Int'l Alert Head of Impact Jobs in Rwanda

Job Purpose

At International Alert we are establishing a new Impact team, to oversee the organisation’s
impact assessment, and provide technical support to our evaluation and research.

The Head of Impact will establish the team and build on our existing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practice to establish new systems, and improve on and streamline our approaches.

The Head of Impact leads International Alert’s Impact team, responsible for ensuring our
monitoring, evaluation and research is rigorous, high-quality and fit for purpose.

The post holder is also responsible for our organisational approach to impact assessment,
developing a common framework and tools to enable us to plan for, measure and disseminate
the impact of our peacebuilding work.

The postholder and their team provide technical advice on appropriate monitoring, evaluation and research methodologies to country and thematic teams.

They develop tools that guide how we monitor and evaluate our work, and rolls out
institutional processes to ensure we use a common standard, responsive to individual
programme needs.

The Head of Impact works closely with country teams, convening a network of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) staff across the organisation, building a common
approach, sharing experiences and developing in-country capacity.

The postholder works closely with our Peacebuilding Advisory Unit and Head of Training and Learning, to ensure our M&E approaches are integrated with our technical and organisational learning processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Lead the development and implementation of common Alert M&E tools and resources,
including drawing on global best practice to develop new resources when needed.

• Lead the team to support country programmes, through their M&E lead where present, to
ensure that all projects have clear theories of change; realistic, quality peacebuilding
outcomes and appropriately resourced M&E plans for proposals in development.

• Support country programmes to establish appropriate monitoring systems at both project
and programme level.

• Advise and support country teams on the procurement of evaluators or recruitment of incountry M&E staff.

• Convene the network of M&E leads across Alert’s programmes, to enable roll out of
agreed organisational approaches to M&E, sharing of experiences, learning opportunities
and peer support.

• Support capacity building of country programme Alert M&E staff, by providing focussed
trainings, inductions, and individual advice.

• Work with colleagues in the Peacebuilding Advisory Unit to ensure our monitoring and
evaluation methodologies are conflict- and gender-sensitive.
Research

•

Lead the team to provide technical advice to Alert staff undertaking or commissioning
research, including through developing common Alert research tools and resources, to
support improvements in Alert’s research to examine key peacebuilding issues.

• Build the capacity of Alert staff to undertake high quality, rigorous research, including
training in designing research, data collection (using a range of methods), analysis and
dissemination.

• Support teams in procuring research consultants, including developing standard terms of
reference and reviewing proposals.

• Support the Director of Programmes to develop a research strategy for the organisation, to
underpin peacebuilding practice and innovation, and position ourselves as evidence-based
thought leaders in the sector.

Impact assessment

• Lead a process to deepen our organisational Theory of Change and organisational
indicators, to form the basis of cross-organisational peacebuilding programming planning
and impact assessment.

• Oversee the biannual Outcome Harvesting process across the organisation, ensuring
teams have the necessary resources to undertake reflection sessions; collate and analyse
the data, and collaborate with PAU, Resource Development and Comms on how to share
the insights in impactful stories.

• Play a leading role in reporting our organisational impact to core donors and in our annual
report.

• Work with Comms, Resource Development and PAU to develop engaging stories from our
M&E data, including contributing to our annual reporting.

Management and representation

• Manage up to two Impact team staff, providing support, encouragement and performance
management. Provide opportunities for staff to learn and develop, and monitor staff’s
progress in capacity, knowledge and insight as well as in performance and skill.

• Manage the Impact team budget, ensuring that budgets and forecasts are realistic and
accurate.

• Support teams to adequate budget for M&E or research, to ensure good quality outputs.

• Join external communities of M&E and research practice to keep up to date with sector
developments, draw on best practice and showcase Alert’s approach to peacebuilding
evaluation and research.

• Serve as Alert’s focal point for aid transparency and related initiatives.

• Develop connections with academic and other research organisation with the view to
Human Resources Department
submit joint bids for peacebuilding research.

• Contribute to internal communications and knowledge management and participate in
organisation-wide events and discussions.

• Occasionally supervise volunteers and monitor the work of consultants as required.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Int'l Alert Head of Impact Jobs in Rwanda

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