Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director at Resonance

Practice/Department:

Business Development

Location:

Malawi

Job Title:

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director

Reports to:

Chief of Party (COP)

General Description

Resonance is a global consulting firm that delivers market-based solutions to address the world’s toughest challenges.

We work with changemakers in the private sector and the international development community to solve wicked problems and promote market opportunity. We specialize in the development of partnerships, innovation, sustainable business models, and impact finance that drive impactful results.

Across our work, we integrate diverse voices and perspectives. We promote collaboration across sectors and up and down the chain—from the field to the boardroom. Throughout, we translate client ambition into action and impact on the ground.

POSITION MANDATE

Resonance is seeking a MEL Director to support the anticipated USAID Malawi Fisheries Management Activity, which is expected to strengthen economic, regulatory, and governance mechanisms that effectively conserve the exceptional biodiversity of Lake Malawi while supporting improved livelihoods from sustainable, inclusive, and equitable wild-caught fisheries in priority areas of the Lake. The MEL Director will lead the development and implementation of the Activity Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Plan. This will include training Activity staff, subcontractors, and partners in monitoring, collecting and analyzing relevant data and Activity indicators; supporting the COP/DCOP and Project technical teams to identify learnings from collected data; and, adjust and adaptively manage as Activity conditions and circumstances may require.

This is a full-time position based in Malawi, reporting to the COP.

OUTCOMES / Essential Functions

• Responsible for overall MEL oversight, planning, compliance, reporting and quality control for the Activity.
• Supervise and work with the MEL Specialist to monitor and measure performance for overall USAID implementation across the project.
• Lead development of project AMELP and train project staff, partners and counterparts in data collection and reporting to ensure robust AMELP implementation.
• Provide oversight on data quality assessments and reports.
• Provide technical support and oversight of the CDCS end-line assessment/perception survey and report.
• Liaise with critical government and non-government partners in Lilongwe.
• Provide technical assistance to USAID technical teams in the review of MEL strategies and documents such as AMELPS, evaluation designs, assessments, etc.
• Participate in the delivery of MEL trainings for USAID staff, implementing partners, Government of Malawi staff, and/or other specialized trainings.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of Learning, Pause, and Reflect sessions.

Required education & experience

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in monitoring and data collection with at least five years of experience in an international development context required.
• Bachelor’s degree in management, international development, economics, public policy, statistics, political science, health, education, or a related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise of USAID M&E principles and requirements, including familiarity with ADS 200
• Strong organizational skills, analytical capabilities, able to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks
• Demonstrated skills in working collaboratively with others to create and maintain a team environment and culture
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English
• Demonstrated ability to produce reports and technical documents.
• Experience working with a diverse group of stakeholders, including donor/development organizations, government officials, civil society leaders, community leaders and project beneficiaries.
• Demonstrated experience and technical knowledge of monitoring, evaluation methods and performance management including indicator development, data collection and analysis, data quality assessments, performance reporting.
• Written and spoken fluency in English, fluency in Malawian Chichewa is a plus.

Preferred education & experience

• Demonstrated experience leading assessment and survey design, quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, quantitative and qualitative analysis methods, and quantitative and qualitative data collection instrument/tool design.
• USAID experience is preferred.

Travel Expectations

Work Environment & Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

As a part of the responsibilities for this job, the employee is required to communicate, detect, converse with, discern, convey, express oneself, and exchange information orally and in writing with others. The employee must be able to remain in a stationary position, sitting at a desk for prolonged periods, move or traverse inside the office and facilities; operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, or position computers and other office equipment, such as a calculator, copy machine, furniture, and computer printer. The employee must be able to make substantial repetitive motions of the wrists, hands and fingers. The employee must be able to lift and move up to 15lbs at times.

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

AAP/EEO Statement

Resonance believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

We expect and require the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.