Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Sr. Advisor

Job Summary:

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Sr. Advisor will provide technical guidance on all MEL aspects of a large USAID-funded Global Health Security (GHS) project. The MEL Sr. Advisor oversees the day-to-day MEL activities, developing and implementing policies and processes, and ensuring quality delivery of service on MEL. Supervises technical staff members ensuring that  the MEL plan and activities are in alignment with work plans, and technical expertise informing project implementation. Prepares project and donor reports and drafts publications and external communications. Leads the development / revision of best practice documents. May be required to coordinate and work with a diverse group of organizations, such as the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), district health staff, several international and national development partner organizations, and the USAID (US Agency for International Development) mission to complete work.

This position is contingent upon successful award.

Accountabilities:

Technical Requirements:

• Works on problems of complex scope that require evaluation of variable factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions, with little supervision.
• Networks with key internal and external personnel.
• Decisions may cause delays or failure to achieve results that impact departmental goals.
• Provides input to senior technical leadership on national guidelines and normative policies for MEL.
• May interpret findings and make recommendations for improvements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Project Design Implementation:

• Lead design, development, planning and implementation of the project MEL strategy, including MEL framework and MEL plan.
• Develop, operationalize, implement and manage MEL and SI systems, tools, and procedures to collect, collate, analyze, interpret, and use data that demonstrate impact and program accountability and progress.
• Track progress made against indicators and targets and towards results, outcomes, and impacts ensuring that they are being consistently and systematically tracked and reported, Support quarterly performance and semi-annual or annual reports.
• Develop high quality quantitative and qualitative methods and participatory methodologies to monitor project quality for performance and results.
• Build project and staff MEL and SI capacity, including strengthening, managing and operationalizing MEL systems, data quality assurance, data demand and use, facilitating learning and knowledge exchange, documenting best practices, and reporting.
• Lead project learning activities and data use initiatives; foster culture of learning and knowledge sharing
• Collaborate with teams to design and support learning activities, share MEL data, analysis and data use products, promote evidence-based feedback, adaptation and decision making.
• Collaborate and support knowledge management and communication efforts, including development, dissemination and use of data and knowledge products, abstracts, articles, blogs, reports, tools and materials.
• Oversees the publication and dissemination of information on successful and promising.
  approaches, lessons learned, and other project results to ministry counterparts, program partners, and other key stakeholders.

• Leads the creation of the technical portion of the project work plan and MEL plan, including data collection tools, within the given resource and financial constraints.
• Coordinates with technical and programmatic staff members to ensure that activities are performed as per award requirements and consistent with FHI 360 policy.
• Oversees staff members’ assignments.

• Contributes to planning and making recommendations for project concept, operations, and / or implementation.
• Influences design and scope of MEL initiatives and programs.
• Develops strategies and tools for the design and implementation of specific technical components.
• Ensures technical implementation is consistent with best practices in the industry / subject and meet client / funder contractual obligations for moderately complex technical units of a functional domain, directing other professional staff members.
• Coordinates with technical and programmatic staff members to ensure that activities are performed as per award requirements and consistent with policy.
• Oversees staff members’ assignments.
• Coordinates with employees and consultants, on-site and in the field for situations that are less routine and more unusual.

Staff Leadership and Training:

• Build project and staff capacity to develop, manage, operationalize, and strengt