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 take 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.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
