POSITION: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Monrovia, Liberia
GRADE: 10
POSITION REPORTS TO: Chief of Party
This position is open to Liberian Nationals Only
The USAID Good Governance Activity (GGA) will support the Government of Liberia (GOL) in building a well-functioning governance system with effective DRM and fiscal decentralization, budget transparency, and local governance frameworks. An Integrated Governance Systems Approach will serve to facilitate synergies across the Activity’s three objectives:
- Domestic Resource Mobilization improved; the Activity will prepare the GOL to analyze potential tax policy reports, implement the transition from GST to VAT and other tax administration improvement and enable greater fiscal decentralization
- Budget Transparency Improved; the Activity will increase the GOL’s systems for budget and financial reporting and sharing to work towards greater measures for fiscal transparency
- Local Development and Service Delivery Improved; the Activity will help the GOL continue building local systems and local governments’ core competencies to improve the functionality of Country Service Centers and the counties as a whole.
1. Objectives of the assignment
The MEL Director will design and manage systems for data collection, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and knowledge management (KM). S/he will ensure that the project team generates data and learns from project activities on an ongoing basis to identify the highest return opportunities, ensure effective KM, inform the project’s adaptive management approach, and improve project accountability and effectiveness. S/He will directly supervise the MEL Officer.
2. Tasks & Responsibilities
In order to achieve the results identified in the SOW, the MEL Director will work in collaboration with other technical leads, technical staff, partners, and STTAs to carry out a variety of activities under the MEL component, and have the following specific responsibilities:
- Oversee development of the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Plan and M&E system.
- Develop and oversee the Program knowledge management strategy, including development and dissemination of materials.
- Design evidence‐based approach to test new approaches, assess best practices and capture learning to enable scale-up.
- Develop learning agenda, including answering and assessing learning questions.
- Design and lead rigorous baseline and specialized assessments of technical activities to determine efficacy of proposed interventions and measure Project impact.
- Support M&E and technical teams to develop activity indicators, with regard to USAID earmark requirements, and targets and gather quantitative and qualitative data related to those indicators and targets.
- Ensure the disaggregation of data as required and the appropriate measurement of the GfS gender, equity and youth goals.
- Work with technical teams to develop appropriate M&E plans for each activity during implementation.
- Conduct participatory M&E of technical field activities to measure quantitative as well as qualitative impact.
- Lead M&E and performance management reporting.
- Contribute, as needed to the work of other technical leads in designing appropriate sector monitoring systems and integrating data for decision-making.
- Contribute to, and participate in, project reporting, events, and learning activities – particularly the Annual Pause and Reflect sessions
- When applicable shall work with the grants staff, grantees and technical team on reporting and collecting required data for project reporting and to monitor the progress, success stories, and impact of the grantee’s performance under GGA.
- Directly supervise the MEL Officer
3. Qualifications
- Advanced degree in statistics, sociology, demographics, or other field related to monitoring and evaluation of governance activities.
- At least 9 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning of donor funded development activities, including implementation of baseline and midline surveys and managing large M&E databases.
- Supervisory experience is strongly desired.
- Demonstrated knowledge of USAID MEL requirements and reporting protocols, preferred.
- Experience in development and implementation of learning agendas, including knowledge management and documentation learning,
Women and persons of minority groups are encouraged to apply!
How to apply
Interested candidates are invited to apply via this link: https://fs23.formsite.com/OLJTgx/irjepeypu1/index