The Country Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer will play a key role within the PAQ department to develop (with close supervision from the Country MEL Manager and dotted line wit Director of Programs), coordinate, maintain and continuously improve the M&E system at the country level, as well as build the capacity of M&E staff in each office or program. The general duties and responsibilities of the Country Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer are to oversee all monitoring, evaluation and learning activities within the country, ensuring the quality of the programs’ MEL activities, information management via the programs reporting system and Mercy Corps’ TolaData system.

Support the CMM with the development of country MEL strategy, provide leadership to field offices in developing individual program level M&E systems that inform and improve each program, as well as feed into the broader nation-wide M&E system and country strategy.
Develop the program level MEL SOPs taking into account Mercy Corps new MEL Policy and minimum standards.
Provide support with coordination and coaching of the country M&E teams in developing and maintaining a system that improves the country’s ability to analyze and represent impact to donors, government, colleague agencies, and communities themselves;
Support with providing leadership to the country MEL management meetings and actively participate in country-wide strategy sessions to contribute to improved program implementation and adaptive management.
Support the Program MEL leