ABOUT AMERICARES
Passion and Purpose.
AmeriCares is an emergency response and global health organization that saves lives and builds healthier futures for people in crisis in the U.S. and around the world. Every day, AmeriCares puts critically needed medicines and supplies in the hands of frontline health workers and develops innovative, sustainable health improvements in their communities. We are the leading nonprofit for delivering donated medicines and medical supplies to health programs around the world. We leverage this core competency with emergency preparedness, response and recovery efforts, and programs that improve health outcomes. Our programs increase access to care in more than 90 countries every year.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Technical Unit, a newly created unit within the Global Programs department is the organization’s hub for health program and technical implementation expertise.
The Director of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) will be a core member of this Technical Unit working actively within and across AmeriCares Global Programs department, to provide expert M&E support on projects/programs (both domestic and international), on the spectrum of issues: chronic disease, maternal & child health, WASH, Infection Prevention and Control, infectious disease, mental health and psychosocial support, emergency response, preparedness and risk reduction, etc.
This role is responsible for measuring results for AmeriCares projects/programs using evidence-based and participatory techniques, while supporting the organization’s strategy to build long-term M&E capabilities. The Director will provide key input into the design/proposal phase and throughout the project cycle.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Lead the design of M&E tools including surveys as well as development of sampling frameworks and data analysis plans.
- Guide the formalization of M&E within the organization’s recently adopted project cycle management standards.
- Act as M&E point-person in support of field staff and partners involved in M&E activities, from headquarters and in-country, as needed.
- Disseminate information on M&E methods and tools to staff and partners including AmeriCares reporting standards, improved centralized data collection systems and key program/project indicators.
- Support the utilization and improvement of organizational monitoring tools and datasets to systematically track key performance indicators and targets.
Data Collection, Analysis & Reporting
- Advance understanding of program/project effectiveness and impact through quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation.
- Gather and analyze lead data components for the organization to inform goal setting and marketing collateral, including data to support the organization’s annual report.
- Develop strategy for synthesizing and sharing learning from AmeriCares evaluations.
- Identify, and summarize and share important research and evaluation results and learnings with key fora.
- Ensure the accurate interpretation of health data included in all AmeriCares external communications.
Staff Management/Development
- Manage growing team of M&E employees’ consultants and interns.
- Act as a leader, bringing vision, cohesion and authentic intellectual dialogue together to create a strong culture of performance and collaboration.
- Coach, support and mentor team members to increase individual and team effectiveness.
- Coordinate and oversee administrative and relationship-management activities of direct reports and ensure compliance with relevant standards.
- Develop and manage implementation of plans to increase department operating performance and reporting, including SOPs and other efficiency initiatives.
CORE AMERICARES RESPONSIBILITIES
- Foster AmeriCares values of responsiveness, results orientation, collaboration, efficiency and integrity.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree with 10 years of professional experience and at least 5+ years of management experience in:
- Public health, statistics, epidemiology or related field.
- Monitoring and evaluation, program design and development (including budgeting).
- Experience with cross cultural survey methodology and survey operations including survey design, administration and data analysis.
- Understanding of Project Cycle Management/ Program Design, especially M&E components.
- Exceptional inter-personal skills, with proven networking and representational abilities with NGO and government leaders.
- Successful previous staff management experience.
- Strong attention to detail, with a proven ability to handle multiple responsibilities at one time, successfully prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
- Strong data skills and ability to use statistical software such as STATA or SPSS.
- Ability and willingness to travel internationally to low-resource settings. 10 – 20% travel expectations.
- High-level proficiency in a second language, desired.
- Passion for our mission and the desire to work within the global health/emergency response sector.
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