Director of Monitoring and Evaluation

1 day ago


Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Panagora Group LLC Full time
Job Title: Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adaptation

Panagora Group LLC is a dynamic woman- and employee-owned small business and social enterprise dedicated to providing high-quality, high-impact international health, development, and learning services. We deliver market-based, integrated, and locally led solutions that strengthen country capacity; and learning, communications, and technology solutions to accelerate and heighten impact.

We seek an experienced monitoring, evaluation, research, learning and adaptation (MERLA) Director to work with USAID managing donor-funded projects. The MERLA Director will contribute significantly to new business development, in particular technical conceptualization and writing; conduct technical assignments; and start up and oversee MERLA activities.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical leadership and oversight of Panagora's work in monitoring, evaluation, research, learning and adaptation, ensuring the technical quality of client and internal deliverables
  • Oversee monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) related contracts, including development and implementation of annual activity work plans and budgets
  • Support new business development in technical area, providing leadership in technical conceptualization and writing, recruitment of high-quality technical personnel, etc.
  • Contribute to advancing TPM at Panagora to support new business efforts and successful implementation of projects
  • Lead or contribute to Panagora's MERLA community of practice including capturing and sharing learnings about sectoral measurement approaches, changes, or advancements in USAID approaches, developing tools, resources, and training materials
  • Monitor and support activity performance via regular tracking of financial and program reports, performance data, communication with field teams, and periodic supervisory travel
  • Ensure compliance with contract requirements
  • Serve as liaison with clients and ensure customer satisfaction
  • Provide activity updates, lessons learned, and stories for marketing, communications, and learning purposes
  • Ensure short-term assignments are staffed and conducted as planned, including through clear scopes of work, high-quality personnel, and facilitative oversight
  • Draft regular donor reports and annual activity reports
  • Actively support and represent Panagora's mission and values in conduct and communications
  • Represent Panagora periodically at conferences, meetings, and events
  • Mentor staff to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity, and teamwork
Requirements:
  • Master's degree in international development or an advanced degree in a relevant field
  • 10-15 years of relevant work experience
  • Familiarity with USAID health programming
  • Monitoring, evaluation, research, learning and adaptation programming experience
  • Experience designing and implementing third party monitoring activities highly preferred
  • Experience using monitoring and evaluation in a learning context highly preferred


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