Overview
Provides technical support to strengthen DMEAL quality assurance, measurement, and continuous improvement across various programming streams. The role translates global strategies into practical DMEAL standards and guidance for field application, aiming to improve programme quality and accountability.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development, refinement, simplification, and rollout of practical DMEAL standards, tools, guidance, and quality assurance processes for sponsorship-funded programming.
- Provide technical input and coordination to strengthen quality assurance across programme assessment, design, planning, implementation, monitoring, review, and adaptation processes.
- Support cross-funding-stream DMEAL quality assurance by contributing to alignment across sponsorship-funded, grant-funded, and privately funded programming.
- Support the monitoring of how global DMEAL guidance, tools, and review processes are applied in practice.
- Capture, synthesize, and disseminate learning from quality assurance reviews and implementation experience.
- Provide targeted technical assistance, facilitation, thought partnership, and capacity strengthening to teams.
Required Experience
- At least 7–10 years of progressively responsible experience in DMEAL, programme quality, or technical advisory roles in international development and/or humanitarian contexts.
- Demonstrated experience in strengthening DMEAL systems, frameworks, standards, tools, and guidance across programme cycles.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting quality assurance, programme review, design support, results-based management, and continuous improvement processes.
- Demonstrated experience in translating strategic direction into practical, field-applicable guidance, tools, and review processes.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting multi-sector programmes and working across global, regional, and field structures.
- Demonstrated experience in applying measurement and quality assurance approaches across sponsorship-funded, grant-funded, and privately funded programming.
- Demonstrated experience in strengthening evidence standards, reporting consistency, and use of data for decision-making and programme adaptation.
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating technical processes, consultations, and cross-functional collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in simplifying tools and processes to improve usability, consistency, and field application.
- Demonstrated experience in producing high-quality written products, synthesis, and technical guidance for varied audiences.
- Demonstrated experience in engaging senior stakeholders while maintaining strong technical depth and practical orientation.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree preferred in international development, monitoring and evaluation, public policy, social sciences, or a related field.
- Bachelor’s degree with significant relevant experience may be accepted.
