Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Knowledge Management

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MEL consultant strengthening monitoring, learning, and knowledge management for the World Council of Churches’ Syria peacebuilding project. Home-based role supporting partners, outcomes assessment, and adaptive programme decisions.

Responsibilities:

  • Review and refine the project's MEL framework, Theory of Change, results framework, indicators, and means of verification
  • Develop practical monitoring and documentation tools for dialogue, mediation, early warning, and social cohesion interventions
  • Provide methodological guidance and technical support to implementing partners and local coordinators
  • Support monitoring tool application, results documentation, and information quality and consistency
  • Collect, consolidate, and qualitatively analyse information from implementing partners, local coordinators, and community networks
  • Assess progress toward intended outcomes, including changes in relationships, trust, cooperation, and preventive engagement capacities
  • Facilitate periodic learning and reflection exercises with the WCC team and implementing partners
  • Document good practices, lessons learned, and significant changes
  • Review programme reports for consistency between activities, evidence, indicators, and results
  • Contribute to knowledge management and prepare learning-oriented briefs and reports
  • Deliver an updated MEL framework, monitoring tools, monitoring and learning summaries, progress review and donor-reporting contributions, results documentation, and recommendations for adaptive programme management
  • Work closely with the Geneva-based programme team, implementing partners, and field coordinators

Requirements:

  • Advanced university degree in development studies, social sciences, monitoring and evaluation, peace and conflict studies, international relations, or another relevant discipline, or equivalent professional qualifications and experience
  • Demonstrated professional experience in the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive management of complex peacebuilding and social cohesion programmes
  • Proven expertise in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), including Theory of Change development, results frameworks, qualitative and participatory methodologies, outcome assessment, and practical monitoring and documentation tools
  • Experience analysing qualitative information and documenting programme results, lessons learned, and good practices
  • Experience facilitating strategic reflection, learning processes, and programme reviews with multidisciplinary teams and implementing partners
  • Demonstrated experience preparing and quality assuring donor reports, learning briefs, and other programme documentation
  • Excellent analytical, drafting, and communication skills
  • In-depth understanding of the Syrian political, social, and religious context
  • Fluency in written and spoken English
  • Good knowledge of Arabic and French would be a distinct advantage
  • Experience working with faith-based organisations and civil society actors would be desirable
  • Familiarity with donor-funded programmes and reporting requirements would be desirable
  • High degree of confidentiality and discretion
  • Compliance with the WCC Code of Conduct
  • Submission of a technical proposal, financial proposal, CV, summaries of comparable assignments, and two references

Benefits:

  • Possibility of contract extension subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability
  • Fully remote, home-based work arrangement
  • Possible travel to Syria, Geneva, or other locations as required
  • Consultancy capped at 90 working days
  • Opportunity to contribute to peacebuilding, social cohesion, learning, and adaptive programme management