Pact ,Monitoring & Evaluation Manager Jobs in Malawi

ar history, Pact is helping
millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own
solutions and take ownership over their future.
Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized
to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature
provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging
effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for
development.
Position Purpose
Pact seeks a Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Manager for an anticipated
five-year USAID-funded program that will provide HIV prevention services and
care services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) at the community level.
The program will focus on the adoption of positive sexual and
healthcare-seeking behaviors and social norms among priority groups at risk for
transmission. The M&E Manager will provide overall leadership and oversight
for project monitoring, evaluation and learning. S/he will lead the monitoring
of data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting ensuring that
data is audit worthy and incorporated into program reports for submission to
USAID. Under his/her guidance, the project will utilize monitoring data to
maximize program impact. This position is contingent upon funding.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
•Develop and oversee the implementation of the project monitoring plan (PMP).
•Lead the development of relevant M&E tools and platforms, and provide
M&E specific technical training, mentoring, and coaching to CSO partners.
•Develop strong monitoring and evaluation data collection and analysis systems
to ensure that program interventions are effective.
•Strengthen availability and use of high quality data for decision making at
all levels of the project.
•Strengthen Pact and CSO partners’ data management and quality improvement
systems, ensuring that data is audit worthy and readily available. Where
problems exist, support the identification of solutions.
•Lead and maintain a knowledge management system for the project, across all
project components and partners.
•Contribute to program reports for submission to donor.
•Support program staff and senior management to use data to make informed and
timely decisions related to program implementation.
Basic Requirements
•Masters degree in public health, demography, sociology, biostatistics,
psychology or a related field.
•At least eight (8) years of experience in monitoring, evaluating and research
related to public health programs, with at least 3 years of experience with
USAID or PEPFAR HIV-related programming.
•Demonstrated experience in HIV/AIDS program target setting and reporting.
•Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills.
•Demonstrated experience and familiarity with research methodologies,
qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis, sampling
techniques and establishing M&E systems in developing countries.
•Proficiency with database management software and on-line search tools
required.
•Working experience in Malawi; Malawi national preferred.