Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist / RE-SEED Project, Gaziantep

Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

 

GIZ Türkiye – CV Template.doc

 

Period of Assignment: May 2026 – 1 year with the possibility of extension

Location: Gaziantep

Project: Resilient Employment and Socio-Economic Development (RE-SEED) Project

 

A. Main Activities

• Provide technical support and practical training to implementing partners and project staff on M&E tools including the RE-SEED database, data quality, and reporting standards
• Monitor partners’ progress against agreed targets and ensure the accuracy and consistency of data entered into the database.
• Support the project’s knowledge management processes by capturing, structuring, and sharing lessons learned, good practices, and implementation evidence across partners and provinces
• Support the management of data collection, verification, analysis, and consolidation for regular reporting to commissioning parties and key stakeholders (including EU and BMZ reporting requirements)
• Ensure consistent use of the project results framework and indicator definitions, including disaggregation requirements (gender, age, legal status, province
• Support the design and implementation qualitative monitoring tools (for example KIIs, FGDs, case studies, outcome stories) and coordinate qualitative fieldwork with partners
• Coordinate quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation for RE-SEED across all components (MSME support, employability services, and municipal capacity support including childcare)
• Support the coordination and further development of the RE-SEED database and related reporting tools (including dashboards and internal reporting views)
• Provide technical support in data governance and quality assurance processes, including documentation standards and basic compliance requirements related to data protection (KVKK and GDPR principles as applicable)
• Support the design and follow-up of surveys and assessments (baseline type exercises where relevant, satisfaction or outcome surveys, follow-up checks)
• Contribute to internal learning processes, including reflection sessions and practical lessons learned based on monitoring findings
• Support coordination with external monitoring or evaluation actors when relevant (including third-party monitoring), and ensure follow-up on recommendations
• Maintain and regularly update RE-SEED knowledge products and internal repositories
• Support the preparation and facilitation of learning and reflection formats (after-action reviews, learning sessions, thematic exchanges) and document agreed follow-up actions
• Contribute to evidence-based internal communication by translating M&E findings into short, practical knowledge products (for example info sheets and success stories), in coordination with the communication team

 

Where appropriate and reasonable, the position holder is willing to perform tasks outside the scope of the job description.

 

B. Required qualifications, competencies and experience

Education

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics, International Development, or a related field is required.

 

Professional Experience

• More than 4 years of experience in international cooperation or development programmes is required.
• More than 5 years of practical experience in M&E, results-based management, and learning, with strong practical experience in quantitative and qualitative M&E, including field data collection, analysis, and partner follow-up is required.
• More than 3 years of experience with database-supported monitoring systems and data management is required.
• Solid skills in quantitative and qualitative methods, including field data collection and analysis is required.
• Experience working with NGOs/CSOs, chambers, municipalities, and or public institutions in Türkiye is required.
• Background in livelihoods, employability, MSME support, or local development programmes is required.
• Experience in forced displacement or migration contexts is required.

 

Professional Competencies

• Business fluency in Turkish, English and Arabic is required.
• Strong coordination and communication skills, including with technical and non-technical counterparts.
• Reliable under pressure, able to manage multiple partners, deadlines, and priorities.
• Detail-oriented, solution-focused, and committed to data quality.
• Proven ability to manage database-supported monitoring and reporting, including data verification, data quality, and consistency against indicator definitions and disaggregation requirements is required.
• Ability to support implementing partners and project staff through hands-on guidance, training, and troubleshooting on M&E tools and reporting standards is required.
• Ability to contribute to knowledge management and learning, including capturing lessons learned, supporting reflection formats, and turning monitoring findings into practical knowledge products
• Very good MS Office skills, especially in Excel is required. Experience with dashboards/data visualisation tools will be considered an asset.
• Willingness to travel frequently to the target provinces and Ankara and work in a field-oriented set-up.

 

Applications:

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to apply through our Job Portal by filling in the digital application form as well as submitting their CV in GIZ Türkiye’s format, university diplomas (BA/ BSc, MA/ MSc, PhD) and a Cover Letter in English, stating their qualifications and previous professional experiences.

 

The deadline for application is the 13^th of April, 2026.

 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

GIZ is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion. GIZ is encouraging persons with disabilities to apply for the position.

 

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