United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Senior Expert (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)

How the Senior Expert fits into the Integrity team

The Senior Expert (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) will be a varied technical and management role at Integrity, working primarily on the design and delivery of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning projects. There will be a particular focus on the health thematic.

The Senior Expert will sit within our Directorate Services (D/Services) which leads the design and delivery of our work. Your responsibilities will include: project direction and management, technical delivery, business and proposal development, and wider institutional learning. You will work flexibly across Integrity’s different services and directorates and be attracted to a fast-paced working environment.

The Senior Expert will be based in London and will report to someone within the Directorate Services at a more senior management level. You will also work closely with other directorates, particularly Directorate Business (D/Business) to design new projects, manage consultants and build relationships with key partners and institutions.

The Senior Expert’s Scope of Work

The Senior Expert role is a varied one, including project design, delivery and learning.

You will play a major role in the delivery of contracted projects, particularly relating to MEL and health. This will require experience in project direction and management, technical expertise and confidence in managing teams and working effectively with clients.

You will support the technical design of bids for clients including DFID, the FCO and USAID. This will include developing appropriate and innovative approaches and methodologies to meet the needs of our clients and writing technical proposals. These proposals will relate to our key service offerings, including: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL); Research, Evidence & Analysis; and Data and Knowledge Management. You will particularly support the health thematic, but also work flexibly across other areas including: governance, economic development, security and justice, fragility and conflict, and education.

In addition, you will also support the consolidation of good practice within the company and take on line management responsibilities for more junior staff members.

Terms of Reference

A.Design (30%)

The Expert plays a key role in designing Integrity’s approach to health and MEL, particularly through developing approach papers, leading technical proposals, assuring the quality of Integrity’s overall approach and representing Integrity externally.

• Contribute and sometimes lead the articulation, development and roll-out of approaches and methodologies, in line with Company Strategy.
• Provide internal and external thought leadership on Integrity’s technical offering.
• Lead on, and contribute to, the technical design of new Integrity opportunities, from identification and pre-positioning through to submission, negotiation and inception.
• Develop and sustain strong working relationships with key government clients and other relevant accounts.
• Provide constructive quality assurance of technical offers on selected new programmes and/or bids.
• Support the growth and/or improvement of the MEL service offering, under the leadership of H/MEL.
• Engage with and influence emerging opportunities and delivery concepts and ensure Integrity’s MEL offering is responsive to market requirements.
• Lead and/or contribute to internal and external communications on agreed services, thematics and/or geographies.

B. Technical Delivery (30%)

The Senior Expert will play a key role in delivering Integrity’s projects. This includes leadership and advisory roles and working in collaboration with leading experts from Integrity’s bench. The Senior Expert will:

• Perform technical leadership roles on contracted projects. The Expert may also perform the Team Leader or Deputy Team Leader roles as required.
• Develop and sustain our reputation for high quality, innovative and client- and community-focused work.

C. Project Direction & Management (30%)

The Senior Expert will support Integrity to deliver its portfolio of projects and relationships on time and to high quality standards through management and governance roles. The Senior Expert will:

• Sponsor select contracted projects in governance and/or management capacities as Project Director and/or as member of project governance board.
• Negotiate successful proposals to contract ensuring effective coordination with relevant parties across Integrity’s four directorates.
• Lead on project responses to strategic risks and opportunities.
• Balance internal and external resource requirements.
• Effectively, empathetically and diligently manage relationships with clients, consortium partners and stakeholders more broadly.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, to high levels of quality and in keeping with Integrity’s ethics and ethos.

D. Learning (5%)

The Senior Expert supports internal and external learning, particularly around MEL and health. This includes building awareness of Integrity’s approaches and strengthening the capacity of colleagues to design and deliver to the required standard. The Senior Expert will:

• Lead the identification of lessons from across Integrity’s portfolio, and beyond, and facilitate lesson-learning across the Team.
• Work with colleagues to support their professional development in areas of specific expertise or companies, including supporting the development of in-house training materials and delivery of training.
• Engage with the wider sector through attendance and participation in external events etc.

E. Staff Management (5%)

The Senior Expert will:

• Line manage select Integrity staff and/or corporate consultants at grade levels below S3.
• Work with colleagues under line management to develop their careers, contributing to professional advancement, job satisfaction and personnel retention.

Your experience and qualifications

The Senior Expert will have:

• 7+ years’ experience working on monitoring, evaluation and learning (or a related area) within international development and/or the consultancy sector.
• Experience designing and delivering complex MEL programmes and projects, preferably for UK Government funded projects.
• Experience managing teams of staff and consultants for the successful delivery of projects.
• Experience working with DFID and/or the FCO.
• Experience supporting the pursuit of new business, including competitive bidding.

It is desirable that the Senior Expert will also have:

• Experience designing and delivering health-related programmes and projects.
• Experience working with DFID and/or FCO.
• Experience working in FCAS environments.
• Software expertise, e.g. Microsoft Excel, Access etc.
• Qualitative and Quantitative research methods.

Languages:

• Written and oral fluency in English, with the ability to write clear and compelling narrative.
• French and/or Arabic language skills desirable.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete the application form at www.integrityglobal.com/apply and attach a CV and Cover Letter at the bottom of your application.

The closing date for applications is 6 May 2019. However, we will review candidates on a rolling basis and the vacancy may be filled before this deadline. We encourage early applications. Please be advised that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

If you would like more detail about this role, please contact Katie Bigmore (Senior Expert, Health and MEL) at Katie.Bigmore@integrityglobal.com.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Integrity is an equal opportunities employer. And positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by UK data protection laws.