Position Title: Senior Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning, Malawi HIV prevention and OVC program
Requisition Number: 15-0034
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Summary:
Pact seeks a Senior Advisor- Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) for a five-year USAID-funded program that will provide HIV prevention services and care services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) at the community level. The program will focus on the adoption of positive sexual and healthcare-seeking behaviors and social norms among priority groups at risk for transmission. The MERL Advisor will provide overall leadership and oversight for project monitoring, evaluation and learning. S/he will lead the monitoring of data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting ensuring that data is audit worthy and incorporated into program reports for submission to USAID. Under his/her guidance, the project will utilize monitoring data to maximize program impact. This position is contingent upon funding.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develop and oversee the implementation of the project monitoring plan (PMP).
• Lead the development of relevant M&E tools and platforms, and provide M&E specific technical training, mentoring, and coaching to CSO partners.
• Develop strong monitoring and evaluation data collection and analysis systems to ensure that program interventions are effective.
• Strengthen availability and use of high quality data for decision making at all levels of the project.
• Strengthen Pact and CSO partners’ data management and quality improvement systems, ensuring that data is audit worthy and readily available. Where problems exist, support the identification of solutions.
• Lead and maintain a knowledge management system for the project, across all project components and partners.
• Contribute to program reports for submission to donor.
• Support program staff and senior management to use data to make informed and timely decisions related to program implementation.
Required Qualifications:
• Masters degree in public health, demography, sociology, biostatistics, psychology or a related field. Terminal degree preferred.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in monitoring, evaluating and research related to public health programs, with at least 3 years of experience with USAID or PEPFAR HIV-related programming.
• Demonstrated experience in HIV/AIDS program target setting and reporting for at least three (3) years.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity with research methodologies, qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis, sampling techniques and establishing M&E systems in developing countries.
• Proficiency with database management software and on-line search tools required.
• Working experience in Malawi; Malawi national preferred.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
