Employer: Village Enterprise
Industry: Nonprofit/International Development/Social Entrepreneurship
Function: Support management of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) activity
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager
Contract: Full Time, 2 years with opportunity to extend
Reports to: Vice President – Impact
Location: Rulindo District, Rwanda

About the Job:

Village Enterprise seeks a dynamic and passionate individual to support development and
management of robust Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) programming across Rwanda.

Job Description:

MEL Management: (65%)

 Directly implement, or monitor implementation of, MEL programming

 Support refinement and development of data collection instruments, including survey
development in TaroWorks

 Work to increase effectiveness and quality of data collection policies and processes

 Identify tools, resources, and best practices to help improve MEL programming

 Contribute to ongoing MEL-related professional development for MEL and other staff

 Manage MEL staff as needed
o Work closely with VP-Impact to prioritize and oversee projects for MEL staff
o Help design and manage work schedules for MEL staff
o Guide MEL staff in prioritizing data collection needs

 Analysis and Reporting
o Ongoing data cleaning and analysis
o Collaborate with VP-Impact to develop and implement reporting structure for
operational and external reporting needs
o Work closely with VP-Impact in creating and adhering to MEL reporting schedule
for Board of Directors and partners

 Improve and package MEL Onboarding processes for MEL positions

 Provide orientation and onboarding support for enumerators and other MEL staff

Information Management: (15%)

 Develop expertise in TaroWorks and Salesforce management
 Lead ongoing data monitoring and cleaning efforts
 Provide assistance for integration of forms and surveys into TaroWorks
 Support core program use of Salesforce for program management and reporting
 Provide M&E staff with technical support for maintaining data collection devices as
needed
 Assist in creation and management of MEL information storage systems and ensure MEL
data is backed-up on an ongoing basis

Reporting, Communications and Fundraising Support: (15%)

 Support creation of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports as needed and upon request
 Draft reports, white papers, and grant proposals through collaborative writing and editing as requested
 Manage relationships with partners as requested
 Represent Village Enterprise in Partnership/fundraising meetings as requested
 Support fundraising efforts as requested

Administration: (5%)

 Provide management oversight and leadership, as requested by, and in collaboration
with, the East Africa Field Management Team
 Participate in and contribute to mid-management meetings when applicable
 Support general operations as needed

Safeguarding:

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility at Village Enterprise. However, the MEL Manager is expected to escalate any safeguarding issues identified in the field to the F&A Coordinator or the Director of Talent Management.

EDUCATION:

 Master’s Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics, Statistics, International
Development, Community Development, Development Studies; or a related field.

 Possession of Bachelor’s degree in one of the above listed academic fields with relevant
post graduate qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation coupled with three or more
years of field experience conducting monitoring and evaluation for social impact
programming is also considered.

EXPERIENCE:

 Three years of experience conducting monitoring and evaluation for social impact
programming.

 Experience conducting data quality assessments and with cleaning data, Experience
supervising data collection and teams of field workers

 Experience working as part of a diverse team with the ability to work via email, phone,
Skype, and other virtual communications

 Experience using Stata (do-files) to clean and analyze large datasets is a MUST.

 Experience with Salesforce and/or TaroWorks