Senior MERL Adviser

1 month ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Abt Associates Full time
About the Program

Abt Associates is implementing the Investing in Women: Women in Inclusive Sustainable Economic Recovery (IW) initiative, a multi-country Australian Government program in Southeast Asia. The program aims to accelerate women's economic empowerment through increased and equitable opportunities in the private sector, contributing to inclusive, sustainable economic recovery and growth in targeted countries.

The IW program has four workstreams:

  • Workplace Gender Equality (Workstream 1) – We support Business Coalitions that work with influential businesses on shifting workplace cultures, practices, and policy barriers to achieve workplace gender equality.
  • Enabling Policy Reforms (Workstream 2) – We support locally identified reform agendas that promote women's workforce participation, generate support for the business case for WGE, and build the case for the value and importance of the care economy to business.
  • Campaigns and Communities of Practice (Workstream 3) – We support locally driven campaigns in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam that highlight positive examples of gender equality to strengthen public support for women's economic participation.
  • Gender Lens Investing (Workstream 4) – We work to increase investment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that disproportionately benefit women in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

The Senior MERL Adviser will play a critical role in designing, managing, and reporting on Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) activities for the IW program. 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.

The Senior MERL Adviser will be responsible for:

  • Supporting the Program in implementing, monitoring, and reporting against program activities, tracking results, and leading outcome evaluation activities for one or more workstreams.
  • Designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, research, and reporting for review of workstream progress against the Theory of Change.
  • Working with IW workstream teams and counterparts within partner organizations to gather, interpret, and analyze primary quantitative data collected through their operations.
  • Providing advice on the development and implementation of program tracking, monitoring, and evaluation systems.
  • Supporting the MERL Director to recruit and manage short-term advisers carrying out MERL activities, research, or analysis.
  • Liaising and meeting regularly with IW workstream team members and relevant IW partners to ensure the MERL team is up to date on program activities and challenges.
  • Providing written and verbal reporting of MERL findings to key IW staff and stakeholders.
  • Leading workstream learning agendas, including through internal consultations and learning events, partner engagement, analysis of available evidence, and dissemination of learning products for internal and external audiences.
  • Supporting periodic review and update of the IW Theory of Change and MERL system.

The Senior MERL Adviser will work closely with the MERL Director and other program staff to ensure the effective implementation of MERL activities and the delivery of high-quality results. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, research, and reporting, as well as experience in gender equality programming and the ability to communicate findings clearly to diverse stakeholders.

Key Selection Criteria

The following Key Selection Criteria (KSC) must be addressed in the application:

  • Tertiary qualifications (or equivalent experience) in social sciences, preferably with a focus on quantitative and qualitative MEL, data collection/research, and analysis of data. Experience with gender equality programming highly regarded.
  • Ability to present findings clearly and concisely (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. Experience with private sector stakeholders highly desirable.

Abt Associates is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from experienced and capable women.

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