Date of last update: 06/10/2021 2024-04-29
Place of Assignment: Geneva, Switzerland
Starting date: as soon as possible, preliminary interviews will take place on 20 and 21 September
Duration of contract: initial contract of 5 years
Closing date for applications: 14 September 2021
Extensive travel of more than 20 days per year
Purpose
The Department for World Service (hereafter referred to as LWF World Service) is responsible for carrying out diaconal response to humanitarian emergencies and development needs on behalf of the Lutheran World Federation - a Communion of Churches (LWF).
In pursuance of its responsibility and based on its strategy, LWF World Service
The team for Quality Assurance and Accountability (QAA) is part of the LWF World Service and plays a key role in ensuring programming, learning, and accountability at all levels. The QAA team is constituted of three teams: PMER, Digital Data Management (DDM) and Compliance and Complaints. The position holder will lead and coordinate the PMER team.
The main purpose of this position is to develop and update global standards and tools related to LWF World Service PMER, coordinate and provide technical support to ensure a smooth implementation country program and Geneva World Service level.
The position holder will manage a team of decentralized PMER Advisers, who are currently based in LWF Prague office. However, some of those positions may over time also be located elsewhere.
This is ideally a local hire. The employment contract is limited to 5 years. The incumbent will be based in the Geneva Communion Office with frequent travels to LWF World Service offices.
Required qualifications:
Additional study and experience
LWF core skills
Required skills
• PMER – level expert
• Adaptability – level advanced
• Change Management – level advanced
• People Management – level advanced
• Data Management – level advanced
• Communication (and Online Communication) – level advanced
• Capacity building/ training – level advanced
Position environment and dimensions
Internally, close collaboration with the PMER team, the QAA coordination team, various teams in World Service especially the Operations team in Geneva and Country Programs colleagues. As the World Service representative in the LWF PMER Staff Working Team (SWT), cooperates with other units of the Geneva Communion Office.
Externally, the incumbent relates with LWF related agencies and other institutional donors and networks focused on PMER/QAA as appropriate.
Main duties
PMER framework, standards and tools
• Ensures alignment of country program strategies with the Global Strategy by
producing analysis and visualisation of aggregated data.
Collaboration with Digital Data Management
• Contributes to the development and implementation of the QAA team's digitalization work
• Coordinates with the new Digital Data Management team who will provide technical backstopping and facilitate online interface.
People Management
• Leads and manages the PMER team
• Creates a conducive and enabling environment that supports PMER advisers and staff to effectively carry out PMER activities
• Ensures close collaboration with the Digital Data Management team
• Contributes to the overall development of the work of Quality Assurance and Accountability as part of the Coordination Team.
Learning and communication
• Ensure that PMER data leads to collective learning at relevant levels through innovative interface, interaction and visualization.
• Lead the conceptualization of 'learning' from our work in the QAA team.
• Lead the communication and documentation of the QAA work to World Service staff both in Geneva and the Country Programs, and externally as appropriate.
Special duties: as may be assigned by the supervisor
Major Challenges
Working with a team of newly recruited experts, under time pressure, in a fast-paced environment.
To apply, click on the following link: https://www.lutheranworld.org/What_We_Do/OP/Vacancies.html#op-469122-global-coordinator-for-planning-monitoring-evaluation-reporting-and-learning-pmerl
Will manage other people: Yes
Type of contract: Staff (Permanent and Fixed Term)
Duration: 5 years
Macro-area: Multiple
Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than 5 years
Area of work Definition: Monitoring and Evaluation, Results-based Management
Type of organisation: NGOs