Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) Assistant

Location: Cambridge, UK

Salary: £23,986

Contract: 2 year FTC, Fulltime

Reporting to: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Manager

Principle Accountability

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.

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.

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.

Person Specification

• Commitment and passion for CAMFED’s values, mission and vision.

• High level of attention to detail and the ability to manage your time effectively.

• 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.

Essential

• Comfortable with Excel. Experience in database management, SPSS and statistical methods desirable.

• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, surveys and/or data analysis desirable.

• Eligibility to work in the UK.

The post holder is expected to live the CAMFED values which are:

• Focus on the girl as client

• Partner with the Community

• Be transparent and accountable

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at CAMFED

CAMFED is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including those from marginalised communities.

All official communication pertaining to job applications and interviews will be exclusively conducted through CAMFED's official channels. These can be found on our website (http://www.camfed.org). CAMFED will never request applicants to pay a processing fee or to provide personal or financial information for recruitment purposes.

CAMFED has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse, discrimination and harassment in all forms. All applicants will, therefore, be subject to a comprehensive verification process, which includes background and reference checks, as well as verification of qualifications.