Pact запрошує Старшого Менеджера/ку з Моніторингу, Оцінки та Навчання / Pact seeks Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Senior Manager, USAID/Ukraine PHS R&R Activity

Pact Overview

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in nearly 40 countries to improve the lives of those who are challenged by poverty and marginalization. We serve these communities because we envision a world where everyone owns their future. To do this, we build systemic solutions in partnership with local organizations, businesses, and governments that create sustainable and resilient communities where those we serve are heard, capable, and vibrant.

Pact is a recognized global leader in international development. Our staff have a range of expertise in areas including public health, capacity development, governance and civil society, natural resource management, poverty, fragile states, monitoring and evaluation, small-scale and artisanal mining, microfinance and more. This expertise is combined in Pact’s unique integrated approach, which focuses on systemic changes needed to improve people’s lives.

USAID/Ukraine Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity will strengthen public health capacities, standards, outreach services, and access to essential health care services during crises such as COVID-19 and other health-related challenges, as part of supporting Ukraine’s pathway to self-reliance. This is to be a five-year activity started in May 2022.

Position Purpose

Pact seeks an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MERL) Senior Manager for the USAID/Ukraine Public Health Systems Recovery and Resilience Activity. The MERL Senior Manager provides management for successful monitoring and evaluation of the program; as well as for generating and translating evidence to inform programmatic adaptation.

Key Responsibilities

The MERL Senior Manager will contribute to the design and oversee a monitoring, evaluation, research and learning system that integrates known standard best practices with innovative methods; and is responsible for ensuring the functional integration of all MERL activities as well as active collaboration with sub-awardees. This individual contributes to building M&E capacity of staff and partners and promotes local ownership and sustainability through participatory and empowerment methods. The MERL Senior Manager ensures adherence to USAID, Pact and international standards regarding ethical and high-quality data collection and utilization.

Specific Duties

The specific duties to be carried out by the successful candidate are listed below:

• Contribute to the design and implementation of the project’s MERL system under the oversight from the project M&E/SI Sr. Advisor and in coordination with Pact’s LEAP Team.
• Adapt MERL system as needed with the changing Ukrainian context while maintaining accurate collection & timely reporting of standard indicators.
• Develop a system for monitoring progress towards intended results through identifying key performance indicators and developing standard data collection tools.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of a comprehensive project data management system, including effective, efficient and secure flow of data from collection through compilation, storage, analysis and reporting.
• Systematize data quality into all MERL activities to ensure validity, reliability, precision, integrity, timeliness of data, including through Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA) and implementation of corrective actions to improve data quality and accountability of staff and partners.
• Provide data analysis, writing, and review of the results and learning sections of program reports in collaboration with program staff, before submission to donor.
• Integrate participatory MEL methods for promoting local ownership and sustainability; and ensure inclusive and gender-sensitive MEL.
• Contribute to co-creation with key stakeholders a targeted learning agenda aimed at generating evidence to guide adaptation of current activity and design of future interventions in public health system recovery and resilience, and lead operationalization of the agenda and dissemination of findings.
• Provide appropriate capacity development and supportive supervision for staff in monitoring and evaluation procedures, data collection tools, and data management practices in alignment with the MEL plan.
• Work closely with partners to establish their internal MERL systems, M&E plans, and data quality management, oversee partners’ compliance with MEL system, and design and conduct trainings to support capacity for MEL among partners.
• Produce learning products and thought leadership pieces relevant to the project intervention; present in conferences or on webinars regarding project’s MERL successes.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Basic Requirements

• Master’s degree in any of the following or related fields: public health, epidemiology, social science, research & evaluation, statistics
• At least 5-7 years of progressively responsible experience in designing, managing, and implementing results-based MERL activities for public health sector
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience
• Demonstrated relevant technical skills in collecting, analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data for public health interventions and effectively packaging the findings
• Successful experience integrating participatory and empowerment MEL approaches
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in evaluation methodology
• Extensive knowledge of and experience with USAID M&E requirement, guidelines, and tools for monitoring, evaluation, and CLA in public health interventions
• Extensive experience with data management systems, including cloud-based
• Strong skills in M&E technical capacity development of others
• Ability to collaborate well with multiple stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., and relevant statistical software programs
• Fluency in Ukrainian and English (excellence in oral and written communication)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with DHIS2 platform and mobile data collection software
• Strong data visualization skills including proficiency in data visualization software
• Experience in integrating gender sensitive and social inclusive MEL
• Knowledge and experience in complexity-aware evaluation methods

To apply please send a cover letter and CV to [email protected] no later than November 18, 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, citizenship status, genetic information, matriculation, family responsibilities, personal appearance, credit information, tobacco use (except in the workplace), membership in an employee organization, or other protected classifications or non-merit factors.