iVolunteerOverseas - Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor

Eastern Africa

12 to 24 months

VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Their high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

VSO has extended its recruitment program to India through its partner iVolunteer Overseas (iVO). Volunteers recruited by VSO are placed in developing countries across Africa and Southeast Asia on a wide range of niche projects.

Since 2005, more than 200 committed and skilled volunteers from India & Srilanka have been placed through iVolunteer Overseas program and have come back with enriched lives and careers.

Role overview:

- The aim of this role is to strengthen current monitoring and evaluation practices and support a partner organisation to develop integrated monitoring and evaluation systems.

- You'll build the capacity of personnel collecting, collating, analyzing, synthesizing and disseminating data and introduce effective data collection approaches.

- You'll support the development of guidelines and tools on monitoring and evaluation and deliver training workshops. The emphasis of your position will depend on the key objectives of the local partner.

Skills, qualifications and experience required:

- To be successful in this role you will need a minimum of 3 years Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) experience

- You have experience developing monitoring and evaluation training materials and delivering training

- Proven experience and skills in EMIS practice including data collection and analysis, and used in effective management of information systems, planning and decision making

Countries where VSO is currently running Monitoring & Evaluation programmes with M&E specialists are Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania & Ethiopia.

Together with the above, VSO will assess you against the following competencies, which make up VSO's volunteer competency framework. You're open minded and respectful. You're resilient and adapt well to new situations. You're able to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships. But most of all, as this is the vision of VSO, you're competent to seek and share knowledge.

What we offer:

- In term of financial support VSO will give home-country funded allowance, travel costs, accommodation and an allowance to cover your basic living expenses while overseas according to the destination country.

- Above all a chance to gain a new life experience and professional development in an international setting

How to apply:

We hope you are gone through our website www.ivoindia.org thoroughly and aware these are short-term/long-term skills-based volunteer positions for professionals.

If you wish to work in the field with VSO and become a part of our mission, please submit your application online at http://www.ivoindia.org/volunteer/vacancies.asp

Further information on VSO’s work in each of the countries we work, additional opportunities and to read volunteer experiences, visit www.ivoindia.org

Application closing date: 20/09/2014