Program Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : 65,000-85,000

This role will lead all of LASCs Monitoring and Evaluation working throughout the St. Louis and international Partners.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Review the current measurements LASC has in place to confirm accuracy of all measurements and results carried out by LASC or provided by our Partners
• Work with LASC Partners to identify key outcomes LASC wants to have in place for common income generating projects such as coffee and poultry
• Standardize baseline data collection to ensure continuity across projects
• Working with program officers to track and monitor key performance indicators (KPI), conduct assessments and to evaluate results of projects to determine if the project was successful
• Conduct data analysis of reported results around similar projects to identify best practices and cost ranges and report the information to our Partners and LASC Leadership
• Focus on assessments and evaluating data from projects and reporting it
• Assure that all measurements and evaluation (M&E) carried out by our Partners is consistent with the approach of LASC, and if not, be able to identify the differences and seek alignment
• Provide Partner support to ensure meaningful goals and outcomes are identified and tracked throughout the scope of the project
• Establish protocols for communicating and agreement with all our Partners on the measurements to be utilized for collection methods. Confirm who is responsible for collection and reporting with every project
• Confirm accuracy of results reported by a Grantee in the final report of a project
• Knowledge of indicator development and results based management
• Provide M&E support to Principal and Implementing Partners

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Light a Single Candle Foundation was founded in 2002 and its focus is sustainable poverty recovery, food security, income development and sustainable community transformation. About 100 projects were funded through our community partners in both 2023 and 2024. Internationally we work in El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. In the USA we serve in St. Louis MO. Our key to success is working through and with our Partners. In addition to our Founder / President and his spouse who take an active role in the leadership of the organization, this new role will be our 10th employee. The work of the foundation continues to evolve as we learn, with increased focus on a more comprehensive and sustainable poverty recovery community development model. www.lightasinglecandle.org