MONITORING AND EVALUATION LEAD

Vacancy

The SI/MEL Lead will report to the Country Director of Project Hope Namibia (PHN).

POSITION SUMMARY:

The primary responsibility of the SI/M&E Lead is to support better performance and greater accountability by implementing evidence-based program/project management at the field level, in order to guide and improve performance. Specifically, the SI/M&E Lead sets up of effective monitoring systems to collect basic information about activities in the initial phase of emergency response; supports the design and implementation of sustainable monitoring and evaluation systems in coordination with relevant government agencies and headquarter-based M&E staff in line with Project HOPE’S MEAL standards. S/ he analyzes, interprets and communicates information in a way that promotes informed decision-making for on-going and future programmatic activity. S/he supports establishing and maintains effective feedback mechanisms for decision making, fully in line with commitments regarding accountability to affected populations (AAP), including IASC CAAP, CHS, and Sphere Humanitarian Charter.

Specifically, the SI/M&E Lead sets up of effective monitoring systems to collect basic information about activities in the initial phase of emergency response; supports the design and implementation of sustainable monitoring and evaluation systems in coordination with relevant government agencies and headquarter-based M&E staff in line with Project HOPE’S MEAL standards. S/ he analyzes, interprets and communicates information in a way that promotes informed decision-making for on-going and future programmatic activity. S/he supports establishing and maintains effective feedback mechanisms for decision making, fully in line with commitments regarding accountability to affected populations (AAP), including IASC CAAP, CHS, and Sphere Humanitarian Charter.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Master’s degree in epidemiology, public health, statistics, or international development, with experience or background in M&E, epidemiology, public health, and health information management.

Minimum of five (5) years of applied national or international experience in designing, implementing, and overseeing health program monitoring and evaluation tasks

Demonstrated experience in managing teams and building staff capacity within complex programing

Experience with M&E approaches for multiple donors such as UN and USAID

Experience in database design and other tools for information management such as DHIS2

Experience in use of qualitative and quantitative software for data analysis as well as in building capacity of national counterparts in analysis, reporting and presentation of data to diverse audiences

Experience with mobile data collection platforms