Program Overview

The Liberia Foundational Skills Activity (LFSA) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded program implemented by Chemonics International in Liberia. The project will work to increase the percentage of Liberian children accessing primary school and meeting government of Liberia learning standards.

Responsibilities:

As the Grand Bassa County MERL Officer for the Liberia Foundational Skills Activity, the employee is responsible for the following principal duties and responsibilities in the Grand Bassa Countyoffice:

• Drafts monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) plans for grants in coordination with MEL team members

• Develops and tests information flow mechanisms, and data collection and analysis tools for profiling, assessment, monitoring, and evaluation purposes as necessary

• Support the process of developing and annually updating the LFSA Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (AMEL) Plan, including coordinating the contributions of other LFSA staff and consortium member advisors, particularly for learning partners Mathematica and Free Liberia. This includes leading the selection and development of performance monitoring indicators in coordination with the Ministry and other partners and establishing targets.

• Review grantees’ monthly MEL reports fall under your county and approve them for grants payments

• Analyze relevant data on project indicators for contractual reports

• Support the MERL Director and MEL Specialist to ensure that MEL and project staff understand their responsibilities for MEL data quality standards and that staff collect and analyze project data consistent with data quality standard

• Manage reporting templates and data collection tools for partners’ MEL staff to collect data and report against the project’s logical framework

• Communicate on daily basis with the project partners MEL staff to follow-up on MEL plans and planned MEL activities

• Support MERL systems and data collection for project activities across indicators, conducting data quality assessments and other efforts as required by the LFSA cooperative agreement and established in the LFSA AMEL Plan.

• Support the project’s learning agenda to derive lessons learned and best practices from routine activities, including facilitating the initial co-design process to develop the project’s learning agenda, collaborating with stakeholders, and centering local voices and perceptions.

• Support efforts to strengthen a culture of learning at local levels with local stakeholders, including during training and other stakeholder engagements.

• Carefully review and provide feedback on MERL products developed by LFSA partners or short-term technical assistants (STTA), such as research study design documents, data analysis, reports, and briefs, for quality assurance

• Support the interpretation and presentation of MEL findings for Activity planning, decision-making, course correction, and communication of successes.

• Other tasks assigned by his/her supervisor

Location of Assignment

This long-term position will be based out of Grand Bassa County, Liberia.

Supervision and Reporting

The Grand Bassa CountyMERL Officer will report to and be supervised by the MERL Director or his/her designee.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in monitoring and evaluation for donor-funded projects.

• Demonstrated knowledge of USAID reporting and data quality requirements or experience working with another donor in an M&E capacity.

• Demonstrated knowledge of necessary computer, database, and analytical skills, particularly in issues related to monitoring and evaluation.

• Experience tracking equity in learning outcomes among boys, girls, and children with special needs preferred.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, to prioritize multiple work assignments in an extremely fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and exercise good, professional judgment that communicates the established message of the program

• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity

• Written and spoken proficiency in English

Application instructions:

Please complete this form (https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/67955cefe60846e99854c43fa5f26fb9) no later than August 16, 2024. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

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