Overview
The Portfolio Results Advisor ensures that Save the Children Sponsorship programs have a robust system to generate high-quality reporting on program results for children and evidence of impact for accountability to stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide country-specific Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) technical assistance when requested.
- Manage the Community of Practice for learning in Sponsorship and social transformation programs.
- Ensure appropriate tools, templates, and guidance are used to improve data and results reporting.
- Lead global learning initiatives across the Sponsorship program to generate evidence on inequality and discrimination.
- Manage the evaluation pipeline for Sponsorship (baselines, midlines and endlines).
- Identify capacity gaps in MEAL staff and program managers and develop tools, guidance and learning programs.
- Ensure strong accountability systems are in place for all Sponsorship programming.
- Support in MEAL capacity strengthening and system strengthening activities.
- Lead the Sponsorship MEAL Leadership Group and host its monthly meetings.
- Actively participate or facilitate trainings, meetings, webinars, discussion forums or other means for improving MEAL capacity.
- Provide guidance and training on suitable methodologies to routinely capture best practice, monitor performance and share learnings.
- Contribute to building the new Global Sponsorship MEAL infrastructure.
- Synthesize and generate evidence to specify results achieved for children versus baseline data and planned objectives.
- Collaborate to build a pathway for promoting a learning culture and on-going adaptive programming.
- Upload and tag documents to Resource Centre, SharePoint, OneNet, Research tracker and Sponsorship Learning Log.
- Produce results reports and synthesis of impact findings.
- Consolidate results, including total reach, from Sponsorship Annual Reports.
- Coordinate Learning Programme calendar of activities, webinars, dissemination opportunities.
- Provide technical assistance on MEAL to country programs.
- Support the design and implementation of performance evaluations.
- Support country offices with integration into SCI MEAL systems; exit planning; and ensure MEAL plans are fit for purpose.
- Apply the Sponsorship Program Design Guidelines and SCI MEAL Operational Standards to provide technical support on program cycle steps and in developing costed MEAL plans.
- Ensure effective organization, documentation and dissemination of 3-year lessons learned workshops in pilot countries.
Required Experience
Significant experience in monitoring, evaluation, and/or program learning. Extensive experience with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) systems in country offices and for projects involving multiple thematic areas. Track record delivering participatory learning and coaching to build capacity of country office colleagues. Proven abilities in strategic thinking and planning, and to independently manage work plans and evaluate progress. Sound program cycle management experience and ability to work in a complex organisation structure. Proven ability to collaborate with all levels of staff and to motivate and mobilize individuals outside their reporting line to achieve agreed operational plans. Highly organized and excellent administrative skills to manage competing priorities at one time and multiple deliverables over time.
Qualifications
Masters degree in international relations, research methods, evaluation or other relevant area. Specialized training in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning systems and approaches.
