Senior Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) - Washington DC, United States
Duration : 5 years
Start date : ASAP
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Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 28 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 55 countries, our 8,990 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.
Action Against Hunger USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network. As an independent NGO, Action Against Hunger USA currently manages operations in 8 countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia and Haiti. Action Against Hunger-USA has over $100 million in programs and approximately 1,800 permanent staff based in New York City, Washington D.C, Nairobi, and country offices. Additional growth is anticipated.
Job Summary
Action Against Hunger-USA seeks a MEL Manager/ Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for the USAID/Promoting Results and Outcomes through Policy and Economic Levers (PROPEL) Adapt project. PROPEL Adapt is a centrally managed, 5-year, $40 million USAID-funded project focused on strengthening the enabling environment for family planning/ reproductive health (FP/RH) services and FP/RH integration with HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health (MCH) in the context of shocks and stressors and in fragile settings. Specifically, the project strengthens the enabling environment for more equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation; adequate, predictable, and sustainable financing; enhanced government stewardship, transparency, and accountability; and the use of evidence-based advocacy approaches to promote best practices. PROPEL Adapt focuses on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, evaluating those factors that facilitate successful transitions between meeting crisis needs and the routine primary health care needs of populations, particularly in the areas of voluntary FP/RH. The project is scheduled to run through September 2027.
Purpose: The MEL Manager/ STA will have primary responsibility for the design, management, and implementation of systems and tools necessary to ensure quality monitoring and reporting of the approved PROPEL Adapt MEL Plan for both core-funded and field-funded activities and for development and oversight of the projectโs learning agenda (including strategic inputs and documentation of collaborating, learning and adapting [CLA] activities).
Engagement: The MEL Manager/ STA will work closely with the Project Director, activity technical leads, the project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) staff, external stakeholders, relevant country teams, and USAID.
Delivery: The position demands great communication skills, flexibility, proactivity, and efficiency, with demands and expectations prone to changing on a day-to-day basis.
Key activities in your role will include
Essential Job Duties
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Lead and manage all research, learning, M&E tasks, and deliverables for the project. This includes the development of all output and outcome indicators used for baselines, mid-term, and final project evaluations.
Oversee data collection, as required, within the projectโs parameters
Participate in global knowledge sharing, learning forums and working groups to ensure a feedback loop between country learning and global policy conversations
Work closely with the project Technical Leads to coordinate the MEL agenda and strategy across all project activities
Oversee all project M&E and Knowledge Management staff, whether centrally based or in-country.Project Reporting
Monitor and report on activities, communicate program results to USAID and use results to influence policies and improve implementation Report monthly, quarterly, and annually on the status of project implementation Contribute to other project reports, such as annual work plans, and review and update the projectโs M&E plan as situations dictate and on an ongoing basisOther duties as required.
Supervisory Responsibilities
The Senior Manager MEL may supervise one staff person directly.
V. Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with interruptions. To travel to the field, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult, highly stressful situations, which may include the necessity to walk long distances, to eat a limited diet and/or to reside in potentially uncomfortable housing or tents. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Working Conditions, Travel and Environment
The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required by contact with the missions, mission security, or other obligations. Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business travel as well as to the missions if appropriate. While visiting the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well is to infectious diseases. The duties of the job require job attendance in the Action Against Hunger Washington, D.C. office 2 days per work week (Tuesdays and Thursdays), while the remaining days can be worked either remotely or in the office at the employeeโs discretion.Gender Equality Commitments & Zero Tolerance to Abuse
Foster an environment that reinforces values of people of all genders equal access to information. Provide a work environment where people of all genders must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance. Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of staff. Help to prevent any type of abuse including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and exploitation. Respect beneficiariesโ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status. Value and respect all cultures.Do you meet the profile required criteria?
Required Qualifications
Masterโs degree or higher in social science, public health, or clinical-related field with a concentration on monitoring and evaluation, statistics, research, or related field; or equivalent experience. Minimum 10 years of experience designing, managing, and/or implementing health systems monitoring systems, data quality assurance, database management, data visualization, data analysis and use, and reporting, with at least five (5) years designing and managing/implementing evaluations, and analyzing qualitative and/or quantitative data internationally under USAID-funded projects.Required Skills & Experience
Demonstrated experience with M&E in family planning/reproductive health, maternal, newborn, and child health, or a related field in a humanitarian context or fragile setting Demonstrated experience in using research and monitoring information for decision-making and program adaptations, especially in health-related programs Demonstrated experience using digital technologies to support monitoring, evaluation, and analytics; in-depth experience with DHIS2 is a distinct advantage Demonstrated experience in effectively engaging with global health program teams to select indicators for monitoring the projectโs performance, outputs, and outcomes related to policy, advocacy, financing, and governance Demonstrated experience building the capacity of host country counterparts in improving data quality, data management and analysis, and use of data for understanding program performance and solving problems Demonstrated experience managing a team, with the ability to work both independently and as a member of a larger team Experience in implementing M&E for policy, advocacy, health financing, and/or governance projects Experience living and/or working in low- or middle-income countries for at least 5 years, particularly in fragile settings Experience using and knowledge of M&E principles relevant to fragile settings and nexus contexts Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 25% of their work time. Excellent oral and written communication skills, with fluency in English, are required. Fluency in an additional language is preferred, particularly French Must be authorized to work in the US if not a US citizen