Cloneshouse Brief  

Friday, November 10, 2023

Approaches in Monitoring and Evaluation for Ensuring Transparency and Responsiveness

Dear Colleagues,

In this resource, you'll discover diverse M&E approaches to bolster accountability. You'll explore how M&E ensures transparency, responsiveness, and meeting children's needs. Unlock the secrets of effective Child Rights with Richard Omeje, an Alumna of the Cloneshouse African Internship Program, a dedicated changemaker with a Geology degree and expertise in data analysis who has worked on a plethora of research projects. 

To read the full resource, click below;

https://www.cloneshouse.com/2023/07/13/strengthening-accountability-in-child-rights-programs-approaches-in-monitoring-and-evaluation-for-ensuring-transparency-and-responsiveness/

Also included in this newsletter are;

Read more below 👇.

 


Share Your Views on Professionalizing Evaluation!

Cloneshouse is conducting research on professionalizing evaluation in Africa. The aim of this survey is to elicit information on the state of professionalizing evaluation in Africa and its challenges. Results will be shared via a blog. The survey is completely anonymous and confidential and all information provided will be used solely for the purpose of this research.

Kindly click the link below to fill out the form;

 https://rb.gy/98lnli

 


#EvalBlues: Reflection of an Evaluator

 


Join Cloneshouse FREE Webinar: Deploying Kobo Collect for Data Collection.

Efficiency, Accuracy, and Data Security are important to Data Collection. Kobo Collect, a versatile and user-friendly mobile data collection tool, has gained prominence for its ability to meet these criteria. Whether you're a researcher, an NGO, a government agency, or an organization with a mission to collect data effectively, this training will walk you through deploying Kobo Collect for your data collection needs.

At the end of this training, you will:

Read more and register here.

 


European Evaluation Society (EES) 2023 Autumn online event ‘Alternative Futures: What Role for Evaluation in a Just Transition?

This two-day workshop offers participants the opportunity to engage with major state-of-the-art developments in evaluation, learn from and network with the leaders in the field, and help shape the direction of evaluation for transformation in these critical times. Let’s come together to imagine and plan an alternative future.


Read more and apply here.

 


Ready to Launch Your M&E Career? Register in Advance for this Insightful Course!

The Online Basic Monitoring and Evaluation (OBME) Course is a leading introductory M&E course designed to help you benefit from the latest project-level M&E thinking and practices while ensuring that you understand the role of effective monitoring and evaluation while equipping you with skills to carry out a successful monitoring and evaluation. We also offer weekly feedback sessions where you have real-time discussions with one of our MEL experts. 

Are you a fresh graduate or undergraduate eager to enhance your employability and gain foundational Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) knowledge? Look no further than our Online Basic Monitoring and Evaluation (OBME) Course.

Date: February 5 -  February 23, 2024

Cost: USD 100 ($100) OR  NGN 53,750 

Duration: 3 weeks (Self-paced)

Apply by clicking on this link: 

https://cloneshouse.com/service/obme 

 


Setting Outcome Indicators|| Thurs. November 23, 2023

Evaluation is about measuring your impact; setting meaningful and proportionate outcomes and indicators is important in the evaluation journey.

This session will take you through understanding the outcomes and indicators and how they can help you explain the difference your work makes to your beneficiaries.


Register here

 


Unleash Your Program Potential: A Journey into Evaluation for Beginners

In this one-hour webinar, we will delve into general principles of program evaluation. If you're just starting your evaluation journey, this session is your foundation for understanding why evaluation is the catalyst for achieving your program's full potential. Join this webinar to explore the transformative power of evaluation and discover how it can shape your programs' future.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge you need to make a change in the community!


Register here

 


How to Evaluate: Practitioner's Guide Launch | November 30, 15:00 WAT

Join the launch of the new evaluation guidance. The evaluation guidance is a handbook that outlines how to approach simple evaluations from a practitioner's perspective. It covers different types of evaluations and provides practical tips on what to consider when collecting or analysing data. It aims to support practitioners in conducting evaluations independently and with confidence.


Register here

 


Register Now! Basic Data Every Social Change Organization Should Collect | Tuesday, January 23, 2024 · 6:00 PM WAT

This workshop will help you understand why data collection and evaluation are essential parts of your organization’s work and how to integrate data collection into your already existing workflows.


Register here

 


Register in Advance! Virtual Impact Evaluation Training - Designed Just for You!

