Position Title
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Specialist
Requisition Number
15-0099
Post Date 6/12/2015
City Lilongwe
Description
Department Overview:
Pact exists to help
create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice,
build their own solutions, and tak
e ownership of their future. The Malawi
country office contributes to realizing this purpose by giving communities the
skills to sustain their natural environment and be in charge of their
development. Pact Malawi envisions empowered, accountable, responsive and
productive communities and public, private and civil society sectors, inspired
by their actions to secure sustainable climate change adaptation and ensure
their health through effective reproductive health and family planning
information.
Position Purpose:
Pact seeks a
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Specialist for the anticipated
four-year USAID-funded Moving Into The Future With The Youth (PaMawa ndi a
Chinyamata or PaMawa) program in Malawi. This position is contingent upon
funding.
Key
Responsibilities:
• Provide technical
guidance in MERL and ensure that PaMawa’s monitoring and evaluation system will
generate meaningful information on the research questions of interest to USAID
and other stakeholders.
• Oversee and
implement data collection and processing methodologies, with a focus on data
quality.
Basic Requirements:
• Demonstrated
experience in overseeing a monitoring, evaluation and learning system of
broadly comparable size and scope to that required for PaMawa. This includes
ensuring that PaMawa’s monitoring and evaluation system will generate meaningful
information on the research questions of interest to USAID and other
stakeholders (see Program Description).
• Demonstrated
experience in relevant data collection and processing methodologies, and with
regard to ensuring data quality.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working
within Malawi and a demonstrated understanding of the country context.
• Proficiency in
Chichewa and/or another local language.
To apply for this
position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
