All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships. What we are looking for The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is looking for **an experienced, dynamic, and highly strategical individual **to take up the role of **Regional Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Coordinator for Latin America **who **will support the establishing and implementation of systems to promote evidence-based decision-making, programme and project performance, and internal management **. The MEL Coordinator will contribute to **quality programming through supporting access to and use of relevant and timely information on programme scale, relevance, and effectiveness **. Within this context, the MEL Coordinator will **provide technical support to in-country staff pertaining to MEL and build capacity in regional and country missions **by identifying and supporting the implementation of effective, cost efficient and meaningful MEL systems.What you will do - **Act as an Information Management (IM)/data focal point for the region** - **Work closely with partners’ programme teams to ensure smooth function of the MEL system **including internal and external reporting. - **Develop tools and necessary guidelines **to ensure collection of output and outcome indicators. - **Develop sampling strategies, questionnaires, data collection, research protocols, as well as conduct data analysis and write up reports for MEL exercises.** - **Support in providing timely and robust information to promote the dissemination of learning, better project cycle management, and facilitate evidence-based decision-making **through the provision of technical analysis. - **Contribute to institutionalizing and strengthening of NRC MEL minimum standards regionally **with specific focus on data management systems, tools and procedures for better reliability and quality of MEL data. Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position. What you will bring - **At least 3 years’ experience in an international NGO **preferably in an emergency or post-conflict setting, including M&E; capacity and systems development. - **Thorough experience with and knowledge of principles and current approaches to monitoring and evaluation in relief and development programs **, using both **quantitative and qualitative methods.**: - **Understanding of data and information needs for program management and decision making.**: - **Experience in facilitating the capacity building efforts of diverse colleagues, including local partner agencies.**: - Demonstrated ability to **transfer knowledge to diverse audiences **through training, mentoring and other formal and non-formal methods - Analytic and computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) - Experience from working in **complex and volatile contexts **. - Knowledge about countries in the region is desirable - **Proficiency in English and Spanish is a must **Experience in start ups or similar is an asset What we offer - Duty station: Bogotá, Colombia - Contract: national, 12 months, extendable - Travel: up to 30% - Salary/benefits: grade 7 on NRC’s regional salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions for international contracts - NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability. - **We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative. Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC - When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education. Why NRC? The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. Watch this short video to see NRC in action. The Latin American (LA) region faces multiple complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impact of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the armed conflict in Colombia, and the pervasive high levels of generalised violence in the North of Central America and in Mexico. These conditions produce some of the highest forced displacement numbers in the world. According to UNHCR, there are over 15 million displacement-affected people, including some 7,4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across NRC country programme coverage in Latin America. The LA region also witnesses record numbers of transcontinental population movements generating significant protection risks as people are obliged to cro