Director of MEL, Peru Strengthening Systems for Health Security Activity (SSHS)

Director of MEL, Peru Strengthening Systems for Health Security Activity (SSHS)

Palladium Group

Lima, Peru

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director will be involved in planning, initial assessment, and reporting on the achievement of program activities and objectives. The MEL Director will lead the development of an MEL plan and monitor progress and implementation throughout the project's life.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of the Contractor’s responsibilities pertaining to MEL, learning, and knowledge management under this contract;
• Ensure that the Cooperative Agreement can track and report indicators to ensure both technical and management monitoring of program implementation and indicator achievement;
• Respond to issues related to project- and country-level MEL deliverables and ensure that all the deliverables are linked and streamlined and present a coherent picture of breadth and depth of data collection, analysis, visualization, and results-driven reporting;
• Develop and manage the project’s MEL plan(s), indicator reference sheets, results reporting, data use systems/activities, and project evaluation strategy;
• Provide technical leadership and oversight to capture and communicate program results; ensure high-quality, timely, valid, and verifiable data collection, analysis, and reporting;
• Manage all MEL deliverables and research for the project, ensuring that all required reports and documentation for the project’s internal management systems and external reporting are USAID-compliant. Oversee the project’s MEL system and maintain compliant reporting procedures and guidelines. Lead development/selection and application of MEL tools;
• Develop and implement a framework for project results measurement, accountability, and reporting of project successes, including articulation of theories of change;
• Use a Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting framework to capture, synthesize, report, and disseminate lessons learned and best practices. Identify and communicate data trends to allow for program implementation changes and approach innovation;
• Support prioritization and regular use of health information by project partners at national and subnational levels and leverage routine information systems to the extent possible;
• Lead and build the capacity of MEL officers, including remote and field-based staff, to meet program needs and deliverables. Provide technical training where necessary.

Key Competencies Required:

• The MEL Director must have 10+ years of experience monitoring and evaluating large-scale development programs, including managing rigorous MEL systems;
• They must have experience developing, implementing, and managing performance monitoring plans and designing transparent MEL systems that report progress against project indicators;
• The role requires knowledge of data collection and verification protocols and the ability to identify and communicate data trends for program adaptation;
• The role requires strong communication, organizational, and management skills and a strong understanding of USAID regulations and MEL reporting requirements, preferably in the health sector, as well as best practices in MEL;
• A master’s degree or higher in a relevant field is preferred; experience on projects related to global health security, infectious disease, One Health, data analysis, or related areas is also preferred.

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