Position: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director
Job Description
Under the supervision of the Chief of Party (COP), the MEL
Director is responsible for designing the project’s monitoring,
evaluation, and learning agenda and creating systems to measure and document
program process, output and impact data results by routinely and systematically
collecting, analyzing and presenting program data for project staff, partners
and donors. The MEL Director is responsible for tracking progress towards goals
and fidelity to implementation design as well as recommending appropriate
subjects for operations research.
Responsibilities:
- Leads
collaborative learning and adaptation activities including enabling
reflection on ‘what is working’ and ‘what is not?’ Develops a monitoring
processes with quick feedback loops that generate iterative learning to
adjust activities in real-time and track progress in achieving objectives.
- Guide
team efforts to use activity-generated data, context data, and research to
inform evidence-based program design and adaptive management.
- Lead
efforts to strengthen a culture of learning at local levels with local
stakeholders, including during trainings and other stakeholder
engagements.
- Drive
the Activity’s overall learning agenda to derive lessons learned and best
practices from routine activities, and contribute to quarterly Activity
evaluations.
- Support
the interpretation and presentation of MEL findings for communication of
successes.
- Leads
the development of the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan
(AMELP), with inputs from technical and leadership staff. Updates AMELP
throughout the life of the activity to reflect evolving needs and context
shifts.
- Develops
processes, procedures, and systems for data collection, analysis, and
reporting on activity results and indicators.
- Ensures
quality, reliability, validity, and formatting of all MEL tools and
products are developed under USAID standards.
- Develops
a research plan that outlines needed formative research to inform program
implementation and design; identify new research needs, and ways to
evaluate the pilot new approaches for activities.
- Supervises
the collection of all data needed to report on all defined indicators
(impact, output, outcome and program management indicators).
- Conducts
regular review and adjustment of data collection processes as needed.
- Supervises
implementation of data quality assessment (DQAs) as required or specified
in the AMELP.
- Serves
as the primary point of contact for research and data analysis needs for
the project team.
- Synthesizes
monitoring and evaluation findings needed for quarterly and annual reports
for USAID.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or
Master’s Degree + Ten years of relevant experience, or PhD+ Eight years of
relevant experience
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market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local
candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
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