Contract Period: 1st December 2020 to 30th September 2023
Duty Station: South Asia Regional Office, Kathmandu, Nepal. 

Reporting to the Regional Representative, the M&E Manager will support all Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) activities of the project. S/he will be responsible for implementing M&E systems including indicator targeting, tracking and reporting according to US Department of State TIP office standards, managing an OPMIS data collection system, leading impact assessments and a learning strategy. 

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the design, implementation and ongoing revision of a M&E system that adheres to US Department of States TIP Office guidance and meets the needs of the program for learning, analysis, and reporting.
• Provide overall support, advice, and oversight on program-level M&E.
• Support and advise colleagues on activity-level M&E efforts, ensuring quality and consistency across offices.
• Take overall responsibility on implementing an Online Program Monitoring Information System (OPMIS) to efficiently track project indicators.  Mentor and support government entities and service providers on operating OPMIS.  Provide trouble shooting and handle any operational related issues with OPMIS host / software designer.
• Offer technical assistance in the development, selection, and application of M&E processes and tools for implementing partners and government agencies involved in the project.
• Support and advise colleagues on activity-level M&E efforts, ensuring quality and consistency.
• Oversee and advise colleagues on information management processes by reviewing data collection efforts, overall data reliability, consistency, and quality.
• Lead and manage program-level evaluation efforts, including the development of studies that examine higher level outcomes and the utilization of external M&E resources.
• Provide input and advice on procurement of M&E third-party services if needed.
• Help identify, analyze, and synthesize lessons learned from program implementation and facilitate the incorporation of those lessons into the activity development cycle.
• Train other staff, and local partners where required, on key M&E concepts, tools, and processes.
• Undertake, as required, visits to project locations to collect data and/or oversee data collection efforts.