The Virtual Impact Evaluation (VIE) training is a self-paced, six-week practical course offering the tools and knowledge to create or manage successful M&E systems for your policies, programs, and projects. 

We are thrilled to announce that this training is set to continue next year with exclusive modules designed to take your monitoring and evaluation skills to the next level. Stay ahead of the curve and maximize your impact in 2024 with the VIE course.

Date:  February 12 - March 22, 2024

Cost: USD 125 ($125) OR  NGN 75,250 

Duration: 6 weeks (Self-paced)

Apply by clicking on the link below:

https://www.cloneshouse.com/services/vie/

 


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Capacity Strengthening Programmes Worth Attending

We have curated over 40 Monitoring and Evaluation videos on YouTube. Do like and subscribe to our YouTube channel to continue to receive notifications of our videos as they are released. 

Click on the link below to access our YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO9YIO0x88g7l5UTEq5B3LQ/videos.

 

Cloneshouse M&E Brown Bag Session  | November 15, 2023, 1 PM GMT +1 (ZOOM Meeting)

In our concluding brown bag session for the year, our M&E team of experts is set to address any M&E-related inquiries you may have. This one-hour exposition will cover a range of evaluation topics and thematic areas. Participation in this lunchtime brown bag session is free for interested individuals, but registration is a prerequisite. Send questions ahead of time here

After registration, a confirmation email with a link to join will be sent to you.

Register here

 

Ealing and Hounslow CVS: Practical Evaluation Tools  | Nov 13, 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 PM WAT

In this interactive session, you will learn what you can do to ensure your evaluation is robust, simple, and effective and the tools you can use to make everything much easier. You will also be shown a range of useful tools for surveys, focus groups, and evaluation workshops, including MS Forms, Mentimeter, Slido, Miro, and more.

Register here

 

ActivityInfo: Identifying and Managing Bias in Data Analysis and Interpretation | November 16, 2023, 3:00 PM WAT

Different types of bias can affect the work of a MEAL/IM professional working with data. Awareness and alertness can help us overcome them and avoid serious data analysis and interpretation flaws. During this webinar, we will review the concept of bias and how it is linked to our work in Monitoring and Evaluation. We will also discuss ways to manage bias cases to mitigate the risks.

Register here

 

Cloneshouse Skillshare Session: Communicating With Style | Friday, November 17, 2023, 3:00 PM 

Join Victoria Olumese for an interactive session, where you will learn how to communicate your message to your audience effectively and the tips needed for a seamless virtual presentation.

Register here

 

Living Knowledge Network Webinars: Long-term Impact - Evaluation and Celebrating our Work in the Community | Wednesday, November 22 · 1 - 2 PM WAT

Evaluation often feels like a chore to complete at the end of a project, a necessity to convince our funders they were right to trust us to deliver. We send out an evaluation form, receive a handful back, and share a few quotes in the hope that this will be enough.

But what if we start to think of evaluation differently? What if evaluation becomes embedded in our work and is creative and engaging? What if it becomes a means to build relationships with the communities you are trying to engage? What if, by planning our evaluation differently, we can start to tell the story of our long-term impact and social value with the communities we work with?

Register for this interactive session here.
 

Youthlink Scotland: Digital Tools for Engagement and Evaluation | Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:30 - 16:00 WAT

Are you looking for ways to engage with young people online or get people in the room to take part? Are you looking for tools to help you gather ideas, feedback, and impact evaluation data quickly and easily? Have you encountered tools like Padlet, Menti, and EasyRetro but hesitated about using them?

Come to this session if you are looking for something relevant, lively, and fun to brighten up a November afternoon.

Register here.

 

The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools: Virtual Workshop: Implementation & Evaluation | Tue. Nov 28, 3:30 PM GMT

This workshop will explore adapting, implementing, and evaluating public health initiatives. The session is designed for public health staff who lead or support public health programs or projects.

In this session, you will learn how to:

Register here
 

Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex: Real World Evaluation Workshop | Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:00 - 16:30 WAT

This online workshop will help you understand real-world evaluation's crucial role and how capturing and using the right evidence is key to spreading a solution in the NHS in the early stages.

