Myanmar: Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Title Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Location Myanmar
Department Name Program Delivery
Pact Overview
Pact Overview
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.

Department Overview
Pact seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator for the proposed USAID-funded Advancing Community Empowerment in Southeastern Myanmar (ACESM) program. ACESM is a five-year program (total award amount: $48 million) that seeks to empower vulnerable communities in Southeastern Myanmar by mitigating their vulnerabilities, encouraging robust community participation in decision making, and strengthening mechanisms for more accountable local governance. In the program, vulnerable populations are defined as marginalized populations which are at-risk, under-served, or traditionally excluded, due to conflict, extreme poverty, remoteness, or discrimination. Vulnerable populations also include disadvantaged groups that suffer from human rights restrictions, restricted freedom of movement, or other acute social exclusion. This includes, but is not limited to, conflict-affected populations in southeastern Myanmar (along the Thailand-Myanmar border) including IDPs, ethnic minorities, refugees, or populations that suffer from increased insecurity due to inter-communal conflict or violence and populations who unable to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from natural disasters.

The activity will aim to achieve this goal by:

Meeting critical needs in health, education, livelihoods, water, sanitation and other basic needs;
Increasing the capacity of communities, civil society, and local governments in marginalized areas to constructively engage with each other; and,
Developing or strengthening community institutions capable of effective, participatory self-governance.
ACESM seeks to transition from previous development efforts in Myanmar that primarily focused on humanitarian relief, by instead focusing on strengthening the long-term institutional capacity, quality of service delivery, and governance systems within communities.

Position Purpose
The M&E Coordinator will provide overall leadership and oversight for project M&E. S/he will manage the project’s Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, develop relevant M&E tools, and provide technical training and guidance to the project team and partners on relevant M&E tools and processes. S/he will lead the monitoring of data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting ensuring that data is audit worthy and incorporated into program reports for submission to USAID. This position will report to the Chief of Party and is contingent upon award of funds.

Key Responsibilities
Lead the development and execution of the final project Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Lead the development of relevant M&E tools and platforms, and provide M&E specific technical training, mentoring, and coaching to the project team and partners
Develop strong M&E data collection and analysis systems to ensure that program interventions are effective
Lead and maintain a knowledge management system for the project, across all project components and partners
Contribute to program reports for submission to donor
Support program staff and senior management to use data to make informed and timely decisions related to program implementation
Perform other duties as assigned
Basic Requirements
Minimum of 3 years of experience managing data-intensive programs in designing, monitoring, and evaluation methodologies
Demonstrated ability to coach and train others in M&E methodologies
Significant experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods, including tracking outcome indicators
Demonstrated experience in analyzing, interpreting, and reporting on M&E results so that lessons can be learned and incorporated into programming
Bachelor’s degree in statistics or a related field
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree in statistics or related field Experience using mobile data collection platforms\
Prior experience working on programs in relevant areas such as community-level participation, systems strengthening and service delivery improvement; as well as capacity development of local governance structures at the community level in southeast Asia or similar context (relevant experience in southeastern Myanmar highly sought after)
Myanmar nationals with native-level English capacity highly encouraged to apply
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.

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