Description:
The Bantwana Initiative of World Education (www.bantwana.org) seeks a qualified candidate for the role of Monitoring, Evaluation & Strategic Information Advisor for an anticipated USAID-funded program to prevent new HIV infections and reduce vulnerability among orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Lesotho. The position will be based in Maseru, Lesotho. The Monitoring, Evaluation & Strategic Information Advisor will report to the Chief of Party and is responsible for coordinating monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities under the award.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead development of the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) plan and system for tracking and timely, accurate, and complete reporting of project performance against key indicators.
- Oversee and ensure adherence to project M&E reporting activities as required by the donor.
- Provide leadership and technical oversight in the design and implementation of data collection exercises (e.g., baseline and endline surveys; regular performance monitoring, etc.).
- Train and mentor staff and partners in various aspects of M&E and research, and assist them with using M&E systems, including data use and quality assurance.
- Provide support to performance evaluation processes in collaboration with USAID and the independent evaluation team.
- Analyze project and other relevant data to provide strategic guidance to the Senior Management Team and inform project management decision-making, and to routinely share findings with project staff and other key stakeholders.
- Support partners to develop, capture, consolidate and report on mutually identified indicators and ensure high-quality and timely reporting of data and monitoring.
- Conduct supportive supervisory visits to partners and beneficiaries to observe, monitor and provide guidance and quality feedback on the use of data and indicators.
- Oversee operational research, qualitative studies and policy briefs to assess the impact of program activities and ensure robust and innovative dissemination of research and evaluation activity results.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s Degree in public health, epidemiology, economics, statistics or related field preferred, or Bachelor’s plus an advanced certificate.
- Minimum of seven years professional experience in a senior M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities of large-scale international development projects, experience with USAID and PEPFAR-related programming preferred.
- Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages.
- Excellent knowledge of data collection protocols for quality data collection and verification.
- Strong ability to analyze multiple sources of data to identify data trends and to provide recommendations on project implementation.
- Demonstrated experience with research methodologies, qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis, sampling techniques and establishing M&E systems in developing country contexts.
- Demonstrated experience leading and building the capacity of M&E staff to meet project needs and deliverables strongly desired.
- Excellent English writing, oral presentation and communication skills.
More Information
- Job City Maseru
