Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL), Communications, and Partnership, SHOTORKO Project

About this role

POSITION TITLE: Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL), Communications, and Partnership, SHOTORKO Project

LOCATION: Dhaka, Bangladesh

DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Empowerment

STATUS: Full-time; contingent upon continuation of donor funding

REPORTS TO: Project Director, SHOTORKO Project

GENERAL:

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. Since the 1980s, Winrock has been working, in partnership with the government of Bangladesh, to strengthen agriculture, aquaculture, trade, safe migration, and natural resource management sectors. Its work also protects human rights and expands inclusive access to economic opportunities.

The U.S. Department of State-funded Strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Responses for Online Recruitment into Criminal Operations (SHOTORKO) will address trafficking in persons for forced criminality in Bangladesh by strengthening capacities to investigate and prosecute online scamming crimes; improving survivor protection; increasing victim identification and support services to prevent re-victimization; combatting fraudulent recruitment by raising awareness and improving online safeguards; and facilitating private-sector partnerships.

Winrock International is recruiting a Head of MERL, Communication, and Partnership (HoMCP) for the SHOTORKO project. The HoMCP will support the project’s overall objective to combat trafficking of Bangladeshis for forced criminality (FC) in online scam operations (OSOs). The project will do so by:

· Strengthening Bangladeshi stakeholder capacities and institutions to investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons (TIP) for FC in OSOs;

· Improving the identification, support, and referrals of TIP for FC in OSOs survivors to tailored protection care reinforcing repatriation, reintegration, and avoiding revictimization;

· Combatting and preventing fraudulent, deceptive employment recruitment for OSOs, increasing awareness of TIP OSO, improving online safeguards; and

· Building effective, durable partnerships that disrupt TIP and reduce OSO expansion.

This is a local/national position and is not eligible for international allowances or relocation allowances.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The HoMCP leads Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) for the SHOTORKO project, ensuring data quality, collaborative learning, and adaptive management throughout implementation. In consultation with Winrock’s Head Office MERL specialists, the HoMCP develops and implements the project MERL Plan and results framework; establishes a secure

management information system (MIS) that meets U.S. data security requirements; leads the project’s OSO Trafficking Trends and Analysis Mechanism (TAM); oversees the baseline and endline assessments; and reports on custom project indicators and U.S. Department of State’s Common Performance Indicators (CPIs). The HoMCP also leads project learning activities, including a mid-project pause-and-reflect workshop, and contributes to developing project baseline, endline, and other research protocols using international best practices.

The HoMCP also coordinates with the Head Office communication team project communications and branding and marking, and supports the Project Director in building and tracking the project’s public-private partnerships.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

o Technical Monitoring and Evaluation

§ Develops the project MERL Plan, results framework, and indicator reference sheets in consultation with the U.S. Department of State.

§ Oversee the baseline (Year 1) and endline (Year 3) assessments, including developing scopes of work, managing consultants, and ensuring ethical research design.

§ Collaborates on the production of quarterly monitoring and evaluation indicator data and produces reports for the project and the U.S. Department of State.

§ Builds the capacities of the SHOTORKO project team in monitoring and evaluation and participates in Winrock International’s Monitoring and Evaluation Community of Practice.

§ Provides technical leadership on monitoring and evaluation for the project team to ensure Winrock and U.S. Department of State monitoring and evaluation requirements are met on a timely basis.

o Management and Collaboration

§ Supports the Project Director and program managers to design appropriate strategies for achieving project objectives and goals.

§ Monitors and reviews progress achieving targets and objectives under the project results framework and ensures effective implementation of projects monitoring and evaluation activities.

§ Provides leadership within the SHOTORKO project team and with partners.

§ Coordinates with project staff, partners, and the U.S. Department of State, and participates in data validation exercises.

o Communication and Dissemination

§ Coordinate with Winrock’s home office communications team to produce success stories, case studies, and other communication products. Ensure all materials comply with U.S. Department of State and Winrock branding and marking requirements and protect survivor confidentiality and consent.

§ Shares monthly and quarterly monitoring and evaluation data with project leadership to assess progress on program outputs and achievement of program objectives.

§ Coordinates documentation and dissemination of best practices, lessons learned, research findings, and progress to ensure the use of learning to improve SHOTORKO’s interventions.

o Data Collection and Management

§ Guides data collection, management, and verification of data. This includes data analysis, reporting, dissemination, as well as ensuring compliance.

§ Designs and manages the project MIS to meet U.S. data security requirements.

§ Integrates data from training records, case tracking systems, victim service databases, partnership…