
• A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in monitoring, evaluation, research, results-based M&E frameworks or programme performance management, preferably in international development or humanitarian settings is required.
• Experience in applying both quantitative and qualitative methods for monitoring and evaluation, with familiarity in diverse indicator types (e.g., output, outcome, impact, process, perception, and qualitative indicators).
• Experience tracking project targets against milestones, conducting data verification, managing impact databases, and quality-assuring performance reports.
• Experience conducting outcome evaluations, facilitating field monitoring visits, and synthesizing findings to document lessons learned and good practices.
• Demonstrated track record of producing analytical reports, dashboards, and briefs for donors, government partners, and multi-stakeholder audiences.
• Experience in preparing analytical reports and communicating findings to technical and non-technical audiences (including partners and communities).
• Proven ability to support a shift from data collection and compliance reporting toward approaches that link evidence to adaptive programme management, decision-making, and impact measurement.
• Demonstrated experience working with development partner organizations, government counterparts, or civil society actors to strengthen M&E systems, including capacity development and joint learning initiatives, is desired.
• Experience in WASH and/or menstrual health is an asset.
• Fluent English required.
• Basic French desirable.

Skills

• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Results-based M&E frameworks
• Quantitative Methods
• Qualitative Methods
• Indicator Tracking
• Data Verification
• Impact database management
• Performance Reporting
• Field Monitoring Visits
• Analytical Report Production
• Dashboard Development
• Donor Reporting
• Stakeholder Communication
• Adaptive Programme Management
• Decision-Making Support
• Impact Measurement
• M&E system strengthening
• Capacity Development
• Joint learning initiatives
• Outcome Evaluation

Languages

English, French