MEL Manager

MEL Manager

SFSP

Background:

The government of Sudan is working to put Sudan on a path to sustainable, equitable, and broad-based peace and prosperity. The government is focused economic reform, including fossil fuel subsidies that are a primary cause of inflation and exchange rate depreciation. Any such reforms will impact household budgets. The Government wishes to mitigate the impact of these reforms by introducing the Sudan Family Support Program (SFSP).

SFSP is an unconditional cash transfer program intended to cover 80% of Sudanese, or 6.5 million families with a monthly transfer that depends on the size of the family. Families should be able to enroll to receive benefits through multiple channels including interactive SMS, and USSD gateway, a smart-phone application, and physical registration. The identification of families that enroll should be validated against the national civil registry. Families should have the option of establishing digital wallets through which they will receive the cash transfer. Where digital payments are not possible non-digital alternatives must be provided. The business processes and information flows must be secure, auditable, and efficient, focused on citizens and protect their privacy and rights.

The Program implementation will be executed by, a cross-Ministerial body chaired by the Ministry of Finance and Economic planning, co-chaired by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, and includes the Ministry Interior, Justice, and the Central Bank of Sudan.

The objective:

• The PIU, and the Program Manager, report to Undersecretary, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

• Concerned Ministries and Agencies will provide guidance for the execution of these functions through the Project Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee and the Project Technical Committee.

• Other than the Project Manager, other rules report to SFSP Program Manager

• The assignment will be twelve-month duration, extendable. The assignment may be extended, terminated or modified should the MoFEP determine that it is necessary, with a minimum notice period to the consultant of three weeks.

• All materials developed in the course of the project and program will be the ownership of the Government of Sudan and will be considered confidential, not to be shared without the permission of the Government.

• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager

Objective. The objective of the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager is to support the delivery of overall impacts of the Sudan Family Support Program through the implementation of an MEL framework that provides Management will timely feedback on program performance in achieving its strategic objectives.

Scope of Work

• Oversee the implementation of the programme’s MEL framework

• Oversee the development of relevant indicators for data collection, the design of data collection templates and guidelines for data collection/generation processes for the different programme pillars

• Provide technical support to project staff on implementing the MEL framework

• Liaise with the programme management (project management) to determine the state of progress

• Track project’s output and outcome levels on a periodic basis in coordination with the MEL officers, the project management team and leaders of the different pillars

• Check, verify and sign-off on data from the field, and review MEL monitoring reports, project progress reports, evaluation reports, and other monitoring and progress related documentation

• Oversee the project progress database

• Provide technical support to staff members for all MEL related activities

• Train programme staff members on MEL concepts, skills and tools

• Work closely with programme implementation staff from the different pillars to enhance their capacity for proper data collection and reporting

• Sign off on TORs, training materials, communication materials related to the MEL framework and impact evaluation framework

• Review field level assessment reports, baseline studies and evaluation reports

• Ensure that incoming and outgoing reports related to MEL are complete and meet reporting requirements

• Oversee quality control of data collection, analysis and reporting

• Review and sign off on the unit’s periodic progress report and submit to project’s management

• Ensure the project management team’s periodic reports

• Manage and review MEL reports and other knowledge outputs

• Oversee the documentation processes for lessons learned

• Develop and manage the knowledge outputs of the programme

• Conduct regular monitoring of the project’s outputs and outcomes to ensure quality of delivery of the programme’s intervention

• Oversee the design, drafting and formatting of baseline, midline and end line surveys

• Lead efforts in establishing collaborations with external partners for improving the program’s MEL efforts.

• Oversee the drafting of TORs for contracting external partners in M&E related work

• Oversee all collaborations with external partners in MEL related work

• Assist in organising and facilitating various events such as meetings, workshops, conferences and seminars

• Carry out other duties and responsibilities related to MEL

Qualifications

• Masters’ degree in business, economics or related disciplines;

• A minimum of five years working on monitoring, evaluation in the public, private, humanitarian or civil sectors;

• Managerial or supervisory experience with teams of at least three direct reports;

• Has strong written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic;

• Ability to diplomatically handle sensitive situations with target audiences and cultivate productive relationships.

• Ability to deliver oral presentations to various audiences.

• Commitment in observing deadlines and achieving results.

• Remains calm in stressful situations and has a friendly, enthusiastic and positive attitude.

• Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

• Ability to deal with quantitative and qualitative data: collection, compiling and analysis

• English and Arabic fluency, written and spoken.

Terms and Conditions for all Assignments

• All candidates will be reporting to SFSP program Manager

• The assignment will be twelve-month duration, extendable. The assignment may be extended, terminated or modified should the MoFEP determine that it is necessary, with a minimum notice period to the consultant of three weeks.

• All materials developed in the course of the project and program will be the ownership of the Government of Sudan and will be considered confidential, not to be shared without the permission of the Government.

Applications are to be submitted to the below email with the job identification on the subject title.

• [email protected]

• [email protected]

Deadline for application is: 27 of December, 2020