Limited slots are available. Register here

 


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Monitoring and Evaluation Job Opportunities

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Program and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Luanda, Angola

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) seeks to employ a Program and an M&E Officer who will, among other responsibilities, provide program implementation support for the implementation of the low-value grants, coordinate and collaborate with the grantees on program implementation, report development, and financial management, monitor the grant activities based on well-defined monitoring plan and agreed indicators with the organizations, provide capacity building support to the key population led organizations, develop monthly monitoring report on the implementation of small grants in Angola.

Read more to apply.

Application Deadline: November 16, 2023

 

International Rescue Committee: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officer - Arua, Uganda

Under the guidance and supervision of the health manager, the MEAL Officer will be responsible for the design and implementation of MEAL activities and ensure effective monitoring of program inputs, processes, outputs, and program outcomes. S/he will ensure that quality data is obtained from the program facilities, VHTs, and program staff when performing activities to increase access, coverage, and quality of primary health care, public health, reproductive health, and nutrition services in the Imvepi/Rhino refugee settlement. 

Apply here.

 

International Rescue Committee: Roving Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The purpose of roving the position is to coordinate the collection, compilation, consolidation, and analysis of data to supervise project activities and indicators, monitor progress, and support impact measurement for the REACH project. S/ he will also conduct development research, engage in reflective practice, generate lessons from projects/programs, and prepare MEAL plans for the Health and Nutrition components of the IRC REACH project. S/he is responsible for establishing and ensuring better field-level data management systems for the core program s/ he is assigned to. He coordinates the proper and timely evaluation of project objectives.

Read more to apply.

 

Water Aid: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

The role provides technical expertise in Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (PMER) to ensure program/project performance for realizing the WAT strategy. This is through an enhanced (PMER) system in implementing programs/ projects, building capacities of staff and local partners on PMER, and ensuring that data quality standards are monitored, met, and reported timely. 

Apply here.

Application Deadline: November 15, 2023

 

World Food Programme: Monitoring and Evaluation Program Assistant - Amdjarass & Guereda, Chad

Under the general supervision of the Program Manager, the monitoring agent will have the following tasks, among others;

Read more to apply.

Application Deadline: November 14, 2023

 

United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF): Research & Evaluation Specialist - Kampala, Uganda

The Research and Evaluation function will provide dedicated quality assurance and advisory support to Management and Programme Chiefs. These functions will support the improved analysis of data on child deprivation & vulnerability for increased use for policy and programme action and will support the collection, analysis, and user-friendly presentation of data on multidimensional and monetary child poverty, including strengthening national capacity to collect routinely, report and use data for policy decision-making.

Apply here

Application Deadline: November 29, 2023

 

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Programme Specialist Monitoring and Evaluation for Accounting and Learning - Bujumbura, Burundi

Under the overall supervision of the Project Coordinator, the Programme & MEAL Specialist will lead a team of 7 people, e.g., three dedicated M&E Specialists in charge of the three diseases and four diseases Programme Officers, including COVID-19. The Programme & MEAL Specialist will promote a collaborative, client-oriented approach, ensuring integration across functional areas within the PMU and supporting the integration of capacity-building activities.

Apply here

Application Deadline: November 15, 2023  

 

Result-Based Monitoring and Reporting - International Consultant

Under the supervision of the Coordination Specialist and overall guidance of the Deputy Regional Director, the Monitoring and Reporting consultant will,

Apply here

Application Deadline: November 14, 2023  

 

International Development Company: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager will design and manage systems for data collection, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and knowledge management (KM). S/he will ensure that the Project team generates data and learns from Project activities on an ongoing basis to identify the highest return opportunities, ensure effective KM, inform the activity’s adaptive management approach, and improve activity accountability and effectiveness. S/he will directly supervise three MEL Assistants.

Apply here.

Application Deadline: November 30, 2023

 

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Lilongwe, Malawi

The M&E Unit supports the UNDP programme, which is structured into two portfolios: Governance and Resilience and Sustainable Growth (RSG) and a Development Impact Advisory Team (DIAT).  Each portfolio has a minimum of seven projects, while DIAT has one.

In addition, the Unit works with the Office of the Resident Coordinator on planning, monitoring, and reporting for the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. The Unit provides technical advice, coordinates, and sometimes consolidates UNDP inputs towards Cooperation Framework planning, monitoring, and reporting.

Read more to apply.

Application Deadline: November 14, 2023

 


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Keep staying safe! 

 

Cloneshouse is an international development consulting firm operating in Nigeria as Cloneshouse, with over 13 years of experience in providing technical assistance to government and non-government organizations in monitoring and evaluation.

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