Major Functions

The Officer for Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) will be responsible for designing, managing, and implementing PMEL activities for CO grants and projects/programs. The role will carry out the design of PMEL frameworks for the project, ensuring their alignment with the office strategy, in line with WWF’s Network’s Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management (PPMS) and ensuring compliance with the WWF International Country Office Strategy and Impact Monitoring policy.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

1. Planning 
   • Provide technical guidance to the Her Resilience our Planet (HRoP) in the development of strategic and project/programme levels Theory of Change, logical frameworks and PMEL frameworks according to PPMS standards and ensure that these are well documented.
   • Provide technical advice and facilitate the process of developing clear and measurable goals, outcomes and indicators for grants, projects, while ensuring alignment with the landscape programme and Country strategy.
   • Utilises the WWF International PMEL solution for project and programme design, in compliance with WWF International standards.

1. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

1. • Handle the collection, review and analysis of quality data to inform progress and adaptive management for the project.
   • Maintain the integrity of PMEL databases and documentation for the programme.
   • Implement WWF International PMEL solution for data management and reporting, in compliance with WWF International standards.
   • Works closely with program managers, and the Programme PMEL to ensure project indicators are monitored and reported in accordance with the project and landscape programme PMEL framework.
   • Ensure key project PMEL activities are carried out in a timely manner e.g., baselines, mid-term review or evaluation, final evaluation, reporting, dissemination etc.
   • Guides the review of information and data collected to ensure it is of quality, accurate and timely to inform decisions for the project.
   • Lead the internal project reporting efforts in the project as well as their consolidation and or synthesis. e.g., technical reports, impact reports, donor reports and other information from projects.
   • Work in close collaboration with the ESSF Advisor and Landscape program PMEL Officer to integrate the ESSF framework and monitoring needs inside the annual monitoring plan of the office.

1. Learning and Adaptive Management 

1. • Design and implement lessons learned, and performance review workshops for project learning and adaptive management.
   • Promote and facilitate dissemination of project results, knowledge sharing and collaboration for continuous learning in the program and the country office.
   • Ensure integration of recommendations into project for improvement.
   • Feed project learning into programmatic and organizational learning processes.
   • Support evidence-based decision-making by translating data into actionable insights.
   • Design learning tools, and document

1. Capacity Development

1. • Provide routine training and capacity-building support to project staff, partners, and stakeholders on M&E methodologies and best practices
   • This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the sort of tasks that are anticipated by staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to program and organizational needs. This role will require travel as needed (approx. 20% of the time).

Profile

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in natural resource management, environment, conservation management, bioregional planning, social sciences, development studies, Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation or in relevant fields.
• 2 years of practical experience in PMEL methodologies, project cycle management, Quality Assurance, Financial Management, Data analysis and report writing.
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and experience with Result-based management. Familiarity with PPMS or Open Standards would be considered an advantage.
• Proven knowledge of data analytics and utilising monitoring and evaluation data for impact reporting.
• Experience in field data collection, analysis synthesis and preparation of strategic information for decision-makers.
• Experience in using data collection tools, e.g., KOBO, ODK, Survey123, etc
• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools. E.g., R, PowerBI, Tableau, Excel etc.
• Proven knowledge and experience of the not-for-profit sector, preferably of environmental non-government organizations, governance and regulatory compliance.
• Great command of written and spoken English and the local language.

• Provide technical guidance to the Her Resilience our Planet (HRoP) in the development of strategic and project/programme levels Theory of Change, logical frameworks and PMEL frameworks according to PPMS standards and ensure that these are well documented.
• Provide technical advice and facilitate the process of developing clear and measurable goals, outcomes and indicators for grants, projects, while ensuring alignment with the landscape programme and Country strategy.
• Utilises the WWF International PMEL solution for project and programme design, in compliance with WWF International standards.
• Handle the collection, review and analysis of quality data to inform progress and adaptive management for the project.
• Maintain the integrity of PMEL databases and documentation for the programme.
• Implement WWF International PMEL solution for data management and reporting, in compliance with WWF International standards.
• Works closely with program managers, and the Programme PMEL to ensure project indicators are monitored and reported in accordance with the project and landscape programme PMEL framework.
• Ensure key project PMEL activities are carried out in a timely manner e.g., baselines, mid-term review or evaluation, final evaluation, reporting, dissemination etc.
• Guides the review of information and data collected to ensure it is of quality, accurate and timely to inform decisions for the project.
• Lead the internal project reporting efforts in the project as well as their consolidation and or synthesis. e.g., technical reports, impact reports, donor reports and other information from projects.
• Work in close collaboration with the ESSF Advisor and Landscape program PMEL Officer to integrate the ESSF framework and monitoring needs inside the annual monitoring plan of the office.
• Design and implement lessons learned, and performance review workshops for project learning and adaptive management.
• Promote and facilitate dissemination of project results, knowledge sharing and collaboration for continuous learning in the program and the country office.
• Ensure integration of recommendations into project for improvement.
• Feed project learning into programmatic and organizational learning processes.
• Support evidence-based decision-making by translating data into actionable insights.
• Design learning tools, and document
• Provide routine training and capacity-building support to project staff, partners, and stakeholders on M&E methodologies and best practices

• PMEL methodologies
• Project cycle management
• Quality Assurance
• Financial Management
• Data analysis
• Report writing
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Result-based management
• Data analytics
• Field data collection
• Data synthesis
• Preparation of strategic information for decision-makers
• Using data collection tools

• Bachelor’s degree in natural resource management, environment, conservation management, bioregional planning, social sciences, development studies, Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation or in relevant fields.
• 2 years of practical experience in PMEL methodologies, project cycle management, Quality Assurance, Financial Management, Data analysis and report writing.
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and experience with Result-based management.
• Proven knowledge of data analytics and utilising monitoring and evaluation data for impact reporting.
• Experience in field data collection, analysis synthesis and preparation of strategic information for decision-makers.
• Experience in using data collection tools.