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- Contribute to USAID's global technical leadership in MERL for MCH, Nutrition and WASH.
- Provide expert MERL support to USAID Missions and USAID global and bilateral projects.
- Contribute to USAID's annual reporting, portfolio reviews and budget development processes and support special initiatives.
- Support analysis, documentation, knowledge management and dissemination activities working in collaboration with the MCHN communications team
- Provide expert MERL technical assistance to Missions in development of their Country Development Cooperation Strategies, new procurements, portfolio-wide performance monitoring plans, and/or analysis and development of portfolio-wide evaluations and learning agendas.
- Serve as an MCHN Office MERL technical Advisor to one or more USAID country support teams.
- Support efforts by Missions and LMIC stakeholders to use MERL data for decision making, accountability, and reporting to develop and strengthen policies, strategies, programs, and domestic resource mobilization that advances mortality reduction.
- Serve as a Technical Advisor for USAID global and/or country bilateral projects.
- Review and provide guidance on project workplans, theories of change, performance monitoring plans, learning agendas, study protocols, data collection tools, learning products, and external evaluation scopes of work.
- Support capacity building in MERL for USAID mission staff and LMIC partner country counterparts
- Facilitate sharing and adoption of MERL best practices by USAID Missions as well as bilateral and global programs
- Conduct data analysis and data visualization to develop data and knowledge projects working in support of the MCHN communications team in support of dissemination of key messages, strategies, learning products, and evidence to priority stakeholder groups including Congress, MCH advocates, and Missions, and LMIC evidence champions.
- Contribute to MCHN Office portfolio reviews and associated presentations and reports.
- Contribute to reports to guide decision making by USAID/Washington and mission staff as well as reporting to Congress and other stakeholders
- Respond to Agency taskers and other requests for information.
- Participate in work plan development for agencies charged with collecting and analyzing MCHN data required for USAID reporting.
- Support revision of and reporting on MCHN Office OKRs (Objectives and Key Results).
- Provide MERL support to special projects that advance PCMD (e.g., USAID's Primary Impact, Localization and other special initiatives, as required)
- Stay current and share new knowledge on state-of-the art technical, policy, and programmatic developments in MERL for MCH, nutrition and WASH.
- Facilitate global sharing of MERL best and promising practices from USAID MCHN-supported programs.
- Help prepare and submit papers to professional journals and meetings.
- Develop presentations of MCH, nutrition and WASH information to identify emerging trends and programmatic results and challenges to share with MCHN stakeholders, including Missions
- Providing strategic guidance and expertise in global activities
- Advance USAID's global leadership role in MERL for MCH, Nutrition and WASH
- Support USAID's participation in MCH MERL technical working groups, task forces, and high-level professional meetings
- Help represent USAID MCH MERL interests in global, regional, and national-level MCH, nutrition, and health and development conferences, technical meetings/consultations and other dialogues.
- Follow global developments and provide recommendations to USAID regarding the application of emerging evidence to USAID's technical and strategic approaches.
- Travel domestically and internationally (up to 25% of the time).
- Perform other duties as assigned
Senior Advisor for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learnin with Security Clearance - Washington, DC, United States - Credence Management Solutions
Description
Position Summary:
USAID's Bureau for Global Health supports health programs in partner countries, advances research and innovation in areas relevant to overall Agency health objectives, and transfers new technologies through its own programmatic work, coordination with other donors, and a portfolio of grants
Global health is a global good with consequences that not only affect the people of developing nations, but also directly affect the interests of American citizens
The Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, within USAID's Bureau for Global Health (GH/MCHN), serves as the Agency's technical and policy lead on maternal newborn and child health, immunization, nutrition, and environmental health, with a focus on preventing child and maternal deaths and improved nutrition, and supporting other related Agency priorities
Cross-cutting activities managed by the Office in support of this goal include private sector partnerships, social and behavior change, MCHN policy, multilateral partnerships, gender, innovation, monitoring, evaluation, research/research utilization and learning (MERL)
MCHN's Research and Policy Division (GH/MCHN/RP) is responsible for technical leadership, guidance, and coordination to advance a systematic approach to the use of policy, behavior change, community and private sector engagement, innovation, monitoring, evaluation, research/research utilization and learning to accelerate the uptake, sustained and effective use of, and scale-up of maternal, newborn, child, water, and sanitation (WASH) and nutrition programming
The RPD is one of four divisions in the MCHN Office, which also includes the Maternal and Newborn Health Division, the Child Health and Immunization Division and the Nutrition and Environmental Health Division
RPD staff support the MERL needs of other MCHN Divisions as well as USAID Missions, the Bureau for Global Health, and the Agency at large
The Senior Advisor for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) in Maternal, Child Health (MCH), and Nutrition will work as an institutional support contractor (ISC) in USAID's Bureau for Global Health, Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN), Research and Policy (RP) Division
The Senior Advisor for MERL will provide technical support in the application of MERL in support of Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths Framework for Action and the Getting to 2030: Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Technical Roadmap ( )
The Senior Advisor for Implementation Research in the RP Division will act as the USAID point of contact for this position
The position will work in a matrix management environment and be a member of one or more formal and informal teams
The Senior Advisor will be responsible for providing MERL support to the MCHN Office, MCH/Nutrition/WASH-focused global projects, USAID Missions and USAID bilateral awards along with special MCHN Office, Bureau for Global Health and priority Agency initiatives, such as Primary Impact and Localization , as required
There are four major areas of responsibility:
This position will also conduct secondary analyses of data from sample surveys, routine data/monitoring systems, and other data sources; contribute to program evaluation and cost analysis design, implementation oversight and dissemination; contribute to development and/or review of Mission, project and office learning agendas and performance monitoring plans, and share MERL evidence and best practices
The MERL Advisor will further contribute to USAID's global leadership activities in MERL for MCH, nutrition and WASH and the overall development of MCHN Office strategies and activities, development of theories of change, and priority setting
This is anticipated to be undertaken through collaboration with other donors and multilateral agencies including the World Bank, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and by engaging with USAID Mission staff within countries
The successful candidate will have a wide range of MERL expertise and practical experience applying this expertise to the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, modification and scale up of evidence-based health-related programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Specifically, the candidate should have experience with program process, performance, and impact evaluation; implementation research; context and performance monitoring and innovative complexity aware monitoring and evaluation methods (e.g., Most Significant Change), as well as approaches to building MERL capacity among local actors and entities
In addition, experience in conducting cost analysis is preferred
Full salary range for this position is $133,380 to $200,720 per year, with the starting salary determined based on candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provide expert MERL support to USAID Missions, bilateral projects, and, as appropriate, Global Projects.
Advise on analyses to inform multidisciplinary program strategies.
Liaise with MCH MERL activities and stakeholders at relevant US Government Agencies, multilateral technical agencies, and donors (UNICEF, World Bank, WHO, regional development banks, CDC, private foundations).