Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and support for all M&E and knowledge management activities.
• Develop the Performance Management Plan and manage it as a tool for project monitoring to inform project leadership.
• Develop and introduce tools in close collaboration with technical team.
• Participate in relevant global technical working groups and apply global guidance to project MEL indicators and measurement.
• Lead data analysis and donor reporting.
• Provide technical oversight for M&E officers in country offices.
• Ensure effective use of data for decision-making within the project team
• Build capacity in country in effective us of data for decision-making.
• Collect, report, and analyze information on project activities.
• Ensure timely and complete reporting from partners in accordance with approved reporting formats.
• Monitor and evaluate progress towards annual work plans and expected outputs, including selecting and monitoring progress in meeting key performance indicators.
• Assist the Project Director in preparing work plans/selecting indicators and annual implementation plans with a view towards the project’s MEL requirements.
• Coordinate preparation of all quarterly and annual project reports, inception report, ad-hoc technical reports, and success stories for USAID funding in line with the required formats.
• Collect data for annual MEL plans and use those data to improve project performance.
• Adapt and implement tools and techniques to improve the quality and use of data for decision making.
• Compile information on lessons learned and expertise within and outside the project.
• Develop a detailed plan to build technical and managerial capacity of project staff.

Required qualifications and experience

• Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, or social sciences.
• At least 10 years of experience working in MEL activities for global public health programs.
• At least 5 years of experience working in MEL activities for malaria case management and/or malaria in pregnancy programs.
• Familiarity with best practices in monitoring and evaluation of malaria case management and/or malaria in pregnancy programs, including standard indicators and measurement.
• Demonstrated experience in setting up and managing MEL systems to track performance.
• Strong experience with USAID reporting requirements.
• Strong analytical skills to successfully use data and evidence for decision-making to guide program adaptations.
• Excellent ability to articulate oral and written technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences and demonstrated track record of producing high quality, well-written deliverables in a timely fashion.
• Ability to synthesize analysis into narrative for learning products, publications, and materials for dissemination to broader audiences.
• Familiarity with CLA approaches.
• Expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Demonstrated management, leadership, mentorship, decision making, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability in leading geographically dispersed teams.
• Full professional proficiency in English, with excellent oral and written communications skills required.
• Ability to interact professionally in French and/or Portuguese an advantage.
• Available to travel nationally and internationally up to 25%.