Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead

About the role

Global Emergency Group (GEG) is recruiting a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead for its Global Outbreak Response Support (GORS) programme, which provides rapid activation, surge response and transition support to countries facing infectious disease outbreaks. The position reports to the GORS Senior Technical Director and works closely with the Program Director, Operations and Clinical Leads and deployed response team leaders. It is a 3-month consultancy (40 hours per week, possible extension) based in the DRC, with DRC nationals working from home.

Key responsibilities

• Develop the GORS MEL framework with the Senior Technical Director and partners, defining indicators, baselines, targets, data sources and collection methods
• Set up systems to track readiness, activation, deployment, response, transition and performance indicators, and coordinate data collection, validation, analysis and reporting
• Run routine data quality checks and track indicators such as activation speed, readiness, deployment timelines, response quality, transition milestones and expenditure-to-results
• Maintain a corrective-action register, support evaluations and after-action learning, and prepare validated performance analyses
• Support documentation of transition benchmarks, capacity strengthening and handover achievements, and monitor corrective actions from evaluations, drills and readiness reviews
• Ensure compliance with data protection, confidentiality and donor reporting requirements, and provide MEL training to staff and roster personnel
• Coordinate monthly GHSD reporting deliverables and identify trends, risks and opportunities for adaptive management

Required profile

• A degree or equivalent professional expertise in MEL, public health, epidemiology, statistics or a related field
• At least 10 years of experience in MEL, performance management, information management or program quality roles
• Experience with donor-funded global health, outbreak response, humanitarian or international development programmes
• DRC nationality or a nationality from the African region is a prerequisite
• Fluent professional English and professional French; additional local languages are an asset

Required skills

• Proven experience designing MEL frameworks, performance indicators and results-based management approaches
• Data analysis, data quality assessments, evaluations and performance reporting
• Proficiency with data management platforms, dashboards, spreadsheets and reporting systems
• Desirable: Power BI, Tableau, DHIS2, Go.Data, KoboToolbox, Salesforce, Smartsheet