Competency description from M&E lens: Adapts monitoring and evaluation planning and products to emerging situations while maintaining standards.
Competency type: Behavioural.
Competency label: Innovativeness.
Competency Level and Level Label | Competency Level Description |
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Level 1: Is open to new ideas and change |
Identifies possibilities of improvements in existing organizational M&E practices Open to the possibilities of change and considers ways to implement and adapt change in existing M&E practices in the organization Improvises in case of issues of urgent importance and can develop innovative and new monitoring and evaluation designs in line with emerging situations |
Level 2: Suggests innovative ways of solving issues and improving current ways of working |
Suggests ideas and feedback for improvements in M&E practices in a constructive manner Supports and encourages post-monitoring and evaluation feedback, learning and improvements Applies learning from experiences and observations and implements to improve efficiency in the organizational M&E practices Conducts regular reviews of the progress and identifies possible areas of improvements in M&E practices Puts aside preconceptions and considers new ideas on their merits |
Level 3: Proactively seeks opportunities to initiate new ideas/change |
Seeks improvement in public service delivery through evidence-driven methods Proactively engages with stakeholders for continuous evidence-based improvement in service delivery Based on evidence, identifies bottlenecks and warning signs and initiates preventive action Prepared to meet the challenges of difficult change and encourages others in doing the same Challenges the status quo and looks for unconventional and evidence-driven solutions |
Level 4: Encourages innovation |
Encourages ideas, improvements and measured risk-taking to improve service delivery Identifies & implements evidence-based changes to transform flexibility, responsiveness, and quality of service Creates comprehensive plans and redesigns control and evidence-generation mechanisms to respond promptly to critical events and to manage change Creates the conditions for M&E staff to be creative in problem-solving and experimentation. |
Level 5: reates a culture of innovative thinking and ability to handle change |
Critically challenges decision-making and allocation of resources based on credible evidence Promotes evidence-based innovative thinking and welcomes game changing ideas Tolerates genuine mistakes and measured risk taking to achieve transformation Creates a culture of evidence-driven innovation, flexibility, and responsiveness, mobilising the organization to respond swiftly to changing priorities |