Senior Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Develop ANCHOR’s research, monitoring, evaluation and learning system in Amman. Five years’ experience, a relevant degree and regular Jordan field travel required.

Role and recruitment conditions

• Coordinate the design and delivery of ANCHOR’s RMEL system, ensuring rigorous data gathering, analysis and reporting across project components.
• Based in Amman with regular travel to Jordan project sites, reporting to the Project Manager and working closely with the HQ RMEL Lead.
• Full-time. Recruitment, onboarding and contract issuance depend on funding availability and final donor approvals.

System design and implementation

• Turn the logical framework into a comprehensive plan with practical tools, processes and timelines.
• Set data-collection methods and monitoring frequency according to donor requirements.
• Establish digital collection and management systems, such as Kobo, for accurate and efficient data gathering and analysis.
• Define quality-assurance, validation and secure-storage protocols and integrate RMEL into activity planning and delivery.

Monitoring and data collection

• Oversee routine monitoring and timely, reliable quantitative and qualitative data gathering.
• Manage baseline, midline and endline perception surveys, including sampling, tools and analysis.
• Recruit, train and supervise external enumerators and maintain methodological and ethical standards.
• Coordinate continuous data collection with project officers and provide technical guidance on tools and practices.

Evaluation and learning

• Support the commissioning and delivery of the external final evaluation and access to relevant data and records.
• Analyse monitoring and survey findings and produce perception reports, quarterly RMEL updates and donor reports.
• Lead internal progress reviews, identify trends and extract lessons for adaptive management.
• Recommend evidence-based action to the Project Manager and HQ RMEL Lead.
• Prepare clear, data-led presentations and briefs for internal and external stakeholders.

Essential requirements

• At least five years of RMEL experience, including monitoring-framework design and implementation and field data collection.
• Relevant bachelor’s degree, for example statistics, social sciences, economics or development studies.
• Proven quantitative and qualitative research, survey-design and data-analysis experience and familiarity with RMEL platforms such as Kobo Toolbox.
• Strong analysis, writing and presentation skills and fluent spoken and written English.
• Excellent organisation and coordination, including managing external enumerators and multiple data streams.
• Ability to work from Amman and undertake regular travel within Jordan.

Desirable qualifications

• Relevant master’s degree and fluent Arabic.
• Familiarity with security-sector reform, health interventions or development partnerships with police and government.
• Knowledge of civil-society grant mechanisms, agile project management or technology-enabled interventions.

Application and benefits

• Apply only through Siren’s recruitment website; applications outside the website will not be considered.
• Advertised closing date: 22 October 2026. Competitive employment conditions are stated without a published salary amount.
• Qualified applicants from all backgrounds are welcomed; organisational values include ethics, dedication, sustainability, safeguarding, respect and inclusion.