Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser (Knowledge Use and Influence) Opportunity

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser (Knowledge Use and Influence) 

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an expert Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser to contribute to the monitoring of influence and use of new evidence, innovation and practice delivered under Water for Women

The Fund

Water for Women is supporting improved health, gender equality and wellbeing in Asian and Pacific communities through socially inclusive and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects and research. Water for Women is the Australian Government’s flagship WASH program and is being delivered as part of Australia's aid program, investing 118.9 million over five years from 2018 to 2022. 

Water for Women has four End-of-Program-Outcomes (EOPOs):

1. Strengthened national and subnational WASH sector systems with greater emphasis on gender, social inclusion, safely managed WASH and water security (EOPO1)
2. Increased equitable, universal access to and use of sustainable WASH services, particularly for marginalised communities and community members (EOPO2)
3. Strengthened gender equality and social inclusion in households, communities, and institutions (EOPO3)
4. Strengthened use of new evidence, innovation and practice in sustainable gender and inclusive WASH by other civil society organisations (CSOs), national and international WASH sector actors (EOPO4)

To achieve these outcomes Water for Women is partnering with 10 civil society organisations (CSOs) to deliver 20 WASH projects in 15 countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Water for Women is also supporting 12 research projects, through five research organisations (ROs), as well as COVID-19 initiatives. Water for Women aims to support an estimated 2.9 million people including the most marginalised within these communities. Implementation of the Fund is supported by a Fund Coordinator (FC) team (managed by GHD).

Research, reflection, collaborative learning, knowledge creation and exchange are important elements of Water for Women.  Combined with effective programming, these approaches support partners to lead practice globally and raise the bar in terms of gender and socially inclusive WASH research, analysis, design and program delivery. Fund-generated evidence, centred on innovative, sustainable and inclusive WASH supports Fund partners to program for long-term impact.

A key aspect of the design of the Fund is the intentional investment in both knowledge and practice and the support of exchange and cross-learning between ROs and CSOs. Fund evidence also provides the basis to influence sector-wide WASH policy and practice. Water for Women’s Learning Agenda promotes a shared interest in collaboration and learning between all partners.

The Assignment

Water for Women has a well-established monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system that is demonstrating WASH and gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) changes being brought about by the investment in CSO and RO projects. This assignment will support the Fund Coordinator to demonstrate “strengthened use of new evidence, innovation and practice” (EOPO4).

The adviser will work closely with the Fund Coordinator team including the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager and the Knowledge and Learning Manger to strengthen monitoring of Fund knowledge and learning.

Specifically, the adviser will:

• Review existing evidence of Fund knowledge production, sharing and use;
• Facilitate discussion with partners on monitoring and measurement of knowledge uptake via the Fund Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Community of Practice to better understand the range of strategies by which partners are using to monitor and measure knowledge uptake, influence, and use.
• Together with the Fund Coordinator Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, draw on existing guidance[1] to develop tools and approaches to better support partners in the monitoring of knowledge use and influence, both individually (at a project level) and collectively (at a Fund level).
• Support the collation and preparation of evidence on the sharing, influence and use of knowledge produced by the Fund for the Fund Progress to Outcomes Report.

Duration

20 days input

ARF Classification

The position is classified as DFAT ARF Level C4 (short term). Further information about the Adviser Remuneration Framework here.

Location 

This assignment can be undertaken remotely but the adviser should be available for consultation during Australian Eastern Standard Time working hours and may also need to be available for consultation with partners based in Asia and the Pacific during working hours. The Fund Coordinator are based in Melbourne.

Reports to 

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager.

To Apply

Please refer to the full Terms of Reference for more information about the scope of the advisor role and to address the selection criteria when applying.

Applications close 22 August 2021 and should be submitted via: waterforwomen@ghd.com