ActionAid Ireland’s strategy 2022-2027 is to create a just and caring world where women’s human rights are respected through addressing the structural causes of Gender Based Violence (GBV), promoting women’s leadership in humanitarian contexts and amplifying feminist alternatives on economic and climate justice. ActionAid Ireland’s strategy also makes clear commitments to anti-racism, shifting power and decolonisation, embedding learning and evaluation and safeguarding. Human rights based approaches are at the heart of ActionAid’s work.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced programming advisor, with a strong understanding of international development programming addressing GBV and promoting women’s economic empowerment. This position is newly established within ActionAid Ireland and you will work as part of a passionate, committed programme’s team to deliver on our organisational Strategy. You will be committed to shifting power, locally led development and applying intersectional feminist approaches throughout programme and policy initiatives.

You will have strong experience in GBV and gender transformative approaches and the ability to link this experience to relevant policy dialogues. You will play a key role in the design and implementation of high-quality programming, particularly in responding to, and addressing the structural causes of GBV. Within our largest multi-country Women’s Rights Programme, you will provide technical expertise and leadership on approaches that prevent, mitigate, and respond to GBV - ensuring they are survivor centred. You will work closely with women’s rights officers and strengthen skills and knowledge across the programme in the areas of GBV and women’s rights. You will coordinate learning and knowledge sharing among ActionAid staff and partners and support MEL systems to be rooted in gender and power analysis.

You will be a champion for women’s and girls’ rights and passionate about feminist change and leadership. You will be an empathetic and supportive colleague, able to build trusting and authentic relationships with colleagues and partners.

Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal

Organization: ActionAid Ireland

Closing date: 17 Mar 2023

Salary: €45,000-€49,000 depending on experience, 5-year fixed-term contract.

Location: Kenya, Nepal or Ethiopia with international travel

Deadline: 12 noon Friday 24th March 2023

Interview: to be held on Wednesday 12th April 2023

Key Accountabilities and Deliverables

Programmatic support

Monitoring, Evidence and Learning:

• Outline AA Ireland’s position on adaptive management and how it relates to results-based management both in theory and practice.

• Establish and maintain a MEL system that is adaptive and tailored to the programme, including the design of a baseline, mid-term evaluation and final evaluation

. • Ensure MEL practices are rooted in participatory and feminist approaches.

• Be the central point of contact on MEL processes and quality programming.

• Facilitate effective coordination and collaboration between country teams.

• Ensure country teams have input in and ownership of new tools and methodologies. • Ensure that relevant crosscutting issues as established by the Federation are integrated in the MEL system and monitored throughout the programme period. Documentation and reporting

• Maintain and manage a documentation repository of all MEL related materials

• Systematically capture targeting criteria for identifying hard-to-reach women and girls and promote disaggregated data by both age and sex as well other intersectionality factors across the programme.

• Support programme teams to monitor and measure progress and learning against indicators in their results framework

• Support country teams to meet all reporting requirements for the donor.

• Provide analysis and constructive feedback to country teams on their reports.

• Lead on the consolidation of monitoring data across the programme to ensure reporting against indicators set out in the programme results framework.

• Facilitate high quality narrative country report submissions within agreed timelines, in close collaboration with AAIreland Head of Programmes and country teams

• Support the development and finalisation of the annual report for the donor, in collaboration with AAIreland Head of Programmes and the wider Programmes Team. Learning

• Promote a culture of reflection and learning (both formal and informal) throughout programme implementation

. • Work in coordination with AA Ireland programmes team and country teams to develop a learning agenda for WRP III and establish a community of practice to ensure regular cross-country sharing

. • Support the programme team and country teams to commission, conduct and manage research that contributes to the implementation of the WRP III Organisational support

• Support the Head of Programmes in the development of a new Programme Strategy and ensure a clear monitoring system to guide implementation

• Document and share learning outcomes that emerge across the programme portfolio.

• Contribute to and support the production of external publications, especially case studies, success stories, lessons learned that support evidence-based policy analysis and recommendations.

• Represent Action Aid Ireland at external conferences and events

. • Stay up to date on emerging debates and thinking on MEL, especially adaptive approaches.

• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with key stakeholders across the Federation

• Participate in and facilitate MEL training as required

. • Ensure all MEL and research activities are conducted in line with agreed ethical principles, and consistently promote women’s rights and downwards accountability to beneficiaries

• Be willing to carry out any other duties that are within the scope of MEL for AA Ireland Values

• To espouse Action Aid’s social justice and equality values • To practice and promote Feminist Leadership Principles

Experience, Knowledge, and Expertise Essential

• Educated to Masters degree level in the fields of Gender, Social Science, Development Studies, Human Rights, Governance or other relevant humanities.

• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role in Africa or Asia working with women’s rights, gender equality and or GBV MEL.

• Substantial experience of providing leadership, support and guidance on participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning across development programmes/projects – particularly in multi-country settings.

• Strong technical skills in MEL and coordination skills and ability to motivate teams.

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with excellent written and spoken English.

• Knowledge and experience of adaptive approaches and thinking and working politically

. • Ability to travel regularly to and within programme countries, including Ireland.

• Applied knowledge of the programme cycle including context analysis and problem analysis, design, planning and management, and monitoring and evaluation.

• Strong training and facilitation skills and ability to identify capacity building needs

. • Strong networking/relationship-building skills to work well with and influence diverse stakeholders in a multi-cultural environment

• Strong ability to work in a very participative manner with programme participants and facilitate their inputs into programme design and monitoring.

Desirable

• A post graduate qualification in a related field

• Dedicated experience working on research in a related field

. • Experience working on feminist approaches, human rights, access to justice, climate justice or economic justice

. • Experience in working effectively with civil society in Africa and Asia

. • A working knowledge of a language relevant to

How to apply

Fill out the form using this link CLICK HERE and submit it via email: recruitment.ireland@actionaid.org