SSA - Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Expert, Papua New Guinea

Overview

The role supports the effective implementation, performance monitoring, reporting, and adaptive learning for the WHO-DFAT-NDoH Partnership. It also strengthens the Partnership’s MEL systems and provides assistance to NDoH to establish a development partner mapping and tracking mechanism.

Key Responsibilities

• Review the Partnership Proposal, MEL Framework, and governance Terms of Reference.
• Develop a detailed MEL Implementation Plan for the Partnership, including reviewing indicators, baselines, targets, and data sources.
• Ensure alignment with DFAT MEL standards and WHO GPW14 - RBM principles.
• Integrate gender, equity, disability, and climate change considerations across indicators and analysis.
• Revise and update the Partnership Proposal MEL Framework if required.
• Prepare mid-year and annual progress report for the partnership.
• Provide mentoring, learning, and hands on support opportunities to WHO staff and counterparts on MEL tools, concepts, and reporting requirements.
• Support WHO, DFAT, and NDoH to use MEL findings to inform adaptive management decisions.
• Document lessons learned, emerging risks, and course corrections.
• Organize field missions and monitoring visits for the Partnership team.
• Develop a partner Monitoring Framework and Dashboard - a centralized digital database (excel spreadsheet) to support effective partner coordination and performance tracking.

Required Experience

A minimum of three (03) years of work experience in relevant for the position; experience in MEL for complex health or development programmes, monitoring, evaluation, learning, programme management, reporting, or results-based management in health, development, or related sectors. Demonstrated experience with donor‑funded programmes, preferably DFAT‑funded. Experience with WHO/United Nations or other international organization. Good experience on preforming program management monitoring, evaluation, learning and partner coordination. Previous experience working with government, development partners, or donor-funded health programmes in Papua New Guinea or the Pacific context. Demonstrated experience integrating GEDSI, disability inclusion, and climate change into MEL systems.

Qualifications

University degree in Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field. Advanced degree in Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field. University degree in Result Based Management, Communication, Partnership.

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