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Where a monitoring and evaluation officer can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a monitoring and evaluation officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Monitoring and evaluation officers are responsible for the conceptualisation, design, implementation and follow-up of the monitoring and evaluation activities of projects, programmes, policies, strategies, institutions or processes, along the relevant programming cycle. They develop monitoring, inspection and evaluation methods and instruments needed to collect and analyse data, and report on results by applying structured M&E frameworks, theories, approaches and methodologies. M&E officers inform decision-making through reporting, learning products or activities and knowledge management. They can also engage in capacity development activities by providing training and capacity building support within their organizations or for clients and partners.

Also known as monitoring and reporting analyst, MEL officer, social impact assessment specialist, economic impact assessment officer, evaluator, M&E officer, monitoring and evaluation specialist, social impact assessment analyst, impact assessment manager, MEIL officer, research and evaluation officer, evaluation Officer.

Professionals 49 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: data entry clerk, 28%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 4 nearest destinations from monitoring and evaluation officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a monitoring and evaluation officer already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A monitoring and evaluation officer needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

adapt evaluation methodology management skills
commission evaluation communication, collaboration and creativity
define evaluation objectives and scope management skills
evaluation theory social sciences, journalism and information
formulate findings information skills
international development social sciences, journalism and information
plan evaluation management skills
reconstruct program theory information skills
types of evaluation social sciences, journalism and information
results-based management business, administration and law

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Monitoring and evaluation officer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a monitoring and evaluation officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.