Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) USAID/Egypt OSRA 46 views

Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) USAID/Egypt OSRA

About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

Palladium Americas:
Our Americas’ business team has brilliant and passionate colleagues working in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America as well as the Caribbean, fulfilling projects and assignments for clients from institutions, corporations, governments, and foundations based in the Americas. We have offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and Raleigh-Durham, NC.

This Opportunity:
Palladium is seeking a Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) for an anticipated USAID-funded family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) project. Reporting to the Chief of Party, the Director of MEL will provide technical leadership to the timely capture and communication of program results, as well as ensure high-quality, timely, valid, and verifiable data collection, reporting, analysis, and learning. S/he will be responsible for ensuring the creation of and adherence to a comprehensive strategy for monitoring, evaluation and learning for the project.
Reporting and Supervision: Report to Chief of Party
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide technical leadership to capture and communicate program results, as well as ensure high-quality, timely, valid, and verifiable data collection, reporting, analysis and learning.
Gather and evaluate information, and ensure that findings are accurately presented in all USAID reporting and tracking tools.
Responsible for developing and designing project systems to track program progress against indicators; collecting and verifying information and maintaining performance monitoring plans, reports, work plans, and monthly reports, ensuring that all reports and documentation for the project’s internal management systems and for external reporting are produced according to USAID guidelines.
Using the CLA approach, ensure that key learnings and best practices are captured, synthesized, reported, and disseminated timely.
Coordinate closely with implementing partners to build cohesive measurement and results systems.
Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Key Competencies Required:
Hands-on practical experience setting up and managing MEL systems for health programs, especially in Egypt and/or MENA region, and ability to coach and train others in their use.
Demonstrated expertise in designing rigorous quantitative and qualitative data collection systems and knowledge of methods for data analysis.
Solid understanding of USAID regulations and M&E reporting requirements and demonstrated experience with USG and/or other donor best practices and regulations in MEL.
Experience in knowledge management and dissemination of research findings.
Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic (MSA and Egyptian dialect).
Ability to develop and deliver technical presentations for diverse target audiences.
Demonstrated ability to interpret research findings and apply them to the Egyptian context when required.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com.

Safeguarding – We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
Apply now
Share
Save Job