Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.    
 Department     Programs - Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Programs Team helps realize this objective by bridging program management, technical support, and business development, enabling Pact to achieve its global strategy. We ensure program excellence through continuous learning, monitoring and evaluation and provide organizational and industry-wide thought leadership by leveraging a complementary set of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary skills, expertise, and experiences. The Programs team: influences progressive change through the development and implementation of global and regional strategies and business plans; supports advancement of innovative solutions; pursues new business opportunities; and drives effective internal and external engagement to maximize Pact’s impact across the globe. Across all aspects of its role, the Programs Department adheres to and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and respect.    
 Position Overview     
Pact seeks a Sr. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer for the USAID-funded Strengthening Youth and Women's Civic Participation Project. The project aims to increase collaboration, sustainability, and resilience of civil society and independent media to advance the inclusion, participation and leadership of youth and women in Sudan. The program is applying locally led, problem-driven, adaptive approaches. This program is in Y3 of an anticipated five-year activity, with a dramatic shift in the operating context since the program startup in Khartoum in October 2022. This position will be based in Kampala, Uganda with occasional travel in the East Africa region, and potentially relocating to Khartoum, Sudan if and when the context and operating environment become more conducive.
Reporting to the MEL Director, the MEL Senior Officer will provide strategic guidance, vision, and
management for successful monitoring, evaluation and learning of the program. S/he will contribute    📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐  
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to the development, implementation, and revision of the Annual MEL Plan, provide technical 
direction and support to MEL activities, ensure accurate and compelling reporting of results for 
program activities, and ensure activities align with Pacts quality standards for MEL in close coordination with Pacts Learning, Evidence, and Impact (LEAP) Team based in Washington, DC    
 Key Responsibilities     
Contribute to the implementation of the project’s MERL system.Support the maintenance of MEL systems including MEL plans, performance indicators, data collection & reporting tools, data management systems and standard operating procedures (data quality management plan).Develop and disseminate relevant M&E tools and formats and lead the provision of M&E specific technical trainings.Work closely with partners to establish their internal MERL systems, M&E plans, and data quality management. Ensure supportive supervision of all partners in monitoring and evaluation procedures, data collection tools, and data management practices in alignment with the MEL Plan.Support data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that data is of high quality and audit worthy. Conduct Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA) and implement corrective actions to improve data quality and accountability of staff and partners. Support evaluations including designing and executing internal baseline, midterm and endline assessments as appropriate, and support the implementation of learning activities. Support external evaluation processes, including drafting evaluation ToR and selection of firm, and managing the consultants in alignment with award.Develop and maintain accurate information in a project database, as well as accurate and timely electronic files.Support calculation and reporting of Pact’s Global Indicators through imPact, Pact’s instance of DHIS2, and calculation and reporting of project data into impact. Support data analysis, writing, and review of the results and learning sections of program reports in collaboration with program staff, before submission to donor and ensure consortium partners’ compliance with internal data quality requirements and timely submissions for reporting.Help ensure the project’s MEL systems and outputs meet pact quality standards.Contribute to the development of various research designs and other research related activities including tools preparation, training of research assistants, data collection supervision, data analysis (qualitative & quantitative), and reporting. Provide MEL capacity development to partners. Employee complies with all company policies and procedures, including completing all compliance training topics by the deadline to satisfy each and receiving the corresponding acknowledgment statement that the training has been completed.     Basic Requirements     Master's degree with six (6) years work experience or bachelor's degree with at least eight (8+) years work experience.A minimum of five years of professional experience in a senior M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities of international development projects is required.Demonstrated success in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages is required.Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator design, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/performance monitoring plans, is required.Demonstrated experience in designing and administering data collection tools, conducting data entry, data cleaning, and data processing & analysis is required.Knowledge of and experience with key democracy, human rights, governance programming indicators and USAID data collection and reporting systems. Demonstrated relevant technical skills in analysing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data and packaging the findings.Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., and the ability to use various commercially available statistical and data visualization software programs e.g. SPSS, STATA, R, PowerBI, Tableau.Demonstrated experience managing and providing ongoing training to M&E field officers and/or sub-awardees is required.Knowledge of the major evaluation and research methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies are required.Exeperince demonstrated to work well on a team and with various partner organizationsFluency in English and Atabic is required.     Preferred Qualifications     Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of Knowledge of key evaluation methods such as Outcome harvesting (OH) and Most Significant Change (MSC).Fluency in Arabic and English is required. Sudanese nationals strongly encouraged to apply.Salary for this position is commensurate with local office salary scales and will be determined based on the candidate's experience and qualifications      






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