Country: Myanmar
Closing date: 18 Feb 2016
\This position is for an upcoming bid which we expect to submit by March with mobilisation around May/June**
Contract length: 5 years - full time
Location: Yangon, Myanmar
The Programme
DFID’s Humanitarian and Resilience Programme (HARP) aims to reduce poverty and suffering of crisis-affected people in Myanmar and Thailand border areas. This 5-year programme will increase the effectiveness of humanitarian action in long term crises, improve emergency preparedness and response across Myanmar, while ensuring that assistance tackles the causes of humanitarian needs and builds resilience. HARP plans to achieve these goals through a Facility that will include three components: Technical Assistance; a Grant Fund and Knowledge Management, Learning and Monitoring.
The Position
As the Results Manager, your key focus will be to lead the development and implementation of the HARP Facility Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework based on the programme theory of change and results chains. You will support HARP’s management team through overseeing the day-to-day data gathering and analysis, including data collection for baselines, mid-lines and end-lines, and contributing to the programme’s overall knowledge and results management strategy. You will engage with multiple stakeholders, including grantees (UN Organisations, international or national NGOs, and civil society organisations), local organisations, government institutions, and other donors and donor programmes. You will also support effective communication and working partnerships within and between the HARP team and its implementing partners.
The Person
Essential
- An advanced university degree (or equivalent) in the fields of Economics, Statistics, Public Policy, Business Administration or other relevant field
- 10+ years relevant experience designing and monitoring large donor programmes, applying results based methodologies that incorporate qualitative and quantitative analysis. Ability to undertake in-depth programme analysis, link to strategic direction and oversee monitoring team
- Demonstrated technical expertise to monitor and evaluate technical assistance programmes related to humanitarian assistance and/or capacity-building of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil-society organisations (CSOs)
- Experience of working in Myanmar and/or elsewhere in South East Asia
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results on large-scale donor-funded programmes particularly programmes involving grants fund management
- Excellent analytical and report writing skills
Desirable
- Strong facilitation and communications skills, experience in contracting services and ensuring effective delivery of technical assistance
- Demonstrated ability to deliver humanitarian or technical assistance programmes effectively in a challenging political economy environment while addressing gender, youth, conflict and inter-communal/ethnic strife issues
- Knowledge and experience of delivering DFID programmes, including ensuring value for money throughout the project lifecycle
- Working knowledge of DFID's approaches to humanitarian assistance and resilience-building, and experience in supporting programme design
How to apply:
Please submit your application online at https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/3665/description OR visit our website www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs using the job reference number INT2175.