Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director - INTEGRATE

*** Location of Position is US or Global/Remote

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for the anticipated $750M global Integrating HIV Services into Primary Health Care (INTEGRATE) program, funded by USAID. The program's goal is to contribute to sustaining the gains in the HIV response and enabling pandemic preparedness and resilience in the face of other external threats by integrating current health investments for HIV prevention, care, and treatment services into existing country health systems and PHC platforms, in alignment with country priorities.

This position is subject to project award and funding.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

The MEL Director will provide technical leadership to and oversight of the project's monitoring, evaluation and Leaning (MEL) and strategic information (SI) activities, including the project's strategy, framework, plans, indicators, activities and approaches to measure project performance and inform continuous improvement. The MEL Director will liaise directly with counterparts including USAID, government partners, consortium partners, local organizations and other stakeholders to steward research and learning activities in support of INTEGRATE and country goals and priorities.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical leadership and support for all MEL and SI activities.

• Oversee the development of and manage the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP), data quality assurance, results reporting, data use systems and activities, and the project evaluation strategy. Develop procedures for timely collecting, storing and reporting indicators, establishing baselines, measuring changes in status, attributing results to project activities, and assessing overall impact of project results.

• Based on results, provide evidence based strategic technical guidance to the project, stimulate data use for adaptive management and document project performance against established outputs and indicators.

• Lead the project to support theory of change exercises and M&E framework to establish the foundation of technical approach, adaptive management, and measurement system, and ensure alignment with goals and objectives.

• Oversee the development of country-specific PMPs, working with country teams and mission representatives to develop indicators and tools aligned with the country program scope, as well as with global project requirements.

• Working closely with the project team, subcontractors, other partners and stakeholders in achieving high MEL standards and the collection, analysis, utilization, dissemination of data and learning.

• Support and coordinate overall M&E capacity strengthening efforts, including preparation of written guidance, training, and mentoring project staff both at headquarters and in participating countries, and reviewing annual work plans and routine reports (includes interacting with program managers, implementing agencies, and local partners on needs and ensuring that local M&E staff, consultants, and partners can fulfill these needs).

• Ensures the Activity benefits from a strong evaluation framework building on national data sources and complementing them as required, using modern evaluation techniques based on mixed methods

• Collaborate with the project team in identifying project lessons, processes, tools, and/or outcomes for documentation, and design a system for capturing lessons learned and best practices and sharing that learning broadly through articles, events, conference, etc.

• Support and contribute to the development of flexible, adaptable and user-friendly measurements, learning and knowledge management mechanisms with innovative data use (analysis, visualizations and dashboards) to support results-based decision making, ensuring storytelling across the results framework, funding streams, etc.

• Contribute to project research strategy and learning agenda and research initiatives in areas where there are gaps in knowledge or data.

• Ensure that project M&E meets international standards by supporting the development and implementation of data quality assurance mechanisms including data quality audits and document lessons learned and best practices in M&E according to USAID and PEPFAR guidelines.

• Lead and manage technical review and ensure quality of project written communications; support the project management team in the production of the quarterly and annual reports.

• Ensure the alignment of health information systems (e.g. but not limited to: HMIS, surveillance including case-based surveillance) and MEL plan with country beneficiary relevant systems, with the aim to transfer capacity in HIS and MEL to beneficiary countries to advance their journey towards self-reliance.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree or higher in public health, statistics, health informatics, or a related discipline.

• Over eight years of experience designing, implementing, and overseeing MEL activities and plans for health projects related health systems strengthening and two or more of these areas: health financing, public health, health system strengthening, and leadership, management and governance, local capacity strengthening in/for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

• A minimum of three years' experience directing or implementing adaptive management and learning systems or processes for international development assistance programs.

• Extensive experience in the use of mixed measurement methods required for monitoring and evaluation of public health programs with a health systems strengthening component.

• Demonstrated familiarity with the HIV measurement framework including HIV cascade of care.

• Experience leading a multi-faceted, large-scale global health project is highly desirable.

• Strong familiarity with USG environment, including USAID and PEPFAR; familiarity with M&E measurement approaches from UNAIDS, GFATM, UNFPA, and other agencies a plus.

• More than eight years of experience in managing MEL systems and working with national interoperable information systems (DHIS2, Surveillance, community HIS etc.) highly desirable.

• Direct relevant experience in quantitative and qualitative research, data management and analysis, data quality assurance, and use of data for decision-making.

• Strong writing, editing, and communication skills.

• Experience managing and mentoring staff with diverse backgrounds and cultures.

• Fluency/proficiency in a second language relevant to a developing country context highly desirable.

• Ability to travel overseas up to 25% time.

MSH considers multiple job-related factors when determining an offer, including but not limited to, business and organizational needs, candidate qualifications, internal equity, location, and internal budget.

Salary is just one of many aspects of our total rewards package; at MSH, our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive set of competitive benefits that includes a substantial vacation, sick and holiday policies, training and development programs, competitive insurance coverage for health, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, 401k plan, Flexible Spending Account, among others.

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