Job Vacancies @ Mott MacDonald – 3 Positions

• At least 5 years’ experience of working to support capacity development and systems strengthening for DEOs.
• Continuous engagement with school-level structures to promote safe and effective learning environments.
• Maintaining good relationships with DEOs, education and social welfare sectors, and schools.
• Monitoring and mentoring.
• Working with data collection.

NO HARD COPIES ACCEPTED

• Capacity development and systems strengthening for DEOs.
• Continuous engagement with school level structures to promote safe and effective learning environments.
• Maintaining good relationship with DEOs, education and social welfare sectors, and schools.
• Monitoring and mentoring.
• Working with data collection.
• Experience working in the Kambia district

• Independent and proactive.
• Keenness to bring about positive change.
• Collaborative and respectful of others.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting.
• Willingness to travel regularly to remote schools.

• Gender and disability inclusion, including child protection and safeguarding.
• Support to raising student learning outcomes.
• Working with and through others.
• Respecting and meeting deadlines.
• Continuous improvement.
• Willingness to relocate and be based in Kambia district

• A degree in education or similar, a postgraduate degree is desired.

• English (professional proficiency)

• Lead MERL Activities: Implement the MERL Strategy for SSEIP2.
• MERL Workplan: Create annual and quarterly workplans for MERL activities and ensure all activities are completed fully and on time.
• Strategic Reviews: Collaborate with programme leadership, technical leads and the IDS Impact Measurement and Evaluation Lead to periodically review the MERL Strategy, VFM framework and logframe, ensuring a robust and relevant approach.
• Data Collection: Ensure comprehensive and robust data collection against logframe indicators for quarterly and annual reports.
• Field Visits: Conduct and supervise regular field visits to monitor programme activities, support implementation, data collection and other MERL activities.
• Support Technical Leads: Assist technical leads in collecting monitoring data related to their activities and measuring the outcomes achieved by those activities.
• Training and Supervision: Train key staff in the use of data tools and supervise all MERL activities, designing key MERL opportunities linked to quarterly and annual reporting cycles.
• Management Information System: Manage the programme management information system and dashboards, ensuring data is kept up to date, captured comprehensively and routinely, and accessible for colleagues to use. Contribute ideas for its development to enhance its usefulness.
• Collaboration and Adaptive Management: Work with the programme team to ensure MEL findings inform project planning and decision-making, and contribute to the programme’s adaptive management approach, driving continuous improvement based on feedback and data.
• Annual and Quarterly Reporting: Provide timely and appropriate reporting to FCDO against logframe indicators, VFM indicators, key MERL activities, and learning emerging from the programme.
• Sector Collaboration: Collaborate with system actors on MERL and data to contribute to sector understanding and learning as well as the improvement of system data. If required, provide capacity building on MERL for system actors.
• Line Management: Line manage the MERL Officer.
• Budget Development: Develop budgets for the delivery of the MERL workplan and for specific MERL activities.
• Flexibility: Adapt to changes in the scope and needs of the wider programme.
• Additional Duties: Perform other duties as assigned by the Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, Technical Director and the IDS Impact Measurement and Evaluation Lead.

NO HARD COPIES ACCEPTED

• Advanced knowledge of data collection and monitoring and learning in the context of Sierra Leone
• Strong technical background in monitoring and evaluation of vulnerable groups, including familiarisation with feminist principles of data collection in girls’ programming and disability-sensitive data approaches (e.g., Washington Group Questions and the UNICEF Module on Child Functioning).
• Strong understanding of Sierra Leone education system data opportunities and challenges.
• Experience in planning, designing, and running a workstream independently, ideally within a development programme context.
• Sensitivity to working in a complex cultural and resource-constrained environment, whilst upholding the highest standards of business ethics and personal conduct in line with the company’s values, directives and procedures.
• Fluent use of core computer skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to create synthesised reports, both formal written documents in Word and PowerPoint presentations with exhibits.
• Ability to create and maintain detailed work plans, down to hourly logistics as needed (e.g., training workshops, team travel to districts)
• Ability to frame strategy for overall initiative design, and follow through to execution
• Strong communication skills to communicate clearly and succinctly both in written form (e.g., email updates) and verbally (e.g., presenting in stakeholder meetings, remote phone management of field officers and updates with district education offices)
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team to coordinate across the wider programme and with other development partners
• Experience of working within or alongside Government officials at national and local levels
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure
• Good organisational skills, project planning and management

• Independent and proactive.
• Keenness to bring about positive change.
• Collaborative and respectful of others.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting.
• Willingness to travel regularly to remote schools.

