The Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DM&E) Manager is responsible for providing leadership, technical support, and capacity building on design, monitoring, evaluation, and learning for the DM&E and program teams. They will coach, capacitate, and support the DM&E team to understand DM&E for peacebuilding, to integrate DM&E protocols to ensure Pakistan contributes to global targets, and will be accountable to develop knowledge management system and tools to capture accurate and useful data, set up effective feedback loops, and to capture and communicate results to inform effective programming.

The person will be responsible for:

Monitoring and Evaluation and Research

- Overall responsibility for the quality and timeliness of DM&E efforts in the Pakistan programs 
- Lead in the development of monitoring systems for Pakistan programs (e.g. development/operationalization of monitoring database and knowledge management system, development of common indicators, M&E plans, data collection tools, evidence-based processes)
- Develop data collection and storage ethics in the Pakistan context and orient staff on these ethics
- Popularize all M&E tools available in organization to all M&E and program staff and create any new tools and templates, as required
- Assess the capacity on DM&E of project staff and DM&E teams and provide coaching and training to the teams on a monthly basis. Develop individual coaching plans for DM&E and program staff to support them to increase their critical thinking and equip them with tools to effectively capture, reflect and analyze results on DM&E for peacebuilding, and in line with DM&E Protocols
- Contribute in the development of donor reports in coordination with program teams and develop the report writing capacity of program staff
- Lead in the designing and implementation of baseline studies, monitoring missions, and evaluations, ensuring quality methodology and analysis as well as timely delivery and that project indicators are captured/measured
- Support on carrying out and finalizing the research design and methodology, and contribute in developing research reports and finalizing them
- Analyze data collected and prepare professional communication materials to share findings with key internal and external stakeholders in relation to the projects
- Develop terms of reference and manage consultants, as needed, for external M&E exercises in relation to the Pakistan programs
- Travel to Pakistan field offices as needed

Program Quality, Design and Learning

- Work as a custodian of program quality in Pakistan through reflection, learning, innovation and sharing of progress of projects against the project logframes and indicators, and DM&E protocols
- Organize quarterly reflection meetings as guided by the M&E Protocols, and coach DM&E team to prepare and share monitoring data on progress and challenges in relation to the program; develop action plans for the next quarter and document and share findings from the meetings. Develop a follow up mechanism for the action plan
- Contribute to organizational learning by coordinating with the Pakistan teams and Institutional Learning Team (ILT) to share information, guidelines, lessons learned, and tested tools 
- Actively participate and contribute in program design calls, proposal writing and review of design documents, especially developing project log frames, developing project logic and Theory of Change (TOC) as well as writing M&E narratives in the proposal
- Ensure that there is a strong narrative and coherence around the project’s activities, and the outputs and outcomes the project is trying/able to achieve
- Take leadership role and execute any research and M&E assignments advised by the Country Director and Senior Manager of Institutional Learning Team (ILT)
- Travel to program target areas as needed to oversee and support DM&E initiatives

The person is required to have:

Education
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in social science, economics, peacebuilding, management, international development or other relevant field

Experience
- At least 2 years’ experience working in DM&E for peacebuilding in an international context, preferably in conflict contexts
- Strong experience of monitoring programs in Pakistan
- Strong experiences of setting up M&E systems (including database creation, management and operation) and modern technology monitoring methodology and tools
- Strong experiences of carrying out quantitative surveys and qualitative data collection and report writing
- Experience in coaching and capacity building of individuals and teams
- Experience of collaborating remotely with colleagues and staff

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong understanding and experiences of peacebuilding programming
- High level of knowledge and skills and data visualization and presentation
- Strong knowledge and experience on data analysis tools and techniques (both qualitative and quantitative) Demonstrated knowledge and skills of data analysis tools such as SPSS, or comparable software for analysis of quantitative results
- Strong analytical report writing skills in English
- Knowledge of local languages (Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi, Punjabi) will be an added advantage
- Strong leadership, management and organizational skills with good understanding of motivating and building cross-cultural teams
- Demonstrated attention to detail and procedures, and able to meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members
- A high level of personal efficiency, and the ability to balance multiple urgent or important tasks without undue stress and to work in a fast paced environment
- Able to establish strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures
- Proactively identifies and addresses issues
- Willingness to travel to field offices in Pakistan as needed

Behavioral Competencies
- Working with People: The ability to respect the views and contributions of other team members; shows empathy, listens, supports; consults others and shares information and expertise, builds team spirit and adapts to the team
- Flexibility: The ability to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities, to tolerate ambiguity, to adapt personal style to different people and situations
- Drive for Results and Efficiency: The ability to set quality standards, monitor and maintain quality of work, and set goals to achieve continuous improvement
- Relationship Management: The ability to manage interactions, to provide service and to support the organization while building an effective internal and external network
- Consultation (for managers and up): The ability to provide guidance to organizational stakeholders while applying creative problem-solving to address business needs
- Leadership and Navigation: The ability to manage and contribute to initiatives and processes within the organization while making progress toward change and continuous improvement
- Communication: The ability to effectively exchange information with others, to effectively deliver critical information, to gather information and communicate with others
- Global and Cultural Effectiveness: The ability to value and consider the perspectives and backgrounds of all parties and be able to work cross-culturally
- Ethical Practice: The ability to integrate Search vision, mission and core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices
- Critical Evaluation (for managers and up): The ability to interpret information to make business decisions and recommendations based on keen analysis, best practices and an understanding of preferred outcomes
- Business Acumen: The ability to understand and apply information to contribute to the organization's strategic plan
- Developing others (for people manager): The ability to provide support to enhance performance and professional growth