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Corus International’s nation portfolio in Nepal has labored alongside the Nepal authorities, donors, and a wide range of native and worldwide companions since 2009. The portfolio features a concentrate on well being, sustainable growth and humanitarian help actions and operates out of Kathmandu.

About The Job: Corus International is searching for a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director to steer an anticipated USAID-funded 5-year Health Systems Strengthening alternative in Nepal. The Activity will work to strengthen well being techniques at municipality, provincial and federal ranges centered on Maternal Newborn and Child Health to extend entry and fairness in well being care.

In coordination with the Program workers, the MEL Director will design the venture’s MEL Plan and Performance Measurement Plan. S/he will probably be chargeable for designing and main the event and day-to-day supervision of an MEL system to trace knowledge of the venture efficiency framework targets and indicators to measure progress towards venture targets and anticipated outcomes. The MEL Director will guarantee high quality routine knowledge assortment, knowledge entry, knowledge evaluation, and well timed reporting, underneath the venture Performance Measurement Plan, inclusive of subcontractor knowledge assortment. The MEL Director will oversee routine knowledge high quality assurance workouts and take part as wanted in MEL supervisory visits with USAID, the Ministry of Health workers, with the concentrate on bettering monitoring techniques, knowledge high quality and knowledge use at venture websites. Coordinating carefully with venture workers, companions, and different key stakeholders, the MEL Director oversees the information and venture evaluation, interpretation, and monitoring of all venture knowledge in addition to paperwork and disseminates classes realized, greatest practices, and different venture deliverables.

The place will probably be primarily based in Kathmandu, Nepal and can report back to Chief of Party. Actual hiring is contingent upon signed settlement and USAID approval.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day implementation of all MEL associated actions underneath the venture.
• Design and contribute to growth of quantitative and qualitative instruments and implementation of strong context-appropriate techniques for knowledge assortment, high quality assurance, evaluation and reporting on exercise outputs/outcomes and program high quality.
• Oversee crew that conducts knowledge assortment, entry, verification, evaluation and reporting on precise achievements towards set targets, highlighting rising patterns and presents clear reviews on findings and conclusions. Ensures prime quality knowledge is reported.
• Operationalize a venture collaborative studying and adaptive (CLA) method by main its implementation as per the MEL plan.
• Provide help for the recruitment of consultants and non permanent subject workers for MEL associated actions.
• Ensure prime quality knowledge high quality, integrity and safety requirements and procedures are in place and are aligned with nation nationwide monitoring and analysis tips, protocols, data, and reporting techniques.
• Conduct evaluation and contribute to preparation of required, periodic venture reporting by capturing efficiency outcomes and guaranteeing that classes realized are built-in into venture implementation to constantly enhance high quality of interventions and outcomes.
• Monitor implementation of studying agenda for identification of greatest practices and classes realized and for adaptive and information administration.
• Provide knowledge use coaching, mentoring, and training to venture and subcontractor workers.
• Engage with private and non-private sector companions and native stakeholders to watch the progress and success of actions.
• Design a reporting system that ensures common knowledge stream and utilization and gives insights on exercise efficiency and areas, contributing in the direction of strategic decision-making and venture planning with venture management.
• Work carefully with MOH and venture management, together with companions and native stakeholders, to develop and implement a sturdy studying agenda for steady studying, collaboration, and adaptation to additional the venture’s studying agenda.
• Participate in related M&E technical working teams and coordinating our bodies; work with related USAID, ministry departments and venture workers on project-linked M&E as acceptable.
• Contribute to growth and sharing of knowledge and information merchandise with all related stakeholders in a well timed method.
• Lead annual workplan preparation for MEL actions.

Qualifications:

• An superior diploma in analysis strategies, statistics, biostatistics, quantitative/qualitative knowledge evaluation, public well being, social/behavioral sciences, or different related medical or well being self-discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years engaged on monitoring, analysis, analysis, and studying within the subject of public well being, maternal and baby well being, household planning, and/or different infectious illness applications, in addition to information of monitoring of results-based financing applications.
• Minimum of 5 years of expertise in gathering, analyzing, and managing donor-funded venture knowledge for well being initiatives.
• Demonstrated expertise managing M&E techniques in step with USAID protocols for knowledge assortment and reporting.
• At least 3 years of expertise with USAID’s CLA method, together with growing and integrating the CLA method inside venture frameworks and main CLA approaches throughout companions and technical focus areas to yield profitable collaboration and integration.
• intensive expertise with USG MEL design, administration, and reporting techniques.
• English fluency with skilled proficiency in writing required;
• Willingness and skill to journey to venture websites inside Nepal
• Nepali nationals are extremely inspired to use