Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager – USAID Pakistan Climate Resilient Water 9 views

Monitoring,
Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager – USAID Pakistan
Climate Resilient Water Governance Activity

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to
design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of
people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and
infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions
and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural
world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented,
motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender
identities.

This Proposal
Opportunity:

The position will be on the
upcoming Pakistan Climate Resilient Water Governance Activity, a four-year
USAID-funded activity to promote participatory water governance and management
systems in Pakistan to mitigate extreme weather events exacerbated by climate
change. The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager plays a key role
in leading all monitoring, evaluation, and learning functions for this
activity.

This position is contingent upon program award
and USAID approval.

Location:

Islamabad,
Pakistan

Reporting and Supervision:

This position will report to the Chief of Party (COP), collaborate with
home office MEL advisor, and lead a small team of MEL and reporting
specialists.    

Primary Duties and
Responsibilities:

• Provide technical
  leadership to capture and communicate program results, as well as ensure
  high-quality, timely, valid, and verifiable data collection, reporting,
  analysis and learning.
  
• Gather and
  evaluate information such as project activity outcomes, impacts, and
  results, and ensure that findings are accurately presented in all USAID
  reporting and tracking tools.
  
• Responsible for
  developing and designing project systems to track program progress against
  indicators; collecting and verifying information and maintaining
  performance monitoring plans, reports, work plans, and monthly reports,
  ensuring that all reports and documentation for the project’s internal
  management systems and for external reporting are produced according to
  USAID guidelines.
  
• Oversee the
  project MEL team, including M&E Specialists and other positions.
  Oversee MEL subcontractors if applicable.
  
• Integrate the
  Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) approaches throughout
  implementation to ensure that key learnings and best practices are
  documented, synthesized, reported, disseminated, and used to make timely
  adjustments to the program.
  
• Coordinate
  closely partners to build cohesive measurement and results systems,
  fostering collaboration and engagement.
  
• Provide training
  as required to enhance data collection and analysis skills among external
  stakeholders and internal program staff.
  
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the COP.
  

Key Competencies
Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, and
  at least six (6) years of professional work experience, including at least
  5 years of relevant professional experience managing, monitoring, evaluating,
  and showcasing the learnings of complex development activities.
  
• Hands-on practical experience setting up
  and managing MEL systems for USAID programs and ability to coach and train
  others in their use
  
• Experienced with leading and designing baseline data collection and analysis for water/climate/environmental activities.
  
• Familiarity with USAID regulations, M&E
  reporting requirements and best practices.
  
• Experienced and/or familiar with the application
  of USAID’s Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) approach to project
  design and implementation
  
• Experience in knowledge management and
  dissemination of research findings
  
• Familiarity with performance indicators and
  target setting
  
• Demonstrated expertise in engaging
  disparate stakeholders with varying perspectives and needs and
  facilitating stakeholder consultations and meetings.
  
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and
  respond to emerging opportunities and overcome barriers.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication
  skills in English and Urdu are required.
• Proficiency in Pashto preferred.
  

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Palladium
is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we
do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage
diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We
positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce;
and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment
regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but
are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and
expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality,
veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any
adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a
neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team
at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.