Country: United States of America
Closing date: 14 Dec 2014
Position Title: Director, Results and Measurement
Requisition Number: 14-0143
Location: Washington DC (or home country with a Pact office)
Position Purpose:
The Director or Deputy Director for Results and Measurement provides overall leadership in monitoring, evaluation, results and learning (MERL) to Pact programs in countries worldwide. The position provides direct support to 6-8 countries teams for new business development, program start-up, quality assessment and improvement of on-going monitoring and all evaluations. The Director or Deputy Director for Results and Measurement will coordinate closely with the Program Advancement (PA) Directors and will support improved quality for all Pact programs. The position also supervises 3 senior level staff positions.
Location: This person can work from Pact's office in Washington, DC or in another country where Pact has an office.
Key Responsibilities:
• Supervise three senior technical advisors to provide technical support, new business development support and overarching measurement support to the organization.
• Provide technical support to the opportunity development team and country offices in the design of programs including drafting logical frameworks, articulating theories of change and representing how the program will attain and measure its achievements.
• Provide technical support to the opportunity development team and country office teams in the design of M&E plans for proposals that use quality indicators and set ambitious but realistic targets.
• Provide start-up support to new projects, specifically to support the development of a PMP/ M&E plan within the first 60 days of a program.
• Provide leadership for in-country training and mentoring support to offices to review their overall M&E plans, their outcome measures, their data management strategy, data quality audits and how they are using their data for decision making.
• Provide technical assistance to country offices in the design of evaluations including developing terms of reference, designing tools, providing sampling guidance, data analysis guidance, assistance on how to manage and prepare for evaluations.
• Problem solve with country offices how to overcome measurement and reporting challenges to ensure quality outputs.
• Manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and foresee problems and complications and take action to resolve and mitigate them before they occur.
• Write complex documents such as M&E frameworks, literature reviews and evaluations in a timely manner with a high degree of quality.
• Lead the PA team to develop data/evidence packages for specific programs, countries, regions, and/or technical area for use in communication materials
• Lead the PA team to conduct costing analyses of health/governance/NRM programs, specific interventions, costs per beneficiary, etc.
• Assist Pact to roll out the use of innovative technologies such as GIS, mobile phones for data collection, central measurement systems and techniques for visualizing data to improve monitoring and evaluation practice throughout the organization.
• Conduct technical training in measurement to improve the capacity of MERL staff at the country office level to design, analyze, aggregate and use data for decision making.
• Form strategic relationships with individuals and agencies within the field of strategic information and understand the current trends in the field.
• Support Pact’s strategic objectives to promote and influence the development field by making presentation at conferences and acting as a thought leader in the field.
• Travel 25-30% to support country programs and overall measurement tasks directly.
Basic Requirements:
• Minimum of a Master’s Degree in a Related Field
• A leader with vision to guide a team to transformative impact measurements, a problem solving approach, an interest in rigorous measurement who can think programmatically and develop solutions to complex issues
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative M&E data collection and analysis methods, including tracking outcome indicators and conducting program evaluations utilizing mixed methods
• Excellent multi-tasker, able to deliver on several complex projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in SPSS, Excel, Word, and other MS Office software
• Proficient with technology applications relevant to Results and Measurement (mobile technology, central measurement systems)
Preferred Qualifications:
• 12 years of experience managing data intensive programs and designing M&E systems
• 5+ years of development experience in an overseas setting, preferably sub-Saharan Africa
• Background in health or livelihoods
• Fluency in French
• Experience with evaluation using quasi experimental design
• Strong methods experience including sampling design, research methods design and quantitative data analysis and GIS
• Experience in beneficiary feedback, participatory M&E, social return on investment analysis, etc.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. We are also an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
How to apply:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
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