POSITION TITLE: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Director

LOCATION: Monrovia, Liberia

REPORTS TO: Chief of Party

PROJECT SUMMARY:

The Access to Safe Drinking Water in Liberia Activity is a five year, USAID-funded project implemented by Winrock International and their partners, WaterAid Liberia and FEI Consulting. The Activity began on November 1, 2022, and will end on October 31, 2027. The Activity’s goal is to improve access to, use of, and sustainability of basic drinking water services in target counties (Montserrado and Margibi). This will be achieved by ensuring that:

• Local Government Institutions Effectively Plan, Budget, and Oversee Water Service Delivery • Equitable and Inclusive Water Service Delivery Improved and Expanded
• Uptake and Maintenance of Key Water Use Behaviors among Households Increased

The Activity seeks a highly motivated and technically strong MEL Director to oversee all monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities for the project and directly manage a full time MEL Officer and short-term enumerators and consultants.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide overall leadership, training, mentoring, and coaching to the MEL team (consisting of the MEL Data Officer and any future short term or long-term staff).
• Leads the implementation of the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Plan (AMELP); serves as the key responsible staff member for its regular updates, implementation, and continuous improvement.
• In collaboration with the COP, Technical Director, and HO MEL support unit (AGILE), manage the project’s MEL plan and systems, ensuring compliance with USAID requirements and Winrock’s MEL Policy; developing and maintaining systems to collect and analyze data on inputs, outputs, outcomes, and impacts; and reporting accurate results to USAID in a timely manner.
• In coordination with the COP, liaise with Winrock’s HO MEL support unit to ensure donor requirements are met, and guide sub-contracted evaluation and survey firms to ensure evaluations and annual survey efforts meet USAID standards and deadlines.
• Design and manage monitoring and evaluation tools and processes, including ongoing (routine) monitoring and (annual) survey instruments.
• Supervise timely and accurate reporting of quantitative and qualitative data by Activity partners and grantees and in cooperation with program staff to ensure timely data analysis and reporting. • Develop the capacity of partners and grantees to collect relevant indicator data within their respective organization in accordance with the AMELP and Activity targets.
• Trains sub-grantees and Activity partners on data collection, analysis, and evidence-based adaptations and ensures data is collected promptly;
• Participates in Activity monitoring through site visits, review of Activity reports, and analysis of performance monitoring and other data;
• Leads data quality controls and verification procedures; ensures collection of data related to gender and social inclusions;
• Contributes to the design of external Activity evaluation strategies; and
• Other tasks as indicated in the detailed job description posted on https://winrock.org/work-with us/careers/job-openings/?gh_jid=7486508002&gh_src=0910e3312us

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, international development, water resource management, or related field. Masters degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience managing and implementing complex MEL systems for international development projects, preferably with USAID;
• Proven record of designing and implementing data collection tools including surveys using mobile data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, Survey123, etc.) and providing technical input into the design of Management Information Systems (MIS) for data management and visualization;
• Experience managing large MEL databases, conducting timely data analysis, and developing high quality reports; and
• Other competencies indicated in the job description posted on https://winrock.org/work-with us/careers/job-openings/?gh_jid=7486508002&gh_src=0910e3312us

This position is not eligible for expatriate benefits and follows a Liberia salary scale.

Interested applicants are requested to review the ad and apply on https://winrock.org/work with-us/careers/job-openings/?gh_jid=7486508002&gh_src=0910e3312us on or before June 21, 2024. However, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and Winrock reserves the right to make an offer prior to the closing date for applications. Applicants are thus encouraged to submit their applications at the earliest opportunity.

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