Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Specialist

JOB SUMMARY

Promoting Healthy Behaviors (PHB) is a USAID-funded Social and Behavior Change project that works to assist the Royal Government of Cambodia to improve health behaviors among Cambodians. PHB implements innovative, evidence-based SBC activities across a variety of health areas, including family planning, maternal & child health, nutrition, water & sanitation, tuberculosis, malaria, and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The project has recently been extended until June 2025. `

The Senior MEL Specialist plays a leadership role in PHB’s monitoring, evaluating, and learning (MEL) activities. This includes overseeing the implementation of the project’s approved MEL plan and tracking progress against the project’s key performance indicators. During the design phase of SBC activities, the Senior MEL Specialist is responsible for working with the program team to develop the project’s monitoring strategies, including the data collection, analysis, reporting and documentation.

The Senior MEL Specialist is also responsible to develop and manage the PHB learning agenda, capturing and disseminating key accomplishments and lessons learned. He/she also coordinates PHB systems development activities including PHB’s internal MIS, mobile data collection tools, and data quality assessments. He/she also leads PHB’s MEL capacity building strategies with key partners such as for the National Center for Health Promotion (NCHP) as well as other national programs and local NGO partners. The MEL Specialist is a member of the PHB senior management team, manages two MEL Coordinators, and reports directly to the PHB Chief of Party (COP).

All members of the PHB team are expected to be proactive in their work, identifying new ways to contribute to the overall project outcomes, being highly self-motivated, eager to learn and interested in being part of a dynamic team.

TYPE OF CONTRACT: UDC

JOB LEVEL: Senior Manager

REPORT TO: Chief of Party