Monitoring, Evaluation & Outreach Officer

Organization: International Youth Foundation 

Website: IYF

Title: Monitoring, Evaluation & Outreach Officer

Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Monitoring, Evaluation & Outreach (MEO) Officer will provide day-to-day management of the program’s monitoring and evaluation activities working with program staff, external consultants, and implementing and key stakeholders. With these data, the MEO Officer will plan and execute program outreach activities in a proactive manner with minimal direction from the supervisor, while keeping the supervisor informed of progress against deliverables. The MEO Officer will work closely with M&E technical specialists and Communications staff based in IYF’s headquarters in Baltimore, MD, USA.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide overall management for the design and implementation of the program’s M&E system, working closely with external consultants (both internationally and locally) as well as implementing partners and provide progress updates to the Country Director, donors and key stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary point person for all monitoring and evaluation related work;
• Work closely with any external M&E consultants to ensure the development of an overarching M&E Plan for the program, including a detailed Performance Monitoring Plan with associated indicators.
• Manage the information-gathering process for quarterly and annual results and performance reports, in addition to other briefings, summaries, papers, presentations, etc. for various audiences as needed
• Document good practices, lessons learned trends, cross-cutting policy and implementation issues, etc.
• Plan and manage the program’s communications and outreach activities, work with program partners and key stakeholders to ensure that all outreach projects comply with IYF branding guidelines and messaging strategy;
• Manage the program’s public relations activities and publications in coordination with IYF’s Strategic, Planning, and Outreach staff in Baltimore;
• Plan and execute events and presentations to internal and external audiences at the national, regional and community level;
• Serve as an in-house journalist researching and collecting content and stories about the project's achievements;
• Manage the development and editing of high quality written materials including success stories, publications, press releases, pitch letters, Q & As, and other communications materials;
• Manage the adaptation and translation of all program related communications, PR and media materials, including the development and production of Russian PR and media materials;
• Develop good working relationships with key media editors and journalists by organizing briefings and press meetings.

Qualifications:
The candidate should have at least 4-5 years of experience managing monitoring, evaluation and outreach programs in a multi-stakeholder environment, monitoring program performance, and carrying out evaluations. Knowledge of/experience with programs that support youth employment and/or social services (e.g. education, health) preferred.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Workforce Development, Education, Social Sciences or a closely related field is required; a Master’s degree in similar areas is strongly preferred;
• Experience with communications and/or journalism;
• Experience with event management
• Academic training or specialized coursework in monitoring and evaluation is strongly preferred
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation of programs in Central Asia
• Experience with USAID programs and systems/regulations preferred
• Experience successfully working with public sector, civil society organizations in designing, managing and/or implementing M&E systems with related capacity building support
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, including the ability to translate academically-oriented ideas into clear, concise, and interesting communications pieces targeting a non-academic audience.
• Experience reporting clearly and comprehensively on a complex portfolio of activities
• Strong computer skills particularly in spreadsheets and database management
• Fluency in English and Russian, both oral and written

To Apply:
Please submit the following documents via email to jobs@iyfnet.org
with Monitoring, Evaluation & Outreach Officer-KR on the subject line:

• Completed IYF Field Office Application for Employment, which can be located here:  http://www.iyfnet.org/jobs-iyf
• Cover Letter
• Resume