World Vision is hiring a MEL TECHNICAL DIRECTOR to serve on the Program Quality and Impact (PQI) Health Team within the International Programs Group (IPG).

AT A GLANCE

ROLE:  MEL Technical Director LOCATION: Washington, D.C. USA; remote possible REPORTS TO: Chief of Party, World Vision RAISE 4 Sahel

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 

Bachelor's degree in related field required. Master's degree preferred. In addition to education, requires a minimum of five years of experience in a specified sector to include assessment, evaluation and project design.

WORK AUTHORIZATION: Must be authorized to work in the USA for any employer.

TRAVEL: Up to 40% of time both in development and fragile contexts.

SALARY RANGE: $95,000 - $156,000. Applies to locations with a market similar to our U.S. HQ in the Greater Seattle area. A different range may apply based on your work location. Please note the typical hiring range is $100,000 - $125,000 a year. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. This range applies to many major U.S. cities. A different salary range may apply based on work location, in alignment with the local labor market. See Salary Range & Benefits section below for more details on our compensation and benefits. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as The Vine.  

THE JOB

World Vision is implementing a 4 year RAISE 4 Sahel (R4S) project in the Sahel region. R4S seeks to work with partners in the humanitarian space to reach zero-dose children and missed communities in these fragile settings, which include areas plagued by conflict, across the Sahel and Horn of Africa Regions.  The MEL Technical Director works closely with the Chief of Party, Technical staff, Partners, and countries implementing Gavi funded immunization programs to ensure high quality assessments, monitoring and evaluation, and research and learning are accomplished through the program. The MEL Technical Director is responsible for the program’s MEL strategy and implementation and will provide technical leadership and oversight of MEL activities to ensure quality, timeliness, and efficiency. S/he will oversee the program’s MEL capacity building interactions with all partners including implementing country program Teams.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

Technical Expertise and Leadership

• Develop a MEL framework/plan that aligns World Vision DMERL policies, systems, and practices, to measure and report on the RAISE 4 Sahel Program achievements and impact across the key thematic objectives and implementing countries
• Work with Gavi, implementing partners and RAISE 4 Sahel MEL team to implement the MEL framework including establishing data management processes, learning systems and dissemination of results to internal and external stakeholders
• Lead the design of standard templates, tools, or forms for use by the partners, and implementing country offices to collect adequate data on applicable program indicators
• Lead or provide technical input in the design and implementation of program assessments, special operation research studies, surveys, evaluations, and data quality assessments
• Lead the application of Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) principles to inform program adaptive management, for innovative and effective programming
• Work with RAISE 4 Sahel country focal points to develop and conduct standardized portfolio and country analyses and generate insights and help translate advanced analytics conducted by the MEL team to inform HSIS programming
• Ensure that RAISE 4 Sahel Program MEL processes, practices and products comply with the program and donor agreements and, in particularly, ensure that the agreements are operationalized as appropriate

 Capacity Building

• Lead capacity-building in MEL with RAISE 4 Sahel country focal points and country teams including skills gap assessments and implement training and/or other competency strengthening strategies as needed

Coordination and Collaboration:

• Ensure clear partnering agreements, policies and processes are in place to assess and support partners to comply to MEL reporting needs of the program, and World Vision’s DMERL standards
• Proactively collaborate with peer agencies, and organizations implementing similar programs, and stay up to date of latest public health (esp. immunization) MEL trends and guidance to the benefit of the program
• Collaborate with RAISE 4 Sahel Knowledge Management (KM) Specialist to provide significant inputs from the program monitoring and evaluation processes and products into the global/program level KM and learning processes

Innovation:

• Lead the identification and design of innovative practices to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness in MEL including measurement and reporting for Zero dose children and implementing country health service information systems
• Stay up to date of latest private and public donors DME trends and guidance particularly for GAVI
• Network with other organizations through working groups, panel discussions, brown bag events, etc. and share with World Vision, and field staff via working groups, brown bag, and other learning events

Keep Christ central in our individual and corporate lives. Attend and participate in the leadership of devotions, weekly Chapel services, and regular prayer

Maintain an up to date understanding of any Partnership-wide DME policies/practices and evidence collection systems

Keep informed of organizational announcements, activities, and changes via regular reading of the WVUS Intranet and other corporate communication tools

Perform other duties as assigned

YOU BRING THESE SKILLS:

Public health professionals with extensive leadership experience working within public health systems, specifically in developing program monitoring, evaluation and learning systems; immunization surveillance in resource poor settings; vaccination and supporting health system strengthening initiatives; and capacity building for field staff is preferred. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in related field required. Master's degree preferred. In addition to education, requires a minimum of five years of experience in a specified sector to include assessment, evaluation and project design. Experience as a chief of party or senior expert advisor required. Proven ability to manage technical assistance teams. Requires knowledge of and familiarity with US Government international assistance program requirements, preferably USAID and/or other bilateral funding agencies. Requires experience managing sub-grants and contracts under grants for complex projects.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS WE ARE INTERESTED IN:

Experience in humanitarian contexts and experience in immunizations, primary health care service delivery, vaccine supply chain management, demand creation, and community mobilization/engagement strongly preferred. French language skills strongly desired.

SALARY RANGE & BENEFITS:

• The full range for this position is $95,000 - $156,000. This applies to locations with a market similar to our U.S. HQ in the Greater Seattle area. A different range may apply based on your work location. 
• Typical hiring range is $100,000 - $125,000 a year.
• Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. 
• World Vision employees see our _Salary Administration Guidelines _and My Life My Benefits pages on the Vine.
• In addition, we have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round our total compensation package. Click here to learn more. Additionally, merit, auto allowance and relocation may be available to eligible employees based on existing plans.

WHERE THIS JOB COULD TAKE YOUR CAREER:

You’ll be part of World Vision USA as well as part of the larger World Vision International Partnership. Globally, we have over 40,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries (~1,000 staff with World Vision US).

ABOUT WORLD VISION:

We're a global Christian humanitarian organization. We partner with children, families, and their communities to empower them as they reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. For nearly 70 years, World Vision has followed Jesus' example to show unconditional love to the poor and oppressed. We serve every child regardless of faith.

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