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Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Director

Location: Dar es salaam

Job Summary

Anticipated USAID/Tanzania Health Activities Chemonics International, a U.S. based international development consulting firm, seeks Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Director candidates for anticipated Tanzania health activities. The MERL Director will be responsible for finalizing and overseeing implementation of the monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) plan and designing and populating the MERL system. S/he will be responsible for all MERL activities associated with the activity and creating a strong evidence base to demonstrate the activity’s results and achievements. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Leads design and implementation of the activity MERL framework to track all technical activities against targets, outcomes, and impacts for each objective;
• Provides strategic oversight of the learning agenda and activity communication efforts;
• Works with technical staff to oversee the designing, developing, testing, and evaluating tools for data collection and analysis as well as knowledge management and dissemination;
• Trains staff and partners on MERL system operations, collection methods, and tools;
• Creates indicators, performs data analyses, conducts research, and develops reports and project communications products;
• Plans for and supervises intermittent performance evaluations, collects and disseminates lessons learned, and shares successes during project implementation.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required

Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in public health, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, research, or another relevant field;
• Minimum of 10 years of comprehensive social science research, including experience designing and implementing research studies, ranging from small pilot studies to large-scale surveys;
• Minimum of five years’ experience as a Principal Investigator, and demonstrated ability to oversee multiple, concurrent studies;
• An in-depth understanding of how to design and implement M&E systems for complex donor-funded activities of similar size and scope as the activity;
• Able to demonstrate proven experience tracking performance against program objectives, reporting on outcomes, and analyzing data to contribute to continual adaptive management of implementation;
• Previous experience reporting to USAID;
• Experience working in Tanzania preferred;
• Excellent communication and writing skills in English

Application Instructions:

Candidates will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted. The protection of your personal data is important to Chemonics. If you are located in the EU, please read our EU Recruiting Data Privacy Notice to learn how we process your personal data. For more information, please read the
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