13 Feb 2011

Freelance Coordinator for Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

Better CottonGeneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Bcotton

Job Description

The BCI Coordinator for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning will work closely with the BCI team, across the supply chain, across countries, and with a range of BCI Implementing Partners. The role is primarily responsible for ensuring that BCI has an integrated approach to learning, is adaptive, and reports accurately on the results and effectiveness of the collective global effort of many people and organisations. As BCI is in its start-up phase of implementation, this role is particularly crucial in
supporting the end-of-phase evaluation to enable BCI to shape its standard, systems and approach to better enable positive change to take place towards more sustainability in the cotton sector globally.

The BCI takes a long term view in its work, recognising the time required to engender wide-spread change amongst a large and diverse group of stakeholder, and is committed to measuring and communicating the effects of growing Better Cotton on people and the environment, so that all interested parties can learn from the results. The BCI respects diversity and difference in its
approach.

Responsibilities

Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
1. To coordinate the development of appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems and tools across all BCI projects and activities, in line with the needs of BCI’s stakeholders and with reference to the ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Assessing the Impacts of Social and Environmental Standards.
2. To cooperate with Programme Managers to design appropriate methods for setting up and running monitoring and evaluation from the field to the global level.
3. To identify innovative and cost-effective ways to measure the results and impact of the work of the BCI Secretariat, Implementing Partners and Members, and to document stories on change.
4. To coordinate implementation of dedicated M&E projects, such as baseline and impact assessments.

Data Quality Control and Analysis
5. To ensure that monitoring and evaluation tools, including collection of reports and data entry, are correctly implemented by all staff and BCI Implementing Partners.
6. To ensure that data is collected in a timely manner, analysed to an appropriate recognised standard, evaluated accurately, clearly and is relevant to stakeholders.

Project Monitoring and Verification
7. To ensure that BCI’s approach to 3rd party verification and monitoring maintains a balance between cost and credibility, and enables BCI to meet its mainstream approach.
8. To manage BCI’s procedures, reporting, and feedback processes related to monitoring and 3rd party verification.
9. To manage 3rd party verifiers to ensure that verification visits are carried out in a consistent and timely manner, by well trained local verifiers.

Knowledge Management and Learning

10. To ensure that appropriate mechanisms are in place so that monitoring and evaluation enables learning, and informs adaptive implementation and strategic direction.
11. To collect, analyse, and disseminate knowledge from materials development and methods used, based on experience at field level and across the supply chain.
12. To lead the evaluation process of the BCI’s work from 2010-2012, working with external independent evaluators, in order to enable changes in the Better Cotton System, BCI strategy and approach that support meeting BCI’s long term objectives.

Communication and Fundraising
13. To present and disseminate findings and learning clearly and succinctly, both orally and in writing, to BCI staff, partners, members and funders, in order facilitate increased membership and partnerships for BCI.
14. To prepare appropriate and accurate statistical, narrative, and visual reporting for BCI’s members, donors, and key external stakeholders.

Beyond these specific responsibilities the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator is expected to work closely with their line-manager to support the delivery of the BCI 2012 Strategic Plan.

The successful candidate will report to the Executive Director for their work programme, activities and outputs.The position is

full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Duration

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator will receive a permanent contract, with a 3 month initial trial period.

The preferred starting date is or as soon as possible after this date.

How to Apply

For more informationa and to apply please use this link

Job Categories: HRD and Project Management. Job Types: Freelance. Job Tags: development and learning. Salary: 40,000 - 60,000 and Per hour.

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