Monitoring Officer - Learning and Evaluation
Organizational Context
WFP Yemen is enhancing its Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation (MLE) function to foster evidence-based programming and learning. The goal is to move beyond compliance monitoring towards a system that systematically supports decision-making, adaptation, and accountability. This involves integrating findings from various evidence sources to inform programme adjustments and institutional learning.
Job Purpose
The MLE Officer, Learning & Evaluation, will play a crucial role in strengthening WFP Yemen's transition towards evidence-informed decision-making. This position will lead and coordinate learning and evaluation activities, directly supporting the annual performance planning process. The officer will be responsible for synthesizing evidence from monitoring, programme data, community feedback, and evaluations to identify key trends and learning questions. By designing and coordinating qualitative and mixed-method learning exercises, the role aims to explain program outcomes and implications. Furthermore, the officer will document and institutionalize lessons learned, enhance learning capabilities through coaching and guidance, and support the coordination of independent monitoring exercises, ensuring findings contribute to triangulation and follow-up.
Responsibilities
The role involves coordinating WFP Yemen's Annual Performance Planning, ensuring that past results and lessons inform future priorities. A key responsibility is leading the annual MLE Learning Agenda, identifying crucial learning questions and designing evidence-generating activities like studies and evaluations. This includes synthesizing diverse evidence from monitoring, programme data, and feedback to pinpoint trends, gaps, and areas needing further learning. The position also entails designing and coordinating qualitative and mixed-method learning exercises, such as thematic studies and focus group discussions, to understand program dynamics. Documenting and communicating lessons learned and best practices is crucial for program improvement and replication. Furthermore, the role focuses on strengthening learning capabilities through guidance and training, fostering knowledge exchange across teams. It supports the coordination of independent Third-Party Monitoring exercises, integrating their findings into the evidence base. The position leads the planning, design, and management of decentralized evaluations, ensuring compliance with WFP policies and standards. It also manages the review and finalization of evaluation products, facilitating management responses and disseminating findings to inform decision-making. Finally, the role drives evidence utilization by facilitating reflection processes, translating findings into actionable recommendations, and strengthening the institutional evidence-to-action cycle to feed insights back into planning and program design.
Work Experience
Requires 5 years of relevant experience, including 1 year of professional experience. Experience should be in evaluation, research, monitoring, learning, programme performance, organizational learning, or knowledge management, preferably in humanitarian or development contexts. Demonstrated experience managing or supporting evaluations, reviews, assessments, or research is essential. Strong skills in qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and interpretation are needed, along with the ability to synthesize evidence into actionable recommendations for various audiences.
Skills
Monitoring, Learning, Evaluation, Data Analysis, Research, Report Writing, Facilitation, Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Evidence Synthesis