Background
Reports to: Executive Director
Team: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Supervises: Learning and Evaluation Officer
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Learning and Evaluation Manager’s role will include designing and implementing learning and evaluation frameworks to drive program efficacy and expansion. The Learning and Evaluation Manager will also supervise the Learning and Evaluation Officer, and other intermittent contractors who support data collection, input, and analysis. Finally, the Learning and Evaluation Manager will collaborate closely with other members of the senior leadership team to incorporate internal learning and education sector innovations to improve the Dignitas model and approach.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Design and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning frameworks and tools to measure program efficacy and effectivenessDevelop program(s) Theory of Change with reference to all relevant documentation and analyses.
Collaborate with Programs Team to ensure program design agrees with Theory of Change
Develop evaluation frameworks and tools based on the Theory of Change
Ensure correlating baseline, midline, (where appropriate) and endline.
Conduct testing/piloting of tools
Conduct staff and research assistant training on use of tools
Review the effectiveness of tools regularly in line with Theory of Change and Program Design
Collect and analyze data according to evaluation frameworks and program design.
Manage Salesforce, Power BI, ODK, and any other technology introduced to help manage data
Hire and manage data and research assistants as necessary, and in line with budget.
Timely data entry and analysis to inform programming
Manage data storage
Consider alternative disaggregation and analysis of data for strategic insights.
2) Line ManagementOversee Learning and Evaluation Officer(s), offering support, ensuring role and task fulfilment, and crafting personal development goals and associated plans.
Leverage the support of the Learning and Evaluation Officer(s) to see evaluation design, implementation and reporting requirements fulfilled in a timely manner.
Conduct and document regular performance reviews, and escalate concerns as appropriate
School recruitment and due diligenceMap new and existing communities as necessary, and build relevant data sets that will inform program design and implementation.
Develop criteria, tools, and procedures for initiating new school partnerships, in collaboration with Programs Team.
Set timelines and workplans for the recruitment of Partner Schools, and School Leaders.
Ensure new school partnerships are appropriately selected given program design, Dignitas’ vision and values, and desired impact.
4) Ensure evidence based program design, implementation, and reporting.Project Reporting –provide Programs Team, on agreed timelines, data and observations/recommendations that can be incorporated into program reports for both internal and external use.
Set criteria for, and oversee, the internal assessment of School Leaders across programs
Ensure quality and rigor of competency rubrics across program cohorts
Support norming of coaches (and any other observers) for inter-rater reliability
Create and manage feedback loops across and within programs to ensure program implementation is effective, efficient, and responsive as appropriate.
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