Job Summary
- $95,000 - $119,999 per annum
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 16th Oct 2024
Position: Disaster READY Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Coordinator for the Australian Humanitarian Partnership Support Unit (AHPSU). This is a full time role based in Australia.
Period: 2 years. The Australian Humanitarian Partnership Phase II will be operational until 22 January 2027.
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The Terms of Reference (ToR) outlines the roles and responsibilities for the AHPSU Disaster READY Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Coordinator. This role will be responsible for supporting monitoring, evaluation and learning for Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) programming in the Pacific and Timor-Leste, primarily the long-term Disaster READY resilience program. The position is Australia based, ideally in Melbourne or Canberra, although other locations may also be considered. The role may also require some travel to Pacific Island Countries and Timor-Leste.
The AHP: Represents a 10-year humanitarian and disaster management partnership between the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and six leading Australian humanitarian NGOs: the Church Agencies Network – Disaster Operations (CAN DO); CARE Australia; Oxfam Australia; Plan International Australia; Save the Children Australia; World Vision Australia.
AHP focuses on enabling rapid response to sudden onset disasters, providing assistance to protracted crises globally, and supporting disaster preparedness and resilience in the Pacific and Timor-Leste through the Disaster READY program.
For more information: https://australianhumanitarianpartnership.org/
Disaster READY: Has been designed to support women, men, youth, children, people with disabilities and other vulnerable people to be better prepared and more resilient to disasters in selected Pacific countries and Timor-Leste. Now in its second 5-year phase, the program is being implemented by AHP partners and their local networks in Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. AHP partners draw on networks and partnerships in the region to strengthen disaster preparedness and improve disaster management at community to government levels, focusing on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA).
For more information: https://australianhumanitarianpartnership.org/preparedness
The AHP Support Unit: AHPSU was established in 2018. It is funded by DFAT and managed by Alinea International. The AHPSU represents a compact, agile and responsive team. The team works closely with Australian NGOs, their local partnerships and networks, the DFAT Humanitarian Division, specifically the Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Branch, and other key humanitarian stakeholders. Core responsibilities of the AHPSU include facilitating partnership; supporting monitoring, evaluation and learning, promoting innovation and continuous improvement; communications and visibility; and providing grant support.
The AHPSU team: Is a compact unit that includes the Partnership Director, Operations & Grants Manager, MEL Manager, Disaster READY Coordinator, Communications & Visibility Manager and Senior Communications Specialist, and two Program Officers.
The Disaster READY MEL Coordinator will manage all monitoring, evaluation and learning activities to understand the collective impact and change resulting from the Disaster READY program and any AHP responses carried out in Disaster READY countries.
It is a strategic role requiring strong technical capacity, managerial capacity and the ability to form cohesive working relationships with NGOs and in-country implementers. The role will support capacity development, manage evaluations and lead on key themes including locally led humanitarian action, accountability to affected populations, gender equality and disability inclusion.
The successful candidate will drive a collaborative learning culture, focusing on learning for improvement, adaptive program implementation, and learning for influence. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong MEL technical capacity (both quantitative and qualitative, including data collection, analysis, visualisation and sensemaking), strong management and mentoring skills and robust partnership brokering and relationship-building qualities.
The Disaster READY MEL Coordinator’s primary responsibilities will include:
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Desired
Relationships
The position reports to the AHPSU MEL Manager and works day-to-day with the Disaster READY Coordinator. The position also works closely with the Disaster READY Senior Communications Specialist.
Priority relationships include DFAT officers (primarily within the Humanitarian Division and at Pacific and Timor-Leste Posts, Australian NGO partners (including in-country MEL leads and humanitarian and resilience program staff), and broader humanitarian sector stakeholders including national Red Cross societies, regional inclusion partners and UN agencies. On occasion, this position may have limited contact with children during participation in field visits.
This is a technical position with salary negotiated up to AUD 120,000 including superannuation (depending on experience). Flexible working arrangements may be considered to meet the requirements for selected candidates.
The candidate will be based in Australia. The position may involve domestic and international travel.