Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Contracted
Experienced
Role: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager.
Reports to: Senior Global MEL Manager.
Location: Burkina Faso.
Introduction
Do you want your work to matter? Do you want to use your skills to make a difference, not just living? Do you want to improve millions of lives, including your own? Living Goods works to reinvent how we improve the lives of the under-served. We think big, and relentlessly innovate to ensure both impact & health system strengthening. At Living Goods, you will have the opportunity to apply your ideas and creativity at work every day. If you work well in a dynamic collaborative environment, set high standards, and meet challenges with determination and a sense of humor, you’ll thrive here at Living Goods.
Your Charge
To lead the monitoring, evaluation, and learning functions in Living Goods Burkina Faso working hand in hand with the Global Office and Performance, Evidence and Insights shared services to strengthen Burkina Faso programs performance and to generate local insights and evidence.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Management:
Minimum Qualifications:
Living Goods is an equal-opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Our current job openings are displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal information. If offered a role at Living Goods, we’ll request consent to complete a background check, which is part of our hiring process.
Reports to: Senior Global MEL Manager.
Location: Burkina Faso.
Introduction
Do you want your work to matter? Do you want to use your skills to make a difference, not just living? Do you want to improve millions of lives, including your own? Living Goods works to reinvent how we improve the lives of the under-served. We think big, and relentlessly innovate to ensure both impact & health system strengthening. At Living Goods, you will have the opportunity to apply your ideas and creativity at work every day. If you work well in a dynamic collaborative environment, set high standards, and meet challenges with determination and a sense of humor, you’ll thrive here at Living Goods.
Your Charge
To lead the monitoring, evaluation, and learning functions in Living Goods Burkina Faso working hand in hand with the Global Office and Performance, Evidence and Insights shared services to strengthen Burkina Faso programs performance and to generate local insights and evidence.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Oversee the implementation of the country monitoring and evaluation plan in alignment with the organization plan.
- In collaboration with analysts provide comprehensive progress reports on all Burkina Faso programs.
- Collaborate with teams to develop and implement Burkina Faso project-specific MEL plans.
- Collaborate with the Global MEL team in designing KPIs and targets for LG Burkina Faso programs.
- Provide technical input into funding proposals for Burkina Faso.
- Support the Global Research Manager with local context and technical review into LG Burkina Faso’s evaluations, research, and experiments initiatives (study designs, methodology,y and field implementation of surveys).
- Implement Burkina Faso-based research/evaluation initiatives undertaken by external consultants including obtaining necessary ethical approvals.
- Initiate and execute operations research initiatives based on Burkina Faso program needs.
- Oversee the implementation of Quality Control (QC) strategies, tools, and processes ensuring adherence to QC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and working hand in hand with service delivery teams forthe PDSA cycle to be adopted.
- Oversee QC reporting, ensuring quality and timely dissemination to LG-Burkina Faso management and service delivery teams. QC reports to include data analytics, gap identification, and key recommendations.
- Coordinate periodic surveys, data verification processes, data analysis, and customer satisfaction feedback mechanisms.
- Design and compilation of key lessons learned and best practices emanating from field implementation and research initiatives.
- Represent LG at national and international fora including technical working groups, communities of practice, conferences, workshops and meetings.
Management:
- Lead, supervise, mentor, and coach the country MEL team to enhance their capacity to deliver effectively.
- Identify appropriate capacity-building initiatives and opportunities for the team and build team effectiveness.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A first degree in M&E, Public health, epidemiology, statistics, or a related field. A postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline would be an added advantage and/or professional certification in MEL or project management.
- At least 7-9 years of work experience with 1-3 years at managerial level.
- Professional Certifications/Qualifications: Specialization and/or professional certification in Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to guide MEL solutions.
- Clearly understand operational strategy and objectives and linkages to organizational strategy.
- Manages programs/projects to ensure all team members are fully deployed and skills are matched to the project requirements.
- Strong management orientation and high levels of integrity.
- Thinks of several steps ahead to anticipate likely outcomes and decide on the best course of action.
- Ability to communicate both inside and outside the organization and make formal presentations.
Living Goods is an equal-opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Our current job openings are displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal information. If offered a role at Living Goods, we’ll request consent to complete a background check, which is part of our hiring process.
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