Pact is hiring a
Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.
Program Operations (PrOps) - 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 Program Operations teams contribute to realizing this by: ensuring effective project management through supporting project startups, implementation, reporting and financial management as well as closeouts; portfolio coordination: providing a coordinating role across departments in DC that support country offices and programs; working with country teams to develop, refine and pursue their strategies by leveraging technical knowledge (our own and others) and supporting business development as needed; knowledge sharing and learning: enhancing communication between country offices and DC-based teams to ensure better understanding of the diverse operating environments and program approaches.
Pact seeks a Sr. Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Manager for anticipated USAID-funded Local Health Systems Solutions (LHESS) Activity, which is expected to be released in 2023. The purpose of this activity is to support Liberia’s MoH in strengthening critical components of the health system to improve access and affordability, thus increasing patient outcomes at all levels and focuses on three core objectives:
This is anticipated to be a five-year activity (2024-2029). This position is contingent upon award.
The Sr. MERL Manager provides strategic guidance, vision, and management for successful monitoring and evaluation of the program as well as for generating and translating evidence to inform programmatic adaptation. The MERL Manager will design and oversee the project’s MERL system that integrates known standard best practices with innovative methods; and is responsible for ensuring the strategic and functional integration of all MERL activities as well as active collaboration with sub-awardees and USAID.
The specific duties to be carried out by the successful candidate are listed below:
Master's degree with six (6) years work experience or bachelor's degree with at least eight (8+) years work experience in any of the following or related fields: public health, epidemiology, social sciences, research & evaluation, statistics.
At least four (4+) years management experience as a MERL/MEAL manager or lead, managing, and implementing results-based MERL activities
Demonstrated supervisory skills, and ability to work well on a team.
Progressively responsible experience in research and learning and/or monitoring and evaluation of peacebuilding activities, program beneficiaries, and program staff.
Excellent organizational as well as English oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated relevant technical skills in analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data and packaging the findings.
Successful experience integrating participatory and empowerment MEL approaches
Extensive expertise in research ethics and Do No Harm requirements in sensitive research environments
Strong skills in M&E technical capacity development of others
Extensive knowledge and experience in reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, and tools for monitoring, evaluation and learning, including impact evaluation.
Extensive experience with data management systems, including cloud-based
Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., and the ability to use various commercially available statistical software programs.