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Position Overview
Pact seeks a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer for the USAID-funded Strengthening Youth and Womenโs Civic Participation Project. The project aims to increase collaboration, sustainability, and resilience of civil society and independent media to advance the inclusion, participation and leadership of youth and women in Sudan. The activity will apply locally led, problem-driven, adaptive approaches. This program will be starting Y2 of an anticipated five-year activity, with a dramatic shift in the operating context since the program startup in Khartoum in October 2o22. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with occasional travel in the East Africa region, and potentially relocating to Khartoum, Sudan if and when the context and operating environment become more conducive.
Reporting to the MEL Director, the MEL Officer will provide strategic guidance, vision, and management for successful monitoring, evaluation and learning of the program. S/he will contribute to the development, implementation, and revision of the Annual MEL Plan, provide technical direction and support to MEL activities, ensure accurate and compelling reporting of results for program activities, and ensure activities align with Pactโs quality standards for MEL in close coordination with Pactโs Learning, Evidence, and Impact (LEAP) Team based in Washington, DC.
Key Responsibilities
Contribute to the implementation of the projectโs MERL systemSupport the maintenance of MEL systems including MEL plans, performance indicators, data collection & reporting tools, data management systems and standard operating procedures (data quality management plan)Develop and disseminate relevant M&E tools and formats and lead the provision of M&E specific technical trainingWork closely with partners to establish their internal MERL systems, M&E plans, and data quality managementEnsure supportive supervision of all partners in monitoring and evaluation procedures, data collection tools, and data management practices in alignment with the MEL Plan Support data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that data is of high quality and audit worthyConduct Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA) and implement corrective actions to improve data quality and accountability of staff and partners Support evaluations including designing and executing internal baseline, midterm and endline assessments as appropriate, and support the implementation of learning activities, with Pactโs DC LEAP TeamSupport external evaluation processes, including drafting evaluation ToR and selection of firm, and managing the consultants in alignment with awardDevelop and maintain accurate information in a project database, as well as accurate and timely electronic filesSupport calculation and reporting of Pactโs Global Indicators through imPact, Pactโs instance of DHIS2, and calculation and reporting of project data into impact Support data analysis, writing, and review of the results and learning sections of program reports in collaboration with program staff, before submission to donor and ensure consortium partnersโ compliance with internal data quality requirements and timely submissions for reportingHelp ensure the projectโs MEL systems and outputs meet minimum quality standards.Contribute to the development of various research designs and other research related activities including tools preparation, training of research assistants, data collection supervision, data analysis (qualitative & quantitative), and reporting Provide MEL capacity development to partnersEmployee complies with all company policies and procedures, including completing all compliance training topics by the deadline to satisfy each and receiving the corresponding acknowledgment statement that the training has been completedOther tasks as assigned
Basic Requirements
Master's degree in statistics, demographics, public policy, international development, economics, or a related field with five (5) years work experience or bachelor's degree with at least seven (7+) years work experienceA minimum of five years of professional experience in a senior M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities of international development projects is requiredDemonstrated success in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages is requiredDemonstrated experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator design, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/performance monitoring plans, is requiredDemonstrated experience in designing and administering data collection tools, conducting data entry, data cleaning, and data processing & analysis is requiredKnowledge of and experience with key democracy, human rights, governance programming indicators and USAID data collection and reporting systemsDemonstrated relevant technical skills in analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data and packaging the findingsProficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., and the ability to use various commercially available statistical and data visualization software programs e.g. STATA, R, PowerBI, TableauDemonstrated experience managing and providing ongoing training to M&E field officers and/or sub-awardees is requiredKnowledge of the major evaluation and research methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies are requiredExperience with data quality assessments and oversightDemonstrated to work well on a team and with various partner organizationsFluency in English is required
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of key evaluation methods such as Outcome Mapping (OM) and Most Significant Change (MSC)Fluency in Arabic is desired Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of SudanSudanese nationals strongly encouraged to apply
