Monitoring Evaluation ME Lead

The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Lead will be responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive M&E system. This role provides technical expertise and leadership to ensure high-quality data collection, analysis, and reporting through systematic monitoring, assessments, and evaluations. 

The M&E Lead will oversee all M&E components of the Activity, coordinating and supervising technical aspects to ensure program objectives are met. In addition, the M&E Lead will manage M&E staff, resources, and consultants (as needed) and work closely with partners to meet program M&E requirements. 

Terms & Conditions: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Country Office Kathmandu, Nepal

Key responsibilities:

• Develop the overall framework for the project’s M&E system, including requirements for recording, reporting, and conducting baseline/endline and evaluation surveys.
• Provide overall guidance and supervision for the M&E function, ensuring alignment with project objectives. Manage the M&E budget to ensure adequate allocation and timely expenditure.
• Monitor project activities against the results framework, conducting regular field visits for data collection, validation, and quality monitoring, ensuring timely data compilation and reporting.
• Establish and maintain Community feedback and accountability mechanisms at both program and partner levels, addressing safeguarding issues with support from the Country Office safeguarding focal points.
• Document and share lessons learned, promoting the scaling up of best practices.
• Supervise and mentor the M&E team, conduct performance assessments and providing coaching and capacity-building opportunities for their professional development.
• Provide technical leadership and capacity building to project and partner staff in planning and implementing M&E systems, data-informed decision-making, and results reporting.
• Capture and maintain disaggregated data, ensuring sensitivity to gender- disability and social inclusion.
• Support for mid-term and final evaluations in compliance with USAID BHA and HI standards

Required qualifications and experiences:

• Master’s degree in statistics, economics, or a related field, with substantial coursework in quantitative methods.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in developing and executing M&E systems within humanitarian response, early recovery, and DRR programs of similar scale and complexity.
• Proven ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, design surveys and sampling, and promote evidence-based program management.
• knowledge of USAID M&E guidelines, systems, and reporting requirements.
• Strong technical skills, including proficiency in statistical software (e.g., Stata, R, SPSS) for data processing, analysis, interpretation, and synthesis.
• Strong ability to build and maintain effective relationships with project stakeholders, local partners, and organizations.
• Fluency in English (both spoken and written).
• Willing to travel within Nepal as required.