Swisscontact is an independent non-profit development organisation established in 1959 by representatives of the Swiss private sector and civil society. Our development work focuses on private sector-led, sustainable economic development with improved quality of life for all in developing and emerging countries. A key focus is to strengthen the skills of individuals and foster the competitiveness of businesses.
The organisation is currently active in over 130 projects in 41 countries with around 1100 employees. It is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Swiss Import Promotion Programme SIPPOS is a trade promotion programme of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, implemented by Swisscontact. SIPPO is active in 12 partner countries and in six economic sectors. SIPPO develops capacities of local business support organisations (BSO) to improve their export promotion services to their affiliated export-oriented companies, helping them gaining access to new markets in Switzerland and the EU. This leads to stronger local export promotion systems and to better integration of SIPPO partner countries into world trade. SIPPO thus contributes to sustainable, inclusive economic growth through export (further information at www.sippo.ch). The programme is currently in its second programme phase (01.07.2021 - 31.12.2025 - also equal to contract duration with option of extension). The programme’s third phase (01.01.2026 – 31.12.2029) is currently being prepared.
For our SIPPO team in Switzerland (Bern and Zurich), we are looking to recruit a dedicated member of staff as Lead Measurement, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) to start on 1 July 2025 or by agreement.
Place of work: Bern, Zurich and Home office
Contract duration: 1 July 2025 - 31 December 2025 (with option of extension for Phase 3 (1 January 2026 – 31 December 2029))
Employment start: 1 July 2025 or by agreement
Accountabilities
- Maintain and further develop SIPPO’s MEL system (process, guidelines, technical environment) based on the programme’s measurement framework
- Develop and maintain templates for planning and reporting on global and country level based on the programme’s governance
- Guide and support Country Teams and Global Services Team (GST) through planning- and reporting processes
- Aggregate and analyze data from Country Teams on a Global Programme level
- Report and formulate insights for donor (SECO) and Swisscontact reporting
- Promote and facilitate collaborative and participatory learning within SIPPO and with beneficiaries
- Further develop and maintain knowledge generating and sharing platforms of SIPPO
- Coordinate and align with Swisscontact peers
Requirements
- Higher education (Univerity, University of Applied Sciences, NADEL)
- Excellent English and German, written/spoken (French and/or Spanish are a plus)
- Experience in development cooperation, trade promotion and international trade
- Experience in working in an international, intercultural environment
- Experience in designing and implementing robust MEL frameworks for complex projects
- Familiar familiarity with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) standards such as DCED, Results-Based Management (RBM), and Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) would be an asset
- Proficiency in data-analysis and visualization tools (e.g. MS Power BI)
- Data-driven, with a natural inclination for evidence-based decision making
- Sound knowledge of Market Systems Development (MSD) theory and its practical application, with notions in Sustainability and Digitalization
- Strong conceptual thinker with excellent communication and reporting skills
- Curious, thorough, determined, persistent
- Self-driven and collaborative
Swisscontact offers attractive working conditions in an international and multicultural context. We see our work as a joint effort in an agile organizational culture: mutual respect, trust and teamwork.
We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents: letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, diplomas and references. Please apply exclusively via the online application portal on our website. For further information please visit our webiste: www.swisscontact.org.