Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure programmatic learning and results are fully documented, shared, and used to drive adaptive management processes.
• Oversee the program’s robust learning component, including providing technical assistance for the project baseline, mid-line, and endline, developing the M&E plan, and developing a research dissemination plan. Lead the collection, analysis, documentation, dissemination, and use of best practices and lessons learned.
• Develop and/or maintain strategic relationships with relevant stakeholders to promote effective coordination, collaboration, and dissemination of program learning.
• Ensure effective data collection and monitoring systems are in place to submit on-time, accurate, and quality reporting according to contract.
• Provide training and capacity-building for staff and partners on M&E practices and data management.
• Participate in relevant M&E technical working groups and coordinating bodies; work with relevant ministries on project-linked M&E, as appropriate.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative program impact surveys to ensure that project goals are met and that the team constantly improves program implementation quality.
• Conduct data quality reviews to ensure that all information required for submission to donor is collected in a valid, reliable, and timely manner.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in statistics or economics; or a degree in a relevant field with substantial course work in quantitative methods.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in designing and implementing M&E systems in the context of humanitarian response or DRR programs is required.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems as they are practiced in the context of humanitarian response and DRR programs of similar size and complexity.
• Demonstrated experience in building or strengthening monitoring systems, quantitative and qualitative analysis, survey and sample design, and effectively promoting evidence-based program management with a strong understanding of the risk profile across systematically marginalized and vulnerable groups.
• Expertise in survey design, data management, and quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Experience with USAID’s M&E requirements and familiarity with indicator-based performance tracking.
• Demonstrated experience using research methods to analyze project progress, communicate findings to a range of external and internal stakeholders, and apply learning to work planning.
• Extensive experience working in West Africa, with specific knowledge of the disaster risks, political, social and economic contexts in either or both Sierra Leone and Togo preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in adaptive management and learning techniques is highly encouraged.
• Successful experience in training and building the capacity of staff in monitoring, evaluation, learning, and data collection.
• Strong communication skills, including both written and oral presentation skills; proven ability to develop and communicate a common vision among public and private partners.
• Experience collaborating and coordinating with local and national host government agencies.
• Knowledge of and experience with USAID rules and regulations required.
• Professional oral and written proficiency in English and French required.
• Willingness and ability to travel to project sites in Sierra Leone and Togo.