WRITTEN TEST
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager - Yemen
Allotted time: 3 Hours
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continuing selection process for the post of MEAL Manager for DRC Yemen. The aim
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THE WRITTEN TEST: MEAL Manager Yemen
Please answer all questions in English and respond within 3 hours.
Failure to submit answers within this time period will result in disqualification for the
post.
1. An organisation working with IDPs is running a WASH and Livelihood project in
Yemen. The main objective of the project is to provide Integrated Emergency
Response for the displaced population. In 2018 the organisation intends to
implement 1,000 temporary employment positions through Cash-for-Work
activities; to construct 6,000 latrines and to distribute 5,000 NFI kits.
Prepare for this organisation an M & E Matrix, clearly identifying the purpose, the
data need, appropriate methodologies and time frames with responsible persons,
and clearly mention the relevant indicators that could be used to evaluate
progress, and to measure performance of the programme with emphasis on the
areas of inputs, outputs, outcomes and impacts.
15 Marks
2. As the recently appointed ME&L Manager for Yemen, you have been presented
with the results of a sample household survey. One of the findings include:
Women are primarily involved in income-generating activities. They have very
little savings, and are barely involved in financial decision making within the
household. You have been asked to investigate this further using qualitative
approach.
In not more than 2 pages, provide a draft design of this study to understand this
phenomenon in greater depth.
Your responses should consist of the following:
i) The methodology you are proposing (including an explanation of the
tool/s that you would rely on for data collection), the respondents, and
locations. Use your imagination. You do not need to be specific, but
relate it to the phenomenon being studied; and,
ii) A draft of one of the data collection tools that you proposed to use
(e.g., questions that would be asked for a questionnaire, or an
interview guide for a discussion, etc.).
25 Marks
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3. As the recently appointed ME&L Manager for Yemen, you have been presented
with the results of a PDM analysis related to cash distributions. One of the
findings include: 99% of beneficiaries are satisfied. This data seems overly
optimistic. What do you think could explain such overly positive result and what
does it mean when you prepare the questionnaires?
15 Marks
4. Could you provide an example of when you have managed to capture ‘learning’,
how you did it, what you ‘learned’ and what you used the ‘learning’ for.
15 Marks
5. How would you ensure high quality of quantitative and qualitative data collection
and analysis in an emergency setting with the emergency time constraints.
15 Marks
6. What format of a logical framework are you familiar with? Give examples on how
you designed it and how you used it.
15 Marks
