Senior Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Advisor Seas of Change Strategic Partnership

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Senior Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Advisor Seas of Change Strategic Partnership
Fulltime  The Hague or alternatively Kampala Nairobi Kigali or Addis Ababa
Reporting to Strategic Partnership Programme Coordinator

Are you a forward thinking and insights driven MEL Advisor who enjoys leading evidence generation and connected story telling across countries in support of the strategic partnership program to unluck a movement that creates impactful outcome Then this is your role!

Context of the position
SNV and partners aim to transform the agrifood system in Eastern Africa promoting and implementing Regenerative Agriculture (RA) and Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE). Although examples of success (and failures) in RA and PURE are emerging these are isolated and limited in scale and therefore function as islands of change. These successes (and failures) must be captured documented and shared for broader adoption to achieve Seas of Change.

The Seas of Change (SoC) strategic partnership aims to utilise the learnings and evidence built with in particular smallholder farmers and small and mediumsized enterprises to adopt regenerative practices powered by renewable energy. To reach this ambitious goal we seek to build a network of likeminded partners at national regional and global level to institutionalize these ways of working and further embed them in policies and practices of government private sector knowledge institutes and civil society. We will actively engage private actors public actors and donors to coinvest 55 million to secure this transformation. The strategic partnership includes a portfolio of SoC country programmes in Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda and Uganda. 

The programmes will have three intervention pathways of LEARN: Practicebased learning and evidence LINK: Actionoriented collaboration among system actors and LEVERAGE: Embedding ways of working in policies and practices. Through these pathways the strategic partnership seeks to facilitate a new way of working to achieve an integrated sustainable and resilient agrifood system powered by renewable energy.

Your role
SNV is seeking an experienced and inspiring Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Advisor. In this pivotal role you will ensure consistency and quality in the data collected and the tools used for programme level reporting. In doing so you will work closely with incountry programme MEL officers. Your key contribution is to generate evidence and understanding on the programmes contribution to (potential) changes in systems dynamics of the combination of Regenerative Agriculture and Productive Use of Renewable Energy is delivering on impact within the EastAfrica region.

You will lead the organisation of annual ToC and MEL Framework reflection workshops globally and incountry with support of the Knowledge and Learning Advisor and the wider MEL team in the programme. Moreover you will lead a developmental evaluation assessing how the program is leveraged within SNV.

In this role you will lead and amplify MEL strategies based on the ToC and ongoing findings. Reporting to the Strategic Partnership Lead you will join a dynamic team of three advisors and a Finance Officer a thriving in multicultural settings. You will collaborate closely with the Seas of Change programme teams in Uganda Ethiopia Kenya and Rwanda as well as other SNV colleagues globally and locally to integrate MEL insights into knowledge products advocacy and programme development. Your leadership and expertise will be crucial in driving the success of our initiatives and ensuring impactful outcomes.

All Strategic Partnership team members will:

• Ensure alignment with the programs Theory of Change and RAPURE objectives.
• Build incountry team and partner capacity.
• Drive strategic positioning and advocacy.
• Use digital tools to streamline their work

Your key responsibilities include:

• Data monitoring and analysis at Strategic Partnership level: Lead on the development of the program level MEL framework. Ensuring the program level learning questions are being answered and tracking progress towards program level indicators of success. Lead in the compilation and analysis of all Strategic Partnership outcome and impact data to produce annual datadriven reports submitted to funder and for externalfacing documentation. This also includes coordinating the review of ToCs for alignment or adaptation based on emerging realities.
• Innovative MEL methods: cocreate innovative MEL methods to measure systems transformation and the impact of a RA/PURE nexus approach. The MEL Advisor will lead on the design of such MEL methodologies and will coordinate and where needed coach the country level MEL officers to collect and analyse data with these methods and ensure they are aligned to quality standards. The MEL Advisor also leads on the developmental evaluation the evaluation of how SNV is leveraging the Seas of Change programme to internally spread systems thinking and ways of working.
• Enable learning to feed adaptive management: In coordination with the KM&L Advisor organise regular Pause and Reflect sessions (or similar critical reflection processes) with country teams and the strategic partnership team. Support the K&L Advisor with extracting overarching learnings and recommendations for adaptation. MEL Advisor will also enable capacity building with and for country leads and Country MEL officers on Strategic Partnership MEL methodologies.
• Business development: Supports Strategic Partnership proposal development efforts by helping design and write highquality ToCs that align with overall programme framework and approach.
• Positioning: Support the production of highquality documents for external publication by providing relevant support evidence and data as well as strategic reflections.

Qualifications :

Your background
You are a seasoned insights driven professional with a passion for data and evidence. You have the ability to generate progress stories underpinned with data and you have extensive experience with different MEL tools and methodologies. Your ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and translate findings to next level products and concept with the use of digital tools sets you apart.

What you bring

• Beside a postgraduate degree in Social Sciences Development Studies International Relations and/or other relevant field and a proven progressive experience 10 years) in MEL you bring teamleadership experience within an international multicountry context.
• You have a proven track record in agriculture and energy and in familiarity with SNVs thematic areas (climate governance gender equality and social inclusion) preferably in East Africa. You also have experience with systems thinking and developing MEL approaches to measure contributions to systems change.
• Your proficiency in data analysis software (e.g. NVivo Stata/R/SPSS speaks for itself and you excel in designing and implementing MEL frameworks across different context ensuring quality assurance across (country) programs.
• You possess strong interpersonal skills allowing you to collaborate effectively with diverse teams creating trustbased relationships. You have excellent writing skills (English C1 level); weaving data and insights into a persuasive impact story enabling change.
• Additionally your advisory and mentoring experience will be evident as you guide and support team members demonstrating your strong organizational capabilities.

Additional Information :

Working at SNV
SNV offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. We offer a challenging work environment opportunities to lead and innovate and a commitment to growing your skills in a fulfilling and diverse working environment. Our staff benefit from and contribute to an internal global network of experts.

SNV strives to be an inclusive employer thriving on the diversity of its people and does not discriminate on the basis of disability status religion ethnic origin gender and sexual orientation etc.

Additional information:

• Contract Type:                           National contract Full time 40 hours per week)
• Contract Duration:                      2 years with the possibility of extension  
• Expected Start Date:                 January 2025
• Information Duty Station:           Global Office in the Netherlands or any of the SoC country offices (Uganda Kenya Rwanda Ethiopia)

How to Apply
If you meet the requirements and are excited about this opportunity we would love to hear from you. Apply  by uploading your CV and motivation letter by 11 April 2025 at the latest.

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