Monitoring & Evaluation Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the monitoring & evaluation opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for responsive, high quality M&E technical leadership and capacity building to the project M&E team, and seeks appropriate guidance from the global M&E backstop in a timely manner.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Practical experience using Excel, and either SPSS or other statistical software (Stata, SAS, R, etc)
• Practical experience with PowerPoint, Tableau or other presentation/data visualization software
• Capacity and willingness to learn new software, research methods, and work routines quickly, under the mentorship of M&E Team staff
• Flexibility in responding to new research opportunities as they arise
• Advanced-level statistics to include inferential statistics (e.g., factor analysis, imputation, regression, multivariate, time series)
• Experience with survey research and software (multi-mode surveys)
• Knowledge of or demonstrated experience with sampling techniques
• Knowledge and/or practical experience in longitudinal studies

In response to your job posting for monitoring & evaluation, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical guidance to project staff in incorporating appropriate M&E systems into the project based on needs, donor requirements, resources and capacities.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience working on the M&E strategies for Climate Change Adaptation Interventions would be an added advantage
• Clear understanding of the workings of major donors, INGOs and UN agencies
• Experience in training, community consultation and systems development
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences with major in Statistics, Demography or related field with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) bias
• Training in Information technology, monitoring and evaluation and database management
• Previous experience in humanitarian organization setting is added advantage
• Demonstrates proficiency in computer applications including use of Microsoft Suite, SPSS, SAS, GIS
• Demonstrated leadership in the development and implementation of an M&E strategy and/or implementation plan for US government-funded programs

I am excited to be applying for the position of monitoring & evaluation. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for technical guidance on design, development and implementation of the project M&E strategy, build capacity in country to develop, manage and operationalize M&E systems and plans that are aligned to program strategy, and permit quality reporting on a global level.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Interest in and/or experience with primary-data collection
• Experience with qualitative analysis and software, including AtlasTi
• Experience in evaluation, particularly of international development projects
• Experience in the criminal justice system, US and/or internationally
• Project and resource management Develop and manage activity work plans, develop and manage activity budgets, manage subcontractors and consultants, develop scopes of work
• Prior experience working in the region
• Experience leading change management initiatives, including working with leadership and unit leads to develop and/or revise organizational-level measurement systems
• Experience using frameworks to design programs, and experience working with stakeholders to define requirements and design systems and processes to collect and analyze data to measure progress against plans

In response to your job posting for monitoring & evaluation, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for backstopping for the development of the Project M&E framework aligned with USAID and WVG quality requirements/ standards.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Excellent skills in project management, including experience defining and delivering scope on time and developing and managing budgets
• Excellent skills and demonstrated experience in collaboration, facilitation, training, and written and verbal communication
• Conversant with and informed about current industry trends, such as open data, mobile data collection, and data protection
• Fluency in Spanish or French very helpful
• Knowledge and demonstrated proficiency in quantitative and qualitative methods, M&E planning, M&E system improvement
• Demonstrated knowledge in relevant program areas
• Experience in working on collecting data and information for planning processes at the national level
• Experience in working collaboratively with government officers at the national and District level

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the monitoring & evaluation position.

Previously, I was responsible for thought leadership around shared growth monitoring and evaluation (metric setting, evaluation protocols, reporting frameworks and learning processes).

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Demonstrated knowledge of innovative information and communications technology and its application to performance monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrated experience with USAID indicators and reporting requirements as they pertain to health programs
• Set-up and maintain a comprehensive and effective Monitoring & Evaluation database and physical files for all program areas
• Design and develop monitoring and evaluation plans, formats and reporting systems across program areas
• Design and oversee formative and operational research
• Provide routine analysis to enable staff and management to monitor program performance and systems strengthening
• Coordinate quarterly, semi-annual, and annual data analysis and reporting for all the program indicators
• Synthesize and analyze data for summary and program reports on M&E findings