Monitoring And Evaluation Manager; Mem

The Regional Secretariat of CTI-CFF is looking for a qualified, experienced, mature and motivated Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager, to be based in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This is a Managerial level position, and opens to candidate from Coral Triangle Countries (CT6).

The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF), also known as CTI-CFF, is a multilateral partnership of six countries:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. These countries work together to sustain marine and coastal resources by addressing crucial issues such as food security, climate change and marine biodiversity. The Coral Triangle is sometimes referred to as the “Amazon of the seas”, is the epicenter of marine life abundance and diversity on the planet with over 75% of all known coral species, 53% of the world’s coral reefs, over 3,000 fish species the greatest extent of mangrove forests of any region in the world and spawning and juvenile growth areas for what is the largest tuna fishery in the world.

At the Leaders’ Summit in 2009, the six Coral Triangle Countries (CT6) adopted the 10-year CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to safeguard the region’s rich marine and coastal biodiversity. Through the CTI-CFF, these countries committed to advancing people-centered biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, poverty reduction, and equitable benefit sharing.

Building on the achievements of the first RPOA, the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) is now implementing its second phase - RPOA 2.0 - to continue guiding regional cooperation and actions through 2023.

The Regional Secretariat is mandated to promote regional cooperation, sharing of lessons, and facilitate learning across the six Coral Triangle (CT6) countries. The Regional Secretariat also coordinates, monitors and evaluates the progress in achieving the CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) goals. Its main activities cover the following areas: organizational development, outreach and communication, regional coordination and mechanisms, technical and thematic working groups, development of key regional reports, and capacity development.

It also serves as the main liaison and for all CTI-CFF official functions such as the bi-annual CTI-CFF Ministerial Meetings and the annual CTI-CFF Senior Officials Meetings. The CTI-CFF is administered and managed through Headquarters of CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat located in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This Terms of Reference (ToR) sets out the role, functions, and procedures applicable for the appointment of a Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (MEM) to the Regional Secretariat of Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI– CFF). The MEM will operate in accordance with this ToR and administrative requirements of the CTI–CFF’s Rules.

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) under the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Food Security and Fisheries (CTI-CFF) is a vital component of adaptive project planning and management that is central to the attainment of the program’s goal of sustaining the flow of benefits from marine and coastal resources in the Coral Triangle region. It involves the regular, systematic, and timely monitoring, measurement, and evaluation of the results of program actions to improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations, use of resources, and delivery of benefits;

ensure the relevance of interventions; enhance collaboration and accountability of actions; and share lessons as input to well-informed decision making. In essence, the goal of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the CTI-CFF is to provide reliable, quality, and strategic information to management and stakeholders on the performance and results of the program as input to planning, implementation, and information exchange as well as to optimize implementation and sustain impacts.

Under the Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) 2.0, monitoring and evaluation feeds into the communications and fundraising…