Employer: Pan-American Development Foundation
Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Location: Flexible (travel required)
Position type: Flexible
SCOPE OF WORK
Working closely with the joint project team of PADF and ECADE, the consultant will design and conduct a performance evaluation of the Tides of Change project, a 4-year initiative to build the capacity of and provide small grants to LGBTI organizations across 7 Eastern Caribbean countries.
Key tasks:
- Review Tides of Change documents and reports to fully understand project logic model, capacity building activities delivered, small grant projects implemented, outputs, and outcomes achieved;
- Conduct a limited scope (rapid) assessment (desk review) of the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal context between the period of project design and the implementation period to establish a more fulsome appreciation of the context that the “Tides of Change” is/was responsive to and was/is being implemented within;
- Develop evaluation methodology and data collection tools to assess progress against documented project goals;
- Conduct both virtual and in-person interviews in the field with project partners and staff;
- Analyze data collected and assess achievement of key performance indicators and targets related to capacity building and grant-making;
- With the appropriate context, identify strengths, challenges and lessons learned in supporting regional LGBTI groups through organizational development and small grants;
- Provide actionable recommendations to improve project design, activities, and outcomes for future programming and sustainability within the implementing countries.
DELIVERABLES
- Inception Report/Work Plan
- Summary Report of Rapid Assessment
- Evaluation methodology
- Field Visits Implementation Report
- Draft MEL Report and Draft Presentation on learnings
- Final MEL Report and Final Presentation on learnings
QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduate degree in monitoring & evaluation, social sciences or related field
- 7+ years experience designing and leading performance evaluations, preferably for rights-based programs implemented by non-State actors
- Extensive experience applying quantitative and qualitative evaluation approaches, especially those that encompass interviewing key stakeholders and measuring performance for subgrants
- Knowledge of LGBTI issues and movements regionally/globally
- Previous project experience in the Eastern Caribbean or similar small island developing States
- Track record of delivering results consistent with the highest professional and ethical standards
- Excellent writing and presentation skills in English
Application guidelines
Submit the following documents to jobs@ecequality.org with the subject “Monitoring and Evaluation Officer”
- A cover letter
- Curriculum Vitae outlining relevant experience
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Apply by end of business Friday April 19th, 2024
ECADE is an equal opportunity employer
ECADE prohibits discrimination in employment, educational programs, and activities on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, socio-economic status, disability or handicap, age, marital status, family responsibilities, political affiliation, veteran status, gender identity/expression, domestic partnership status or HIV status. ECADE also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to ECADE’s facilities.
About The Eastern Caribbean Alliance:
ECADE is an independent umbrella organisation, currently with 22 members from the small island territories in the eastern Caribbean from the Virgin Islands to Grenada.
ECADE’s mandate is to strengthen institutional capacity to respond to LGBTQI policy concerns through knowledge mobilisation, improve governance structures, increasing sensitisation and education by filling an important gap of targeting rights education on LGBTQI concerns generally and within the legal framework of the EC, increase access to funding and funding to membership, increase visibility on the intersectional approach to our advocacy, and reinforce local organisations including human capacity.
Mission: To strengthen regional capacity for the defence and full recognition of human rights through intersectional collaboration, training, network expansion, development of grassroots HRDs and organisations and sensitisation of policy makers, legislators, government and service providers.
Vision: An empowered eastern Caribbean that promotes a culture of human rights, equality, justice and respect for all people.
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