Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Evidence Action is a company that delivers data-driven interventions to improve global health outcomes. The Project Manager for MLE Strategy will lead the execution of monitoring and evaluation expansion into new geographies and support global MLE strategy initiatives, ensuring alignment and quality across MLE activities.
Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of MLE design, planning, and implementation for SFS expansion into a new geography, with oversight from your manager and based on the pre-existing MLE for other geographies
- Adapt and refine monitoring strategy, plans, and survey tools for the new geography based on lessons learned from existing country programs
- Coordinate with program, regional MLE, and country stakeholders to ensure alignment on MLE design, timelines, and deliverables
- Support the development of program coverage estimation approaches, drawing on frameworks established in other geographies'
- Manage the coordination of M&E data collection partners, including reviewing budget proposals, tracking deliverables, and coordinating communications
- Execute global MLE strategy workstreams, including global advocacy support, MLE approach refinement, and cross-country learning initiatives
- Support the documentation and synthesis of cross-country MLE findings to inform approach improvements and promote consistency across geographies
- Contribute to project management for global strategy initiatives, including work plan development, milestone tracking, and stakeholder coordination
- Coordinate with regional MLE and program teams to ensure alignment and quality across MLE activities
- Support data quality and assurance processes across geographies
Skills
- 3-5 years experience developing M&E frameworks and plans, conducting implementation research, and designing M&E activities including sampling design, survey protocols, and data collection tools, particularly for health program monitoring and evaluation
- Experience should include conducting analysis for both global and country-level decision-making
- Ability to manage complex and interdependent workplans and projects, prioritize effectively, and adapt plans as needed while managing multiple priorities simultaneously
- Data analysis skills with demonstrated experience using statistical software to oversee and conduct analysis of large datasets, synthesizing complex information to inform decision-making
- Worked in or with programs in sub-Saharan Africa
- Able to work variable hours to overlap with colleagues across time zones, and have experience working collaboratively in a global, matrixed environment
- Collaborate effectively across teams and departments, seeking to understand needs and problem-solve collectively
- Stata strongly preferred
- Professional working proficiency in French (strongly preferred)
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including international health care
- HSA/FSA options
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Retirement plans with a matching component
- Generous and flexible leave options
- Other employee perks on a reimbursement basis
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