Senior Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

$62,657 - $84,725/Yr

Last Mile Health - Monrovia, CA

Full-time - Senior

Monrovia, CA

About the position

The Senior Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) at Last Mile Health will lead the monitoring and evaluation efforts for the Advancing Community Health Activity (ACHA) project in Liberia. This role is crucial for ensuring the effective implementation of Liberia's community health assistant program, aimed at improving access to quality health services and reducing preventable morbidity and mortality. The Senior Director will provide technical leadership, oversee MEAL activities, and collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance data collection, reporting, and programmatic accountability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the project's tools and systems for MEAL, including developing the project's logical framework, setting baselines and targets, and ensuring data quality and timeliness for monitoring and reporting.
• Lead internal project data reviews and learning activities.
• Engage with the project implementation team to document and share best practices, lessons learned, challenges, and achievements through communications activities and dissemination events, nationally and internationally.
• Build data audit systems within project delivery that meet USAID and LMH standards.
• Provide technical support to the Ministry of Health (MOH) to regularly report on and review the National Community Health Program Monitoring & Evaluation Framework and develop actionable plans for gaps identified.
• Identify, review, and deliver mentorship for key MOH and Community Health Team (CHT) data leaders to improve USAID ACHA data integration.
• Conduct regular data clinics in collaboration with MOH and CHTs to upskill knowledge gaps in data management where required.
• Lead LMH strategy of embedding electronic Community-Based Information System (eCBIS) dashboard with corresponding Management Information Systems (MIS) in Liberia.
• Support the Ministry of Health in the design and scale-up of the Electronic Community-Based Information System (eCBIS).
• Prepare quarterly and annual reports, tracking project performance against key results and outcomes.
• Directly line-manage key data management personnel including RM&E manager, HMIS coordinator, and eCBIS specialist.
• Manage and mentor the project's MEAL and digital information team as per policies and guidelines.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of progressively responsible, relevant experience in public health or international development, with experience in community health preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and leading complex monitoring and evaluation programs.
• Experience with developing protocols for data collection and data quality assurance.
• Experience developing monitoring and evaluation reports, publications, and data-related infographics.
• Demonstrated experience with stakeholder engagement and ability to collaborate with internal teams and external partners.
• Experience in team management and mentoring.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong commitment to advancing locally-led and locally-owned programs and solutions.
• Experience with programs that support efficient data collection, analysis, and visualization (e.g., ODK, Kobo Collect, Stata, R, Canva, InforBI/Power BI).
• Experience working in remote or hard-to-reach settings, especially in Liberia.
• Experience with USAID and high-value complex data-dependent institutional donor programs/projects.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and role.
• Transparent compensation model and benefits overview.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.