Making Cents International seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to work on the USAID-funded Ukraine National Identity Through Youth (UNITY) activity. UNITY fosters vested ownership among young people in the country’s democratic, European future by mobilizing youth leadership of a values-based conception of Ukrainian identity grounded in innovation, engagement, and pluralism.

To that end, this activity addresses the key domains identified in USAID’s Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach: building youth assets, fostering resilience, offering age-appropriate experiences for youth contribution, and strengthening the enabling environment, while intentionally and safely promoting dialogue and belonging around this pluralistic identity and incentivizing participation and leadership by historically marginalized groups. 

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities for Making Cents’ UNITY workstreams, in coordination with Making Cents’ staff, IREX staff and grantees to comply with the requirements of the UNITY MEL Plan
• Lead and coordinate quarterly, biannual, and annual monitoring and evaluation reporting activities for Making Cents’ workstreams
• Lead in the coordination, capture, and dissemination of learning from Making Cents’ activities
• Provide capacity strengthening and troubleshooting support to UNITY grantees to collect data and report on key program indicators and results
• Travel to UNITY activity sites to meet with grantees, vendors, and key stakeholders for data collection and verification (as security allows)
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Current resident of Ukraine
• Oral fluency in Ukrainian and English
• Excellent writing skills in Ukrainian and English
• At least four years of experience leading and managing MEL activities, ideally for USAID-funded activities
• At least five years of experience carrying out qualitative and quantitative MEL design, data collection, analysis, and reporting activities
• Experience providing MEL capacity building support and/or training to local organizations
• Experience collecting MEL data for USAID-funded activities
• University degree in a relevant field (e.g., international development, sociology, public health, political science)
• Ability to track and manage multiple workstreams within a defined schedule
• Ability to create and manage indicator databases
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications

Making Cents International is a certified B Corporation, founded on the principles of social entrepreneurship. Since 1999, we have supported the well-being of youth and adults globally through high-impact programs that bolster those who serve people living in vulnerable contexts in low- and middle-income countries. As a purpose-driven small business, we have implemented more than 130 projects in over 60 countries and are a trusted partner to public- and private-sector clients who benefit from our expertise and broad industry exposure.

Making Cents International is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.