Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 29 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Summary
Save the Children is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Director for an anticipated five-year USAID-funded Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Activity in Tanzania. This Activity aim to improve health outcomes by transforming socio-cultural norms and promoting the adoption of healthier behaviors among Tanzanians. The SBC Activity is anticipated to provide technical assistance to the Government to improve policy and implementation framework around SBC activities.

The Director will be responsible for developing, maintaining, implementing, and continuously improving MERL systems for the Activity. They will incorporate best practices to ensure the information collected is accurate, timely, and disseminated appropriately in high-quality reports. The Director will use these findings to improve the Activity and its objectives. They will also promote learning through documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, and the application of project data for learning and adaptive management.

This Key Personnel position is subject to USAID approval. It is also contingent upon project award and funding to Save the Children. National candidates are encouraged to apply. This position will be based in Dar es Salaam.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
• Develop the overall Activity MERL framework including requirements, reporting, baseline, complexity aware monitoring and evaluation surveys.
• Develop and monitor the project Performance Management Plan (PMP) to systematically document outcomes for project technical leads and leadership team.
• Ensure alignment of MERL activities with project goals and contribute to the development of annual work plans to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of MERL activities.
• Monitor project activities and track these activities against the results framework.
• Conduct field visits for data collection, validation, and to monitor data quality. Ensure timely compilation and reporting of data. Capture and document lessons learned, and champion scaling up of best practices.
• Generate monthly indicator reports and track progress against key indicators.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of project plans and reports to donors, including progress against targets set in the award, annual work plans, and quarterly, and annual reports.
• Provide technical leadership, capacity building and support to project and partner staff in planning and implementing MERL systems and activities, data-based project decision-making, and results reporting.
• Recruit, supervise and train MERL staff.
• Support the Chief of Party to coordinate mid-term and final project evaluations.
• Ensure utilization of global best practices of USAID guidelines regarding Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA).
• Design and implement internal and external knowledge exchange and learning events to improve peer-to-peer learning, knowledge sharing and application.
• Develop strategic relationships with relevant stakeholders to promote effective coordination, collaboration, and dissemination of project learning.

Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree in public health, health promotion, demography, statistics, economics, social and behavioral sciences, communication or community development, international development, or a related field preferred. University degree required.
• 6-8 years of senior level professional experience designing and managing MERL systems for USAID-funded integrated health or SBC activities.
• Expertise in USAID integrated health services and SBC indicators, performance monitoring plans and reporting.
• Proven experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods, survey design and implementation, and statistical data analysis, particularly suited for SBC.
• Experience working and living in Tanzania or East Africa region preferred.
• Experience strengthening the capacity of national non-government partner organizations to achieve USAID’s goals for localization.
• Strong experience and knowledge of USAID M&E guidelines, systems, and reporting requirements including Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) principles, approaches, and their application to project learning and adaptation.
• Strong data visualization and report writing skills, and ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams to achieve project results in a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with host governments, development partners, the private sector, and community organizations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Swahili.
• Ability to produce clear and concise reports, publications, briefs and other written materials related to the project.
• Ability to travel within Tanzania as required and as security conditions allow.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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