Design Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (DMEL) Officer

DMEL Officer - We Lead (Project implementation and quality officer)

Reports to: Global Program Manager
Period: 1/2/2025- 31//12/2025

Scope: Global
Location: Internal Considerations - (All Hivos Hub Offices are applicable)
Application Deadline: 25th February 2025

About HIVOS

Hivos is an International Development Organization that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues. With smart projects in the right places, we oppose discrimination, inequality, abuse of power and the unsustainable use of our planet’s resources. Counterbalance alone, however, is not enough. Our primary focus is achieving structural change. This is why we cooperate with innovative businesses, citizens and their organizations. We share a dream with them of sustainable economies and inclusive societies.

About We Lead

We Lead is an inspiring, innovative and daring program that aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRH-R) of young women. It focuses on four specific groups of young women: those living with HIV, those with disabilities, Gender and Sexual Minorities and those affected by displacement. Through Mutual Capacity Strengthening, the program puts these young women as rights holders in the driver's seat while supporting them to make sustainable changes for their SRH-R.

The programme is implemented in nine countries in Africa, the Middle East and Central America: Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Niger, Mozambique, Lebanon, Jordan, Guatemala and Honduras, by a consortium of six civil society organizations.The We Lead consortium consists of Positive Vibes,  Restless Development,  Marsa,  FEMNET, the Central American Women's Fund  and  Hivos Foundation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands is also part of the partnership. Hivos is the consortium lead. ­

Anchored on the principle of local ownership, at the heart of the program is the Community of Action (CoA) in each of the 9 countries which is a safe space for the rights holders not only to convene but also implement the program activities together. The program works with multiple partners in each country through direct granting and regranting through the Country Community of Action Host organizations.

The program has been running since 2021. It focuses on four pathways of change expecting to contribute to: stronger, inclusive youth led SRH-R CSOs and movements, public support for rightsholders SRHR, Accessible SRHR information and services and laws and policies respect and protect young women SRHR. The strongly interlinked pathways will enable the program achieve its strategic objective which aims at building a vibrant young woman, rightsholder led civil society. This movement of change makers is envisioned to successfully generate public support and to influence governments, health service providers and societal actors to become advocates for SRH rights for young women and girls that are living with HIV, displaced, living with ­disability and Gender & Sexual Minorities.

Main goal of the position

The Design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Coordinator (DMEL) is responsible for the supporting and guiding the local Communities of Action (CoAs), and particularly the local CoA facilitator, to localize the overarching Theory of Change (ToC) in a national level ToC, with its pathways of change, its outputs and outcomes, and with tangible indicators for monitoring and evaluation. Once these outputs, outcomes and indicators are defined, the DMEL person works together with local DMEL persons assigned to each CoA, and jointly with them analyses, validates and aggregates output, outcomes and learning in all phases of the primary processes.

The development of the DMEL framework involves coordination with CoAs, as well as with the other Hivos We Lead DMEL team and consortium partners. Together with the other DMEL officers in Hub LATAM and Hub MENA, this position will co-lead the We Lead DMEL efforts, and is the main responsible contact for DMEL in the program, and as such participates in the programs global management team. In coordination with colleagues and the program manager, they ensure the set-up and alignment of a monitoring and reporting system across the consortium that aligns with donor requirements.

The position will also ensure that local organizations and groups, with support of the CoA DMEL person focal points, have the capacities and possibilities to gather and analyze data. In line with the programs’ focus on capacity strengthening, the DMEL will coordinate with the Capacity Strengthening team to train and support local DMEL-persons, as well as project officers, to harvest results from Program activities, to undertake narrative assessments, and coordinate country and consortium reporting. The DMEL ensures these data are connected to We Lead indicators, and, where possible, connect them to the basket-indicators managed by the donor. They closely work with the Hivos DMEL team and contribute to compiling and reporting on Hivos’ activities and outcomes to the global program team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project accountability

• Integrates DMEL methodology in We Lead
• Facilitates  studies, aggregates activity plans and reports.
• Assesses the effectiveness of the performance.
• Lead and coordinate the implementation of the End Term Evaluation of the programme.

Increased DMEL capacities, knowledge, skills and experiences at local level

• Transfers knowledge, methodologies and experiences through training, support and accompaniment to local DMEL persons and the CoAs.
• Guides and supports local DMEL persons in gathering and analyzing data.
• Lead and supervise the Programme DMEL team at Hivos.

Co-creation of DMEL intelligence

• Works with and guides colleagues and consortium partners to keep track of DMEL requirements of donors.
• Develops innovative participatory assessment and validation methods & techniques and enables validation capabilities and practices within Hivos.

Quality improvement

• Advises and coaches in order to enhance validation on both the organization and individual professional levels.

REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant degree or equivalent work experience, and academic level of working and thinking.
• Four to Six years relevant working experience.
• Experience with project and program management.
• Extensive experience working in DMEL, or on contents related to SRHR, diversity and inclusion.
• Experience in training, accompanying and supporting local organizations and rightsholders in their DMEL efforts.
• Work experience in an international environment.
• Full professional proficiency in English, fluency in written and spoken Spanish, French, or Portuguese are desirable.
• Lived experience as a right holder is an asset.
• Level skills: cooperation, influence, leadership.

We offer a contract based on Hivos East Africa local labor conditions, with a remuneration commensurate with the experience and expertise requested.

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