Monitoring Evaluation Research and Learning Assistant
2 weeks ago
Job Description
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) Assistant
Reporting to: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Manager
Hours: Full-time (Monday- Friday, 37.5 hrs per week) with options for flexible working
Salary: £22,622
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Cambridge, UK - Hybrid
Who are we?
CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education) is an international non-profit organisation tackling poverty and inequality by supporting marginalised girls to go to school and succeed, and catalyse the power of young women to step up as leaders of change. This is a truly exciting time to join CAMFED's team as we head into the next phase of our strategic plan. Alongside our alumnae network of over 250,000 young women, who are now at the helm of our movement, CAMFED is on track to profoundly impact the lives of generations of girls and young women across sub-Saharan Africa over the next decade. Watch our CEO, Angeline Murimirwa, share CAMFED's vision for 2030 through her recent TED talk.
About Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MERL)
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Team tracks and measures the impact of CAMFED's work through rigorous monitoring, surveys and in-depth research, carefully documenting and celebrating the impact of our programmes and identifying key opportunities for learning. Our approach to learning, measurement and evaluation is grounded in strong data platforms and powered by stakeholder engagement, allowing us to track our impact and outcomes at both the individual and systems level.
What's the role?
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Assistant will provide valuable support to the CAMFED International MERL Team in providing quality, timely, accurate data to programme teams, donors, governments, and other stakeholders. The role will be varied, collaborative, and fast-paced. It will involve the provision of technical support to CAMFED national office MERL teams in Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, managing information from CAMFED's programmes and from external sources, to analyse data and capturing and effectively communicating this information externally as well as internally for programmatic learning.
Specific Accountabilities
- Contribute to the analysis and write-up of quantitative and qualitative data for programmatic, research and reporting purposes, and to support the presentation and communication of CAMFED's work.
- Providing support to country MERL teams on the Salesforce programme database: run reports and provide support to International, Regional and National office staff in entering, uploading, quality control, using, and analysing programme data in Salesforce.
- Assisting with the creation and modification of forms for data collection, including for mobile phone-based monitoring.
- Assisting with the write up and provision of MERL input to donor reports and proposals.
- Assisting with the analysis of survey and other quantitative data, including data cleaning, and communicating data and analysis in Excel, PowerPoint presentations and dashboards.
- Background web research and other literature reviews.
- Providing support to national office MERL teams on specific tasks.
- Administrative support to the MERL team.
- Other duties as required by the Head of MERL or MERL Managers.
Skills and qualities for the role:
- Commitment and passion for CAMFED's values, mission and vision.
- High level of attention to detail and the ability to manage your time effectively.
- Comfortable with Excel. Experience in database management, SPSS and statistical methods desirable.
- Proactive, with a proven ability to progress multiple workstreams, prioritise tasks and work to tight deadlines at the same time.
- Ability to work well in a team, contributing positively to team life.
- Able to take initiative and develop solutions to challenges as they arise.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and effective working in a team environment.
- Experience in monitoring, evaluation, surveys and/or data analysis desirable.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
CAMFED is committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Board members. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together.
Application Details
Please send your CV together with a cover letter explaining the reasons why you have applied for the role, and reference 'MERL Assistant' to by 5 pm on 11th June 2024.
Please note, only applications with a cover letter will be considered.
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