About the Role
To support the Monitoring, Data and Learning/Reporting Senior Program Officers in countries across the region, as well as Portfolio teams, Regional Director and Country Directors/Deputy Directors in ensuring that high quality MEAL plans, program performance monitoring and donor reports are timely generated, and evaluation and learning agendas are implemented and robust.
Responsibilities
- Support Monitoring, Data and Learning/Reporting Senior Program Officers and Portfolio teams in countries across the region in the adaptation of intervention performance monitoring frameworks (PMF) to country projects.
- Support Monitoring, Data and Learning/Reporting Senior Program Officers and Portfolio teams in the development of MEAL plans and ensure all steps are completed and quality assured.
- Support Monitoring, Data and Learning/Reporting Senior Program Officers, Portfolio teams and implementing partners in the development of data collection and compilation tools for project monitoring and reporting.
- Support Program Officers and the Deputy Country Director in the review of quarterly performance reports to ensure relevant and correct data is used.
- Work with country teams in the design and implementation of surveys for program monitoring and evaluation.
- In collaboration with Global Specialists MDL and the Global Manager Data Modernization, support the development of a grant-level dashboard and analytics system to track progress on KPIs for country, regional and global levels.
- Provide technical guidance to country MDL Officers, portfolio teams and country leadership on standardized monitoring, reporting, and indicator definitions, including Reach, data quality requirements, data sources, and reporting templates.
Requirements
- Education: Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Monitoring & Evaluation, Data Science, Nutrition, or a related field.
- Experience: 5-7 years of experience at a regional level in MEAL roles within health or nutrition programs in international development/NGO environments, ideally in LMIC contexts.
- Technical Skills: Proven experience developing indicator frameworks, data collection tools, measurement methodologies, and reporting systems.
- Field Expertise: Experience designing and implementing coverage and adherence surveys, including sampling design and field protocol development (LQAS, mixed methods).
- Software Proficiency: Advanced skills in data analysis, visualization, and dashboard design (NVIVO, Atlas TI, DHIS2, PowerBI, Tableau, or equivalents) and statistical tools (Stata, R).
- Compliance: Experience with donor-funded projects (e.g. government, UN, GAC, FCDO, EU) and understanding of donor compliance.
- Other: Strong coordination, facilitation, and remote technical assistance skills; excellent IT skills especially Microsoft Excel.
Benefits
- Competitive market pay, health benefits, pension plan, flexible work hours and vacation.
- Collaborative and engaging work environment.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Nutrition International via Workable to apply.
