The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Technical Officer reports directly to the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Principal Advisor and supports all aspects of the monitoring and reporting system, active management of project performance, continuous improvement and learning to drive timely adjustment of project implementation.

The MEL Technical Officer will support the project in tracking and monitoring progress toward the achievement of key results as agreed in the annual work plan and support the project’s data collection/reporting from national players (NSHU, MOH, MPU). The incumbent will support promoting best practices across key stakeholders by ensuring adequate use of quality data to inform supply chain performance management and timely decision making. The incumbent will support innovation under SAFEMed through the development of MEL methods, data collection tools, processes for data management and quality assurance, and conducting data analyses to identify lessons learned through routine monitoring and evaluation and implementation experience.

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support a systematic and deliberate approach to Collaboration, learning, and adaptation (CLA)
• Support the implementation of a learning and documentation plan that guides continuous project learning.
• Support the CLA approach by assisting in the identification of national and international best practices, sharing them effectively internally and externally, and fostering concrete opportunities to implement and leverage them in Ukraine in coordination with other teams within the SAFEMed project teams and with national stakeholders.
• Support the maintenance of a system for tracking project annual implementation deliverables and on-going mechanisms to support the project to pause and reflect on learnings/challenges and make necessary course corrections.
• Support the implementation of the SAFEMed Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan and subsequent updates as necessary and ensure timely and accurate reporting to the project leadership and USAID.
• Support the regular quarterly and annual reporting of the MEL Plan indicators that contributes to the required project reporting cycle.
• Support project performance management by actively contributing on regular performance assessment, including analysis of the MEL Plan indicators and other project indicators, understanding of challenges and identification of corrective action.
• Support Data Use strategy across the pharmaceutical and supply chain systems that combines increasing awareness and understanding of the power of data among government and other implementing partners.
• Support on-going technical support to project technical teams and project counterparts in state-of-the-art data use, creation of data-rich presentations and technical and project reports.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences, or related field, Preferred: Master’s degree.

REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years of related work experience in monitoring and evaluation, research, or data analysis (with a Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences, or related field) or 0-2 years work experience (with a Master’s degree).

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Experience in data collection, aggregation, analysis, and report writing
• Expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
• Prior experience working on pharmaceutical and supply chain systems is a plus
• Experience implementing MEL key principles and supporting operational research studies
• Experience collaborating with technical teams to set objectives and targets, and monitoring progress toward their achievement project
• Experience and track records working in a cross-functional environment
• Results driven and detail oriented
• Solution-oriented mindset
• Excellent data-rich presentation skills, oral and written communication
• Strong teamwork orientation and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency using Excel
• Familiarity with analytical software/data visualization software a plus (e.g. PowerBI)
• Proficiency in English and Ukrainian language (oral and written)