Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator (Gallant - Glasgow, United Kingdom - University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Job Purpose-GALLANT is trialling new sustainable solutions to the city's key environmental challenges, providing a whole-systems approach that considers the impacts of the programme's interventions on policy, public health, wellbeing, and the economy. GALLANT aims to deliver the social priorities of the UN Sustainable Development Goals while remaining within the planetary boundaries of a 1.5°C world, using doughnut economics as a framework.
The post-holder will coordinate strategic planning and progression of monitoring and evaluation of GALLANT.

The programme's place-based approach requires co-production and co-evaluation with local communities and other stakeholders; the post-holder will therefore work closely with the Research Associate in Innovative Methods for Co-Evaluating Collaborative Community Practices (Workstream 2: Community Collaboration), and alongside central University, College-level and UKRI-NERC impact officers.

They will also work closely with the GALLANT Communications Officer to ensure that M&E and Communications activities work together to achieve, record and promote impact.

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Main Duties and Responsibilities

To develop and coordinate a strategic, programme-level monitoring and evaluation protocol to enable work package and workstream teams to create and implement their individual M&E plans.
To coordinate a cross-programme monitoring and evaluation working group to carry out M&E activities, comprised of representatives from GALLANT's work packages and workstreams.
To advise on relevant M&E input to reporting requirements of the University, Council and funder UKRI-NERC, including future University REF submissions.
To represent GALLANT on M&E activities within the UKRI-NERC Changing the Environment Programme.
To be an active member of the GALLANT Central Management Team, liaising, communicating and working with other Team members to deliver on GALLANT's priorities.
To undertake any other relevant duties as required.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge / Qualifications

Essential:

A1 Either:

Ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this level of post having acquired the necessary knowledge and skills in a similar or number of different roles.

Or:

Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 9, (Ordinary Degree, Scottish Vocational Qualification level 4), or equivalent (including professional accreditation with relevant formal training), and experience of personal development in a similar or related role(s).

A2 In-depth knowledge and understanding of a range of evaluation theories, designs and approaches.

Desirable:

B1 Knowledge and understanding of programme monitoring and evaluation in a higher education, local authority, or similar setting.
B2 Knowledge and understanding of sustainability in relation to environmental issues and/or related social and political contexts.
B3 Detailed knowledge of one or more areas of academic research that relate to environmental sustainability.
B4 Knowledge and understanding of whole-systems approaches, doughnut economics, and/or similar theoretical frameworks.
B5 Knowledge of higher education grant funder guidelines for monitoring and evaluation.
B6 A formal monitoring and evaluation qualification.

Skills

Essential:

C1 Excellent qualitative and quantitative data gathering, analysis and presentation skills.
C2 Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead cross-disciplinary groups effectively.
C3 Analytical and problem-solving skills.

C4 Organisational skills - both short-term deadline driven and longer term involving multiple conflicting deadlines and coordination across multiple organisational units and external stakeholders.

C5 Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate to a diverse range of stakeholders in different sectors and at multiple levels of government.

C7 Ability to exercise initiative and judgement and work independently but also as part of a team.
C8 Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing environments.

Experience

Essential:

E1 Experience in project or programme monitoring and evaluation.
E2 Experience of recording, processing, analysing and presenting data for a diverse range of audiences.
E3 Experience of planning and progressing work activities within professional guidelines and policies, using initiative and independent judgement.

Desirable:

F1 Experience in monitoring and evaluation on a large-scale programme or project.
F2 Experience in monitoring and evaluation in an academic research, local authority or third sector setting.
F3 Experience in a role that includes co-production and/or co-evaluation with local communities.
F4 Experience in using and developing Theories of Change to support and drive evaluation.
F5 Experience working in a cross-sectoral environment (including government, local authority, academic, th