Technical
Competencies
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Approaches and ...
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Approaches and Methods: Demonstrates
knowledge of methods and approaches for monitoring, evaluation and learning of
development effectiveness. Experience in designing and implementing complex ME&L systems.
Experience in developing results frameworks, logical frameworks, or similar tools
for project/program design.Understands the importance and relevance of mixed
methods in ME&L and is able to bring a range of multi-disciplinary approaches to
bear in ME&L design. Understand the key challenges in Climate change and energy
transition MEL.
- Communication: Excellent drafting ability and
communication skills, both oral and written; ability to explain and
defend, in a respectful and trusting context, difficult issues with
respect to key decisions and positions to top management, senior staff, to
staff, and members of intergovernmental bodies. .
- Planning and
organization:
Ability to independently establish detailed objectives, goals and targets
for self and his/her colleagues and staff. Establish and plan deadlines,
and ensure that deadlines are prioritized, managed and met. Manage work
effectively to take account of changing circumstances. Monitor the
delivery of work against a plan and deliver in an organized and timely
manner. Develop strategies and clear goals that are consistent with the strategies. Identify priority activities
and assignments. Adjust priorities
as required. Allocate appropriate amount of time and resources for
completing work. Foresee risks and allow for contingencies when planning;
monitor and adjust plans and actions as necessary. Uses time efficiently
and be able lead others to work to deadlines and maintain effectiveness
under pressure.
- Technological
awareness: Keeps abreast of relevant available technology;
understands applicability and limitations of technology in the ME&L and
Learning context; actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate.
- Client
orientation: Takes on
leadership in ensuring that those to whom the MEL function serves – staff,
managers, funding partners, stakeholders - find themselves supported as
“clients ”; builds and maintains clients’ trust and respect and builds
productive partnerships; actively seeks out to identify clients’ needs and
matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments
inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and
anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in
projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client. Maintains client relationships in
the face of conflicting demands or directions and provides evidence-based
advice and solutions based on sound diagnosis and knowledge. Acts as a credible business partner and
works with a long-term and institution-wide perspective in addressing
clients' needs.
- Creativity: Takes on leadership in improving
existing MEL policies, processes, systems and practices. Initiates
adapting in new and different environments, and finds new solutions to
address operational or strategic problems. Initiates, sets up and leads
projects to develop organizational structures, systems or strategy and
works on activities and in environments which are new for the organization
while responding to the demands of stakeholders for new approaches to be
adopted.
- Collaboration Within Teams and Across Boundaries Collaborates across organizational boundaries, internally and
externally with a sense of mutuality and respect. Consistently engages
others in open dialogue, brings out any conflicting viewpoints and
incorporates viewpoints into solutions, giving credit where credit is due.
Leverages expertise of all team members to ensure successful outcomes.
Makes choices and sets priorities with a SEforALL corporate perspective in
mind.
- Creating, Applying and Sharing Knowledge: Ensures systematic sharing of good practice and learning from
lessons gained from monitoring experiences across SEforALL, clients,
donors and partners. Seeks mentoring opportunities or events to deepen or
strengthen their professional knowledge and mentors junior staff.
- Understanding
SEforALL: An understanding of SEforALL and its mandate
and goals will be beneficial. Good
knowledge of infrastructure sectors helpful, ideally but not necessarily
of the energy sector.
- Drive for
Results - Identifies
the needed resources to accomplish results involving multiple stakeholders
and finds solutions to obstacles affecting key deliverables.
- Knowledge,
Learning and Communication - Leads in the sharing of best practice, trends, knowledge and
lessons learned across units and with clients and partners, articulating
ideas verbally and in writing in a clear and compelling way across
audiences of varied levels. Makes
high impact, results-oriented presentations and speeches to appropriate
decision makers and influences.
- Business
Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Gathers inputs, assesses risk, considers
impact and articulates benefits of decisions for internal and external
stakeholders over the long term.
- Teamwork: Works within and as a leader of a
newly-formed team in supporting and establish a team culture, encouraging
others to participate in teamwork and share responsibility for
decision-making and results. Places team agenda before personal agenda.
Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such
decisions may not entirely reflect own position. Shares credit for team
accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team
shortcomings. Shows leadership in
ensuring the team stays organized and focused, and actively seeks and
considers diverse ideas and approaches. Demonstrated ability to work with
teams representing a wide variety of staffing levels that also cut across
partners.
- Personal. Consistently approaches work with
energy and a positive, constructive attitude. Demonstrates behavior of professional
and personal ethics transparency and openness to encourage respect and
similar behavior from colleagues in the work place. Sensitivity to other
people’s cultural and religious norms and the ability to easily blend with
others. Must have shown to have the ability to
be discrete and maintain confidential information. Exhibits diplomacy,
loyalty and commitment to SEforALL’s goals. Sense of humor an advantage.
Partnership.
SEforALL’s global team operates within and across partner driven networks,
building on its strong relationship with the UN. SEforALL’s global team
catalyzes connections, coordinates activities with others, collaborates on
common objectives and leverages opportunities to deliver more as a platform
than it can do individually.
Agility.
SEforALL’s global team is adaptive in its approach so it can stay focused on
its goal in an evolving economic and political environment. It brings people
together that don’t normally talk to each other and frames the questions
differently so it can help leaders unlock action and finance.
Diversity.
SEforALL’s global team recognizes the diversity of needs across countries and
communities and commits to working with all actors in delivering solutions that
respond to these differentiated needs.
Equity.
SEforALL’s goal is for “all.” SEforALL’s global team strives for a sustainable
energy transition that is just and equitable and leaves no one behind.
Results.
SEforALL global team focuses on helping leaders make the most progress, fastest
in areas that make a meaningful contribution to SEforALL’s objectives. It is
solutions-oriented. It values evidence and data. It understands the scale and
urgency of the sustainable energy challenge and the need for a holistic
systems-based approach.
Trust.
SEforALL’s global team treats information carefully and respects what it is
entrusted with as it serves partners and their success
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