Overview
The Extended Term Consultant (ETC) will lead work on supporting country operations with best practices in measurement, data system strengthening, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), corporate reporting, portfolio monitoring, and knowledge systems that support results-driven decision-making across the HNP portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and dissemination of best practice standards, guidance, and criteria to strengthen client data systems and measurement approaches.
- Lead the development and curation of a library of best practice HNP results framework indicators.
- Ensure HNP operations are systematically supported with high-quality and consistent measurement, robust data systems, and appropriate impact evaluation design.
- Leverage digital tools and AI-enabled approaches to enhance efficiency, consistency, and quality in results framework design, data system strengthening, and measurement processes.
- Lead HNP corporate reporting processes, including data collection, validation, and quality assurance.
- Spearhead the implementation and continuous refinement of corporate reporting methodologies and guidance.
- Provide technical support to task teams and regional focal points on corporate reporting requirements, portfolio monitoring tools, and results frameworks.
- Develop guidance notes, training materials, and workshops to strengthen capacity in corporate results measurement and reporting.
- Lead analytical inputs to periodic corporate reporting products.
- Using innovative approaches, engage internal partners to lead portfolio-wide analysis of priority themes.
- Undertake analyses of results framework indicators to identify opportunities to strengthen reporting quality, improve indicator design and alignment, and enhance outcomes orientation.
- Develop and maintain portfolio monitoring tools and dashboards.
- Develop high-quality analytical outputs and visualizations tailored to senior management audiences.
- Spearhead the development of results narratives linking portfolio-level results to corporate commitments.
- Lead the development and advancement of a Directorate-wide methods and innovation agenda.
- Design and maintain a structured methods library capturing best practices, standardized approaches, and practical tools.
- Identify priority methodological and analytical gaps that constrain the Directorate’s ability to achieve its missions.
- Drive innovation in methods and analytics by translating emerging approaches into practical, scalable applications.
- Develop and implement a Knowledge Advisory Council for the Directorate.
Required Experience
- Minimum eight years of relevant experience in M&E, data systems, outcomes measurement, portfolio analytics, monitoring and evaluation, or data-driven decision-making in the health sector.
- Demonstrated experience translating methodological and analytical approaches into practical tools, guidance, and applications for operational teams.
- Experience working across institutions or with external partners to develop and scale innovative approaches to measurement and analytics.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in public health, health economics, data science, or related field combining HNP domain experience with measurement, analytics, or evaluation expertise.
