Work Location : Sierra Leone - Freetown Type of Post :

Other Possible Location : Funding :

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Language Requirement : Application Deadline : 9/9/22

Employee Duration : Active Full-Time

CARE seeks a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager for the anticipated USAID-funded Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) in Sierra Leone. The anticipated goals of the activity are to improve quality Family Planning and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent health (FP/RMNCAH), and malaria services; and increase adoption of selected key optimal behaviors to improve health in selected districts in Sierra Leone.

This activity is expected to be a five-year program in the $25 million to $50 million range. This position is subject to project award and funding. National candidates are encouraged to apply. The position will be based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The Senior MEL Manager is responsible for overseeing the monitoring, evaluation and learning function including the full range of activities required to identify and address knowledge gaps, successes, challenges, and sustainable impact. The Senior MEL Manager will oversee the Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) approach, MEL plan, learning agenda, and data collection, analysis, and reporting to ensure the program achieves and demonstrates desired results. The Senior MEL Manager will partner with other members of the core program team to manage implementation and ensure program quality.




Primary Responsibilities

• Partner closely with all staff to ensure MEL/CLA tools, systems and synergies are applied and leveraged within all activities in the implementation areas.
• Ensure collection and analysis of intersectional and disaggregated data based on sex, age, disability and other factors and inclusion of all data related activities.
•  Ensure the activity includes adaptive learning within and across its multi-sectoral interventions. This includes but is not limited to USG, host country government, international donors, local civil society organizations, multilateral organizations, and private sector investments.
• Lead and participate in all MEL and CLA-related activities.
• Improve peer-to-peer learning, knowledge management, sharing and application, activity-based capacity strengthening, evidence, and data utilization, and CLA in support of adaptive management both within and beyond initial refinement.
• Ensure appropriate and continued coordination and joint planning with other USAID and donor activities, specifically USAID Missions, host government initiatives, and private sector engagement.
• Engage project stakeholders in gathering information and lessons emerging from program implementation and ensuring its use by project participants and quality communications to external stakeholders for influence, thought leadership and scaling.
• Technical leadership in MEL for consortium partners in implementing MEL approach

Qualifications

• Graduate degree (Master’s or PhD degree) in a relevant field plus a minimum of 10 years of work experience OR a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience designing, implementing, and operating monitoring, evaluation and learning systems throughout the project life cycle.  Knowledge of primary evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience in organizational and peer-to-peer learning, capacity strengthening, and collaborative learning and adaptation.
• Experience working on a USAID-funded or bilateral donor agency project strongly preferred.
• Experience with large, centrally funded development programs preferred.
• Experience working in low-resource settings.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain partnerships and productive working relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, including familiarity with key USAID policies and other relevant guidance documents.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Family Planning and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent health (FP/RMNCAH), malaria services and programming.
• Excellent, high-level, demonstrated written and oral communications skills in English is required.
• Ability to travel globally as COVID and security situations allow.

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