Head of Monitoring, Evaluation - London, United Kingdom - Better Cotton

Better Cotton
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Head of Monitoring, Evaluation &

Learning (MEL)

Starting Date:
As soon as possible


Contract type:
Full-time and open-ended


Salary:
if hired in London - 72'100 GBP, if in Geneva - 109'500 CHF, if in New Delhi - 18'110'200
INR, if in Lahore - 6'968'500 PKR, commensurate with relevant experience and skills
New Delhi, India and Lahore, Pakistan will be considered

Application closing date: 14th March 2024***
About the Job
Are you purpose-led and ready to embark on a journey to shape the future of sustainable cotton?

Are you an experienced team leader with strong technical knowledge and good strategic thinking

skills? Join us at Better Cotton as Head of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) and lead a

global team responsible for measuring impact, facilitating learning, and ensuring credible

reporting at the world's largest cotton sustainability initiative.

We support more sustainable farming practices and farm livelihoods for nearly 3 million farmers

in the Better Cotton network in 23 countries around the world. Almost a quarter of the world's

cotton is now grown under the Better Cotton Standard System. Better Cotton's MEL team works

across the organisation and with Programme Partners to monitor progress against its theory of

change using an evidence framework of indicators that range from outputs to impacts. Better

Cotton's mission is focused on farm level change in cotton producing communities.


The Challenge
Looking ahead to 2030, we are targeting reducing GHG emissions from cotton production by half,
big cuts in synthetic pesticide use, improve soil health across our network, improve farm income
and support women's empowerment among farmers and farm workers.

As Head of MEL, you will play a key role in helping Better Cotton to assess results and impact at
farm level, ensure credible and timely reporting to stakeholders, and to foster learning within the
organisation and among its partners and stakeholders. With the regulatory landscape affecting
the apparel and têxtile sector rapidly evolving, Better Cotton rolling out Traceability, plus putting
in place a third party certification scheme, this will be an enriching and challenging role with
opportunities to work on diverse topics and projects.

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Your role and responsibilities
We are seeking a motivated and talented Head of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) to join
our team. In this role, you will lead a dynamic team of 11 and serve as a key liaison between the
MEL team and Better Cotton's senior leadership. Reporting to the Director of Standards,

Certification, and MEL, your specific work areas are**:

MEL System Strategy

  • Lead the refinement and execution of the 3year MEL system strategy through 2025,
ensuring adherence to data quality principles, meeting stakeholder needs (e.g. feedback
of insights to farm level; align with new legislation related to green claims), and
continuously improving methods and approaches. A consultative revision to the strategy
and system is expected to follow in due course.

  • Ensure the MEL strategy supports and aligns with the overall Better Cotton strategy; and
enables informed and effective decision making at the leadership level.

  • Monitor and report to organisational leadership about team KPIs, ensuring deliverables
are consistently delivered on time and to budget.

  • Ensure strategic alignment with Better Cotton's Impact Marketplace, now under
development. Work closely with teams piloting new approaches for carbon credits and
other similar models to generate revenue for farmers.

  • Ensure the MEL system meets the requirements of the _ISEAL Code of Good Practice for _
  • Sustainability Systems v1.0_.

Team Leadership

  • Drive the MEL team to excellence providing mentoring, growth opportunities, regular
constructive feedback, and space to learn. Line manage approximately 3 direct reports.

  • Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation, where ideas from all levels are
encouraged and listened to.

  • Communicate team concerns and ideas up to senior leadership. Ensure key information
flows from leadership to the MEL team so they are empowered to proactively contribute
to the organisation's objectives.

  • Build effective matrix relationships with MEL leads in country teams.

Monitoring Data Analytics:


  • Oversee the collection, analysis, and reporting of Better Cotton Results Indicators from
- farm level, in cooperation with Better Cotton country teams and Programme Partners.
  • Ensure development and continuous improvement of farm results dashboards to enhance
learning among Better Cotton staff, Programme Partners, and other key stakeholders.

  • Strategise with the data analytics lead on improved ways to communicate internally and
externally the insights obtained from MEL data.

  • Ensure data of increasing quality can be used by key stakeholders for credible claims and
as primary data inputs to Life Cyc
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