• Any MEL certification such as SAP/ HINTEL or Sigma highly appreciated
• Higher (postgraduate) degree in a relevant area desirable
• Experience managing consultants and leading a small team of education professionals
• At least 5 years’ experience of monitoring and evaluation roles in development programming.
• At least 5 years’ practical experience overseeing delivery of front-line programmes (ideally but not necessarily education) in Sierra Leone or similar environments
• Some education specific experience, either as a teacher, through relevant degree studies, or through work with NGO or government run programmes

• English (professional proficiency)

• Data Collection Tools: Develop paper-based and electronic data collection tools in Kobo and Tangerine.
• Quality Control: Provide quality control for all monitoring, survey, EMIS and other data used for internal learning and external reporting.
• Data Analysis: Conduct descriptive and statistical analysis of monitoring, survey, EMIS and other data as instructed by the MERL Lead.
• Field Visits: Conduct and supervise field visits to monitor programme activities, support project implementation, data collection and other MERL activities and maintain regular communication with the District Programme Officers (DPOs).
• Support Technical Leads: Assist technical leads in collecting monitoring data related to their activities and measuring the outcomes achieved by those activities.
• Management Information System: Assist the MERL Lead in the management of the programme management information system and dashboards, ensuring data is kept up to date, captured comprehensively and routinely, and accessible for colleagues to use.
• Collaboration and Adaptive Management: Support the MERL Lead to ensure MEL data and findings inform project planning and decision-making and contribute to the programme’s adaptive management approach.
• Annual and Quarterly Reporting: Assist the MERL Lead to provide timely and appropriate reporting to FCDO against logframe indicators, VFM indicators, key MERL activities, and learning emerging from the programme.
• Budget Development: Assist the MERL Lead to develop budgets for the delivery of the MERL workplan and for specific MERL activities.
• Flexibility: Adapt to changes in the scope and needs of the wider programme.
• Additional Duties: Perform other duties as assigned by the MERL Lead, Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, Technical Director and the IDS Impact Measurement and Evaluation Lead.

NO HARD COPIES ACCEPTED

• Good understanding of the educational context in Sierra Leone
• In-depth knowledge of MEL and minimum 2 years of experience
• Demonstrated data analysis experience, including ability to handle and process large datasets
• Previous experience of working with the government systems in Sierra Leone
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage own time for maximum efficiency
• Excellent strategic thinking, planning and communication skills
• Excellent spoken and written English and Krio
• Willingness to be pro-active, responsive and flexible to the changing requirements of the project
• Excellent IT skills and confidence in Outlook, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, databases (e.g. Access) and statistical packages (e.g. SPSS, STATA or R)
• A team player with experience of working within team hierarchies and towards a common vision and to achieve a team goal
• Strong ability to foster and build networks and maintain diplomatic relations with different stakeholders.
• Hardworking with capacity to work independently with minimum supervision
• Working with the project team and ensure project results are achieved timely without compromising with quality
• Operate in a high-pressure deadline-driven environment with professionalism
• Ability to use cost effective and online applications for mobile data collection and data management

• Independent and proactive.
• Keenness to bring about positive change.
• Collaborative and respectful of others.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting.
• Willingness to travel regularly to remote schools.

• Any MEL certification such as SAP/ HINTEL or Sigma highly appreciated
• Higher (postgraduate) degree in a relevant area desirable
• Experience managing consultants and leading a small team of education professionals
• At least 5 years’ experience of monitoring and evaluation roles in development programming.
• At least 5 years’ practical experience overseeing delivery of front-line programmes (ideally but not necessarily education) in Sierra Leone or similar environments
• Some education specific experience, either as a teacher, through relevant degree studies, or through work with NGO or government run programmes

• At least a bachelor’s degree in project management, Information Technology, statistics, education, gender, international development or related subject
• Formal training in data analysis or project management

• English (professional proficiency)