The senior MEL Advisor will provide technical leadership, oversight and strategic direction for MEL activities in accordance with IRC, USAID and international best practice. Work to create and maintain tools, systems and processes that support programs to have better access to quality data and use that data to monitor and evaluate projects. The Sr MEL Advisor will work collaboratively with other partners to implement the project MEL plan, work within the MEL and project framework to measure progress against results and effectively monitor, evaluate, and report on project activities, and to document and promote the use of project learning. The position will manage the field MEL teams in partnership with Community Health Coordinators in their specific locations.

 The Specific Responsibilities Include

•  Provide technical leadership, oversight and strategic direction for MEL activities in accordance with IRC, USAID and international best practice.
• Work within the project framework with plans and indicators to measure progress against results and effectively monitor, evaluate and report on project activities, including Working collaboratively with other partners to implement the project MEL plan.
• Ensure that relevant data is collected, analyzed and used to inform management and program decisions.
• Lead the design, implementation and analysis of program regular monitoring, evaluations and assessments, ensuring that appropriate strategies and methodologies are followed for collection, compilation, and storage of data; In some cases, may lead collaborations with third-party evaluators.
• In coordination with other program staff, assist with the preparation of consolidated reports, including concise narratives and relevant tables, graphs, and other visualizations to demonstrate progress against expected results and outcomes.
• Document and promote the use of project learning and promote greater sharing and use of gender-sensitive monitoring data, feedback, context analysis, and lessons learned within the program and partners.
• Support data needs and information requests for health focused advocacy and communication when required internally or externally.
• Technical support, including capacity building to M&E staff  and program team in MEL.
• Hiring, supervision, and encourage adaptation of GEDI practices among direct reports, and staff performance management.

 Key Working Relationships

 Position Reports to: Project Director (Monrovia)

 Position Directly Supervises: M&E Manager

 Internal: Regular relationships and interaction with IRC internal departments and project technical teams at Monrovia and field levels.

 External: May participate in outside meetings with donors and provide technical support to project partners as needed.