Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Job Description

Position: Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Line Management Report to: Senior Program Coordinator 

Technical Report to: Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (DMERL)

Supervision: N/A

Duty Station: Surkhet Cluster Office with frequent field visits

Purpose of the position: 

The Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer is responsible for the oversight of the monitoring, evaluation and learning-related work and will provide strategic information for planning and implementation of OHW’s projects in districts under the Surkhet Cluster. She/he will visit program sites frequently to collect the required information and monitor various interventions.

Major Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Ensure timely and regular reporting from the districts, review reports and provide the necessary feedback for the quality and complete reporting from the districts as per the prescribed format
• Prepare summary reports based on analysis of districts data and report on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
• Track program progress against established standards, identify gaps on time and communicate with concerned staff with possible solutions
• Ensure proper implementation of the MEL system by PNGO
• Update, analyze and prepare a report about maternal and neonatal health services and the mortality status of the program districts regularly 
• Contribute to design and updating OHW database/Management Information System (MIS) via online platform preferred google sheet and KOBO in close coordination with Kathmandu, Cluster and district teams
• Coordinate and work with concerned government offices to improve quality of service statistics and implementation of e-recording and e-reporting 
• Conduct field visits for monitoring of OHW interventions and support district team for recording and reporting. 
• Implement available measures including routine data quality assessment to ensure the quality of data.  
• Support in program planning by providing high-quality data and information
• Support in design and implementation of studies including baseline and end line
• Support organizing and conducting training and capacity building sessions on MEL and MIS for project and partner organizations’ staff
• Document and share the lessons learnt from field monitoring and analysis of data in order to progressively improve the quality of OHW interventions
• Take leading responsibility for coordinating with the concerned agencies in terms of facilitating Mid-term evaluation, Final Evaluation and fulfilling reporting requirements as per signed MoU. 
• Any other tasks assigned by supervisors.

Job Specifications:

Academic qualification and work experience: 

• Master’s degree in Public Health, preferred with BPH or BN or B. Sc. Nursing with a minimum of two years of related work experience or Bachelor’s degree in Public Health with a minimum of five years of related work experience.

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to summarize information in a clear and concise manner
• Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet, GIS and statistical software like STATA or SPSS, and KOBO.
• Ability to create organizational work plans based on mission, vision and goals
• Strong organizational skills in order to balance competing priorities
• Ability to work independently to efficiently meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills

Application Procedures:

Interested candidates who meet the above requirements are requested to visit the link at https://forms.gle/azYUjq6mvDiBsVHDA and submit their application through the online portal by June 26, 2022.