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Mercy Corps STA – MEL for MSD Specialist Liberia Mercy Corps Jobs 2024
Mercy Corps looking for “STA – MEL for MSD Specialist”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 24-Jul-24.
The Mercy Corps has published a job vacancy announcement on 08/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of STA – MEL for MSD Specialist to be based in Monrovia , Liberia. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: Mercy Corps
Job Title: STA – MEL for MSD Specialist
Duty Station: Monrovia , Liberia
Country: Liberia
Application Deadline: 24-Jul-24
Responsibilities:
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible.
In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions
into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.
Now, and for the future.
PROSPECTS IV is a 45-month, 48 million SEK programme that aims to directly benefit 6,182 young people through improved employment opportunities with an overlapping impact on 14,856 young people. The programme applies a Market System Development (MSD) approach to facilitate systemic change. It builds on previous Government of Sweden’s investments through PROSPECTS I – III but aims to move away from a direct delivery model to place systems change at the heart of the programme. Understanding the structural and systemic challenges that young people face in securing employment is crucial to the programme’s success. PROSPECTS IV is implemented in four defined urban and peri-urban areas – Monrovia (Montserrado County), Ganta (Nimba County), Buchanan (Grand Bassa) and a pilot in Gbarnga (Bong County). PROSPECTS IV is highly innovative, one of the first MSD programs focused on urban youth employment.
PROSPECTS is 75% through its implementation, and will come to a close in June 2025. Support is needed to effectively capture results and learning for scale-up facilitation. The final year of the program (2024 – 2025) will focus on scaling promising interventions and capturing evidence for further impact. The Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia has funded Mercy Corps’ youth employment work in Liberia through previous iterations of PROSPECTS since 2012, thus, continued capture of results and evidence will support future phases of the program.
The MELFor MSD Specialistwill lead the PROSPECTS IV MEL team (including 2 officers) and will be responsible for managing and coordinating all MEL and program quality performance processes for Mercy Corps Liberia’s PROSPECTS IV program. They will work closely with an external MEL for MSD consultant who will provide technical oversight and backstopping.
Essential Job Responsibilities
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Provide leadership, training and mentoring in the development of MEL Plans, MEL Technology Plans, MEL tools, survey design, methodology, data analysis, and other skills required for assessing the impact of programs.
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Provides guidance, recommendations, and leadership to ensure that the MEL systems meet the needs of Programs Managers and Country Leadership and help address shortfalls in MEL and data management that affect program implementation.
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Contributes to program design to ensure adherence to Mercy Corps’ MEL best practices, including the use of standardized indicators, form templates, and documentation methodologies.
CAPACITY BUILDING AND MENTORING
As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve – we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility: 2 MEL Officers
Reports Directly To: Team Leader – Market Systems Development
Works Directly With: MEL for MSD consultant, PROSPECTS IV team, supporting departments
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BA/S degree in development studies, research methods, statistics, economics, social sciences, monitoring and evaluation, project management or other relevant field required. Postgraduate degree, and relevant MSD training preferred.
A successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to lead and communicate effectively with team members of varied work styles and cultures, follow procedures, and meet deadlines with flexibility and creativity in planning and problem solving. S/he will have a proven ability to learn quickly, multi-task, prioritize, take initiative, and be accountable for results, understand the larger picture while remaining focused on the details, problem solving, work within a complex and sensitive setting and to follow laws and security protocols. The most successful Mercy Corps team members have a strong commitment to teamwork and accountability, thrive in evolving and changing environments and make effective written and verbal communication a priority in all situations.