At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of dignified living. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42-year 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 integrated 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.
Department Overview:
Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. The Results and Measurement (R&M) team contributes to realizing this purpose by:
• Designing monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) into new projects
• Supporting field-based staff to conduct rigorous and participatory assessments of outcomes and impact
• Leading Pact’s initiatives on global results reporting and learning related to our programming
Position Purpose:
Reporting to the Global Director of R&M, the R&M officer provides monitoring, evaluation, results and learning support to Pact programs in countries worldwide. The position provides direct support for new business development, program start-up, quality assessment and improvement of on-going monitoring and all evaluations. The R&M Officer coordinates closely with Pact’s technical teams and supports improved quality for Pact programs.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support to the new business development team in the design of proposals including drafting logical frameworks, articulating theories of change, how the program will attain and measure its achievements, and M&E plans that use quality indicators and set ambitious but realistic targets.
• Provide start-up support to new projects, specifically to support the development of M&E plans, hiring of staff, and preparations for baseline assessments.
• Provide in-country training and mentoring support to offices on their M&E plans, outcome measures, data management strategy, data quality audits, and use of data for decision making.
• Provide technical assistance to country offices in the design of evaluations including developing terms of reference, designing tools, providing sampling guidance, data analysis guidance, assistance on how to manage and prepare for evaluations.
• Problem solve with country offices how to overcome measurement and reporting challenges to ensure quality outputs.
• Interface with and present to donors on project specific MERL activities, tools, and information & communication technologies (ICT).
• Serve as co-investigator on research and participate in the dissemination of findings through presentations and/or publications
• Manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and foresee problems and complications and take action to resolve and mitigate them before they occur.
• Write complex documents such as M&E frameworks, literature reviews and evaluations in a timely manner with a high degree of quality.
• Assist Pact to roll out the use of innovative technologies such as GIS, mobile phones for data collection and techniques for visualizing data to improve MERL practice throughout the organization.
• Support the implementation of a centralized database for donors and the organization to measure its overall effectiveness.
• Conduct technical training in measurement to improve the capacity of MERL staff at the country office level to design, analyze, aggregate and use data for decision making.
• Form strategic relationships with individuals and agencies within the field of strategic information and understand the current trends in the field.
• Actively contribute resources and support to the R&M Community of Practice.
• Assist in the implementation of internal policies, guidance, and initiatives, and other activities as directed by the R&M Director.
• Travel up to 25% to support country programs and overall measurement tasks directly.
Basic Requirements:
• Strong working knowledge of MERL principles and resources, particularly for health programming
• Strong data analysis and synthesis skills, especially around visual presentation of data
• Skills in knowledge management, database organization and design; working knowledge of software packages commonly used for data analysis
• Strong facilitation, teaching and coaching skills related to MERL
• Ability to work independently and to perform and prioritize multiple tasks
• Sound networking skills; ability to work collaboratively and collegially in teams
• Ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with Pact staff, in donor organizations and in peer organizations
• Proficiency in SPSS or STATA, Excel, Word, and other MS Office software required
Qualifications:
• Minimum of a Master’s Degree in public health or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience managing data for development programs and designing M&E systems.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative M&E data collection and analysis methods, including tracking outcome indicators and conducting program evaluations using mixed methods.
• One year of development experience in a low resource setting, two years preferred
• Fluency in English and proficiency in at least one other language
• Experience with evaluation using quasi experimental design preferred.
• Proficiency with qualitative analysis software or GIS systems (ArcGIS, Q-GIS, etc.)
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.
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