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Monitoring & Evaluation Manager RTI International

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  1. Introduction
The Knowledge Sector Initiative (KSI) program is a joint initiative between the Australian Government and BAPPENAS (The National Planning Agency) to improve the quality of public policies in Indonesia through the use of research, analysis and evidence. The program seeks to achieve this by supporting the capacity building of think tanks, to improve the quality of their research to meet policy maker’s needs, improve systems and regulations in government to support research-based policy making, and to develop effective models for procuring and using research to strengthen policies in education, health and social protection that will benefit the country’s poor. The program, projected to be 15 years in duration, will begin implementation in May 2013.
The overall goal of KSI is that Indonesia has the capacity to develop effective and socially accountable policies that meet priority development needs. Revitalising the Indonesian knowledge sector is an enormous effort, well beyond the scope of any one agency or development partner. AusAID’s objective in supporting this program is to catalyse reform efforts by providing its partners with a framework and resources to drive a reform process. It does not do everything. Designing the program interventions required striking a balance between the need for a comprehensive approach to knowledge sector reform and realism about what can be achieved with limited capacities, resources, and timeframes. Nevertheless, analysis suggests that in Indonesia the time is ripe for launching this change.
KSI will use a research approach to performance assessment. This will have two dimensions:
  • At the impact level, establishing and testing a basic hypothesis.
  • At the outcome and output levels, measuring key hypotheses.
  1. Objectives
The objectives of the assignment are as follows:
  1. At the impact level, the basic hypothesis is that targeted support to knowledge to policy cycles will improve Indonesia’s overall ability to produce and use high-quality evidence for policy-making. An important role of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework for the program will therefore be to test this hypothesis.
  2. To work with the Senior M&E Specialist, Lead Technical Advisor and the Senior Management Team to design needed impact, process and impact evaluations as needed to test, measure and research the effectiveness of the program, its components and the knowledge to policy cycle.
  1. Scope of Work
The M&E Manager will lead the M&E team and manage the delivery of all operational aspects of the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan in close coordination with both the part-time Senior M&E Specialist, and the Lead Technical Adviser.
  1. Under the direction of the Senior M&E Specialist, and with day-to-day support from the Lead Technical Advisor, to set broad parameters for measuring the overall success of components and some hypotheses for measuring program success.
  2. To provide support to all Component Leaders in implementation of the M&E Framework.
  3. Under the direction of the Senior M&E Specialist, the Manager will work with the Lead Technical Advisor and the Senior Management Team to develop a robust M&E framework as well as plans at the program and component levels, as well as defining the key measures of progress and tools to monitor both service delivery and research to policy improvements.
  4. Support the KSI team in its work with national level counterparts (e.g., from BAPPENAS, Supply Side Organisations and Balitbangs, and others) in M&E buy-in and capacity building. May include delivering training.
  5. Manage the M&E team and all day-to-day activities including operational research, evaluation design, data collection, data management, data presentation and report writing for the project, including regular and required reporting to AusAID.
  6. Meet additional evaluation data requirements from the KSI team and AusAID as requested.
  1. Experience
Essential
  1. Experience developing M&E systems for programs in resource constrained settings.
  2. Demonstrated practical experience in research or evaluation design, conduct, and management.
  3. Demonstrated experience in a research environment or in a policy environment.
  4. Demonstrated ability to breakdown and communicate complex concepts simply with a range of stakeholders in multi-cultural settings.
  5. Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver M&E capacity building activities for implementation teams.
  6. Demonstrated ability to facilitate learning from, and response to, M&E findings with implementation teams and other relevant stakeholders.
Desirable
  1. Demonstrated experience in the delivery of development programs. This is required to ensure that the M&E Manager is sensitive to the difficulties of implementing development programs in complex settings, that the design is feasible, and that the M&E systems meet the needs of all relevant stakeholders.
  2. Demonstrated commitment to keeping up to date with the theoretical and practice developments in the field of evaluation.
  1. Terms of Reference
a. Assist the Senior M&E Specialist conduct an Evaluability Assessment of the Initiative. At a minimum this would include: a review of the expected end-of-program outcomes and robustness of the program logic; articulation of stakeholder decisions and information needs including key evaluation questions; review of the availability and quality of existing data sources; review of the capacity of the implementation team or other relevant stakeholders to collect, analyse and report on data; articulation of the resources and budget available to conduct M&E for the program.
b. Working with the Senior M&E Specialist, and the senior management team, the M&E manager will, using a participatory approach, design a monitoring and evaluation plan that meets the expectation of AusAID and international standards of practice in M&E.
c. Provide regular support to the implementation of the M&E Plan (according to the resourcing provided). The focus ought to be on the on-going design of M&E activities; assuring the quality of the M&E system implementation; and providing technical support for the collection, analysis and interpretation of data where more advanced skills are required.
d. With the support of the Senior M&E Specialist, identify what technical support will be needed and what capacity is required by the implementation team to implement the M&E Plan and develop, monitor and evaluate a capacity building plan to develop relevant skills, and to ensure that there is an enabling environment in place to implement the M&E plan.
e. Supervise the compilation of KSI progress reports that meet the requirements of AusAID and other primary users of the information such as national partners. An evidence-based, timely contribution to the Quality at Implementation Reports, Independent Progress Reports and Activity Completion Reports should be prepared where requested. Reports must reflect an analytical contribution where the implications of findings are explored, not simply reported.
f. Contribute to the intellectual development of KSI during implementation. Working as a facilitator, support the implementation team and other relevant stakeholders to interpret and respond to M&E findings over the life of the initiative.
g. Under the guidance and support of the Senior M&E Specialist, develop the methodology for the collection and analysis of data on the contractor performance indicators.
h. Provide on-going training and guidance to other national team members to ensure that they understand the purpose and objectives of the M&E Plan and to help them fulfil their roles in implementing the Plan.
  1. Level of Effort
The duration of the assignment is until approximately June 30, 2017.
  1. Organisational Arrangements
The Manager will be a member of the Senior Management Team and will report directly to the Operations Manager and Lead Technical Advisor, and will work in a flexible way to support the achievement of objectives across the project.
  1. Qualification Requirements
  1. At least ten years of professional experience and demonstrated research design and monitoring and evaluation experience. Experience in policy research and knowledge to policy theory a plus.
  2. Master's Degree and/or PhD in relevant social science or policy field.
  3. Excellent communication and inter-personal skills. Ability to work well within a team and to work effectively with government and non-government stakeholders in the field.
  4. Excellent writing skills in Bahasa Indonesia. Fluency and strong capacity to read and write reports in English.
  1. Application Instructions
Candidates should send the following documentations: Application letter and CV with 3 referees. Please indicate the position you are applying for in the email subject, and submit the application to: hr@rti-indomd.rti.org. In order to be considered for this position candidates should ONLY send the requested information to the address hr@rti-indomd.rti.org and NOT through the RTI online application system. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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