Pact seeks a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Manager for the anticipated USAID Madagascar Access Miahy Activity. USAID Access Miahy’s goal is to accelerate sustainable reductions in maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality through increased access and availability of quality primary health care (PHC) services. Access Miahy will continue building the capacity of Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) actors and other relevant stakeholders at district, facility and community levels to design, develop, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health services and programs aligned with the intervention packages in their catchment areas.

USAID Access Miahy is anticipated to be a $50-$99M cooperative agreement; the anticipated release date is August 16, 2024, with an anticipated award date of October 31, 2024. This position is subject to project award.

This position is anticipated to be based in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Manager supports the Director of MERL in executing the team vision, and management for successful monitoring and evaluation of the program. This individual also supervises MERL staff and ensures the strategic and functional integration of MERL activities as well as active collaboration with sub-awardees and USAID/Access Miahy. The Senior M&E Manager oversees MEL activities, provides technical support, ensures the accurate reporting of results for program activities, and ensures the program aligns with Pact’s quality standards for MERL in close coordination with Pact’s Learning, Evidence, and Impact (LEAP) team.

The specific duties to be carried out by the successful candidate are:

• Lead the implementation of the project’s MERL system under the oversight of the Director of MERL and in coordination with Pact’s Learning, Evidence, and Impact (LEAP) Team totrack key performance indicators, targets, and appropriate MERL responsibilities across the project.
• Develop and disseminate relevant M&E tools, formats and lead the provision of M&E specific technical training.
  Manage data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that data is of high quality and audit worthy.
• Supervise M&E staff at District level and oversee consortium partners’ compliance with MEL system.
  Ensure appropriate training and supportive supervision of all partners in monitoring and evaluation procedures, data collection tools, and data management practices in alignment with the MELP.

• Work closely with partners to establish their internal MERL systems, M&E plans, and data quality management, oversee partners’ compliance with MEL system, and design and conduct trainings to support capacity for MEL among partners.
• Strengthen staff and partners’ capacity in qualitative and quantitative monitoring and evaluation techniques through comprehensive staff training, mentoring, and/or coaching.
• Conduct and manage Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA); ensuring implementation of corrective actions to improve data quality and accountability of staff and partners.
• Responsible for calculation and reporting of Pact’s Global Indicators through imPact, Pact’s instance of DHIS2, and calculation and reporting of relevant project data into impact.
  Responsible for the data analysis, writing, and review of the results and learning sections of program reports in collaboration with program staff, before submission to donor and ensure consortium partners’ compliance with internal data quality requirements and timely submissions for reporting.
• Work in collaboration with Research and Learning advisor to create a learning agenda and implement a system designed to identify lessons learned and disseminate timely information.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree (social science, international development, public health, evaluation, statistics, or economics) and 8 years’ relevant experience. Alternatively, a Master’s degree in similar disciplines and 6 years’ relevant experience.

• A minimum of 4 years of management experience.
• Significant experience designing, managing, and implementing results-based MERL activities.
• Demonstrated relevant technical skills in analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data, and packaging the findings
• Progressively responsible experience in monitoring and evaluation of sexual and reproductive health and livelihoods, program beneficiaries, and program staff.
• Extensive knowledge of reporting procedures, including USAID, best practices, guidelines, and tools for monitoring, evaluation and learning, including impact evaluation.
• Ability to work well on team and with various partner organizations

• Extensive expertise in research ethics and Do No Harm requirements in sensitive research environments.
• Experience working in Madagascar.
• Fluency in English, French, and Malagasy.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., and the ability to use various commercially available statistical software programs.

• Experience with DHIS2 platform and mobile data collection software.
• Experience in utilizing gender and social inclusion sensitive indicators and analysis.
• Malagasy nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.