Head of Department (MEAL) Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning

Job Summary: The incumbent shall bring strong monitoring, evaluation, and organizational learning skills to develop effective & efficient MEAL strategy, systems for capturing and reporting on the impacts of these programs, through monitoring and evaluation tools. He/She shall play an essential role in ensuring that PMS implements a robust MEAL framework for the programs and shall lead on ensuring & communicating organisational learning and improvement. The jobholder shall provide leadership to the M&E team to improve specific monitoring and evaluation tools, the analysis of information collected, and ensure consistent M&E support in sectors of WASH, Health, Food security/Livelihoods. He/She shall liaise with other technical staff to ensure that the cross-cutting issues of gender, safeguarding, and learning and accountability to beneficiaries are addressed in monitoring & evaluation plans.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership to the MEAL and CRM functions within Pak Mission Society.
• Revise, design and manage standardized MEAL systems and tools to monitor program performance, evaluate the intended impact and incorporate the key learning during and after the projects/programs’ implementations
• Ensure that all projects and programs have strong M&E plans with clear data collection mechanisms against key deliverables and indicators
• Build the capacities of programs and MEAL teams to understand and implement the strong MEAL plans for the projects and programs
• Develop the MEAL and other analytical tools as and when needed and build the capacities of relevant staff
• Ensure the adherence and mainstreaming of HAP and Humanitarian Charter in general across all projects and programs
• Develop and share the dashboards for the executive decision making to improve on programming, take corrective measures and develop new programming models
• Prepare and disseminate regular MEAL Reports to sector coordinators, directors, and donors.
• Ensure that all programs are designed with strong needs assessment done; and are implemented with strong baselines and end-lines to compare the change and measure achievements
• Ensure that quality benchmarks for the programs/sectors are established and SOPs to achieve the benchmarks are developed, understood, implemented and consistently monitored
• Develop and implement a strong mechanism to measure the intended impact of the program through periodical, mid-term and terminal evaluations
• Contribute significantly to program design based on lessons learned from the program’s M&E, with specific focus on log frame developments
• Ensure all M&E systems and monitoring plans are in compliance with various donor requirements, GFFO, Humedica, KnH, UNHCR and other small grants.
• Ensure compilation and analysis data across the program sites on a regular basis, and assist with writing up the analysis for purposes of donor reports and advocacy
• Provide input to periodic and other reports and new program proposals ensuring data and information contained therein is up-to-date and accurate
• Ensure regular MEAL visits by the MEAL team and provide an on the field mentoring support to MEAL team
• Coordinate and support cross-program M&E activities with other programs and represent PMS as necessary at technical forums/consortiums

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

• Internal: Program and Program Support team
• External: Government/Consortium/Local Partners, Program beneficiaries

Eduactional Requirements:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, international development from a recognized University.

• Minimum of 8 years programming experience in humanitarian and development context, with a specific focus on M&E
• Proven experience in development of Accountability mechanism, M&E plans, systems and tools for large scale programs.

• Knowledge and skills in various forms of data collection both quantitative and qualitative (i.e. Population-based Surveys, Qualitative Methods, program statistics, facility surveys, Community-based Needs Assessment, etc.
• Highly developed analytical and communication skills, including excellent oral and written English and Urdu
• Proven experience in training and capacity-building of staff.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, sound judgment, planning, team building and facilitating skills.
• Competence in using information technology including experience with word-processing, spreadsheets and database software.
• Experience in both Humanitarian and Development sector is must.
• Interest in sharing professional skills as well as learning from others.
• Willingness and capacity to work and travel to project field offices in the Country.
• Proven track record of quality performance in highly pressured environments.