Design Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

About

 Founded in 1982, Search for Common Ground (Search) is an international non-profit organization working to end violent conflict and build healthy, safe, and just societies. Using innovative tools, Search seeks to transform the way the world deals with conflict, away from adversarial approaches, towards cooperative solutions. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium and Washington, DC, Search is present in more than 30 countries with over 800 employees worldwide. 

 

Search has been working in Burundi since 1995 and works at the individual, institutional and community levels to promote inclusive decision-making and management mechanisms and to strengthen the capacity of all components of Burundian society to participate in a meaningful, effective and responsible manner. Its objective is to promote inclusive, effective and responsible participation in the process of social transformation for a just and equitable society.

 

Search for Common Ground has made Design, Monitoring & Evaluation (DME) a priority within the organization. As an agency, the Strategy Alignment Team (Evidence and Learning) and country programs are upgrading techniques, skills, and expectations in the area of MEARL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Research and Learning)  to further improve our ability to design, monitor, conduct and evaluate intelligent, effective and meaningful programs to make our mission a reality.

 

On the request of ENABEL, since August 2024, Search has been implementing the four-year project “Providing Technical Assistance for the Integration of Do No Harm Principles and the Development of a Conflict-Sensitive Approach for ENABEL’s Cooperation Program in Burundi,” with ENABEL’s financial support, to equip staff with the tools needed to integrate conflict sensitivity into their work.

 

In its program in Burundi, ENABEL uses a “double anchoring” approach, which means working both at the local and central levels. This helps respond to community needs through targeted actions in specific provinces, while also strengthening institutions at the national level. By combining these two levels, the program supports better planning, stronger institutions, and long-term benefits for local communitie

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application (CV and cover letter) online. The closing date for applications is October 6, 2025 .

Only shortlisted candidates for the written test will be contacted.