Senior MERL Adviser

1 month ago


Canberra, ACT, Australia Investing in Women Full time
About the Opportunity

The Investing in Women program is seeking a highly skilled Senior MERL Adviser to play a critical role in designing, managing, and reporting on Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) activities. This individual will lead technical work in key areas such as Workplace Gender Equality, Policy and Reform, and Gender Lens Investing, while collaborating closely with teams and partners to track progress and ensure meaningful insights through data collection and analysis.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the Program in implementing, monitoring, and reporting against program activities, tracking results, and leading outcome evaluation activities for one or more workstreams.
  • Design and implement quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, research, and reporting for review of workstream progress against the Theory of Change.
  • Work with IW workstream teams and counterparts within partner organizations to gather, interpret, and analyze primary quantitative data, provide advice on program tracking, monitoring, and evaluation systems, and provide MERL capacity building support.
  • Support the MERL Director in recruiting and managing short-term advisers carrying out MERL activities, research, or analysis.
  • Liaise and meet regularly with IW workstream team members and relevant IW partners to ensure the MERL team is up to date on program activities and challenges.
  • Provide written and verbal reporting of MERL findings to key IW staff and stakeholders, including through PowerPoint presentations and infographics.
  • Lead workstream learning agendas, including internal consultations, learning events, partner engagement, analysis of available evidence, and dissemination of learning products for internal and external audiences.
  • Support periodic review and update of the IW Theory of Change and MERL system.
Requirements
  • Tertiary qualifications in social sciences, preferably with a focus on quantitative and qualitative MEL, data collection, research, and analysis of data.
  • Ability to present findings clearly and concisely, both in writing and verbally, and to target communication to meet the needs of different stakeholder groups and end-users of information.
  • Experience engaging with senior counterparts and stakeholders to coordinate and execute evaluation activities, disseminate findings, and build knowledge capacity.
  • Highly competent in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with competency in other software such as PowerBI, SPSS, and Strata also desirable.
  • Flexible and a team player, experienced in working effectively with a range of stakeholders, with experience with private sector stakeholders highly desirable.
About Us

Abt Global is a mission-driven, global leader with a proven track record in complex program implementation in the international development sector. We offer bold solutions and technical excellence in Health, Economic Growth, Governance, Research & Evaluation, Environment & Energy, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion. Working with our many partners, we have driven measurable social impact for more than 55 years, to achieve our mission of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide.

We operate in remote and challenging environments and employ more than 3,700 staff in over 50 countries. For more information about us and what we do, visit our website at https://www.abtglobal.com/.

We value individuality and celebrate difference with a strong commitment to diversity, equality, racial equity, gender, and disability inclusion. We strongly encourage people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. We offer flexible work arrangements and a culturally safe environment for staff members from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding, to protect and prevent harm and abuse to individuals we work for and who work for us. Our recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation. We will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, child abuse, sexual abuse, or exploitation in any form, and expect everyone to be treated with respect and dignity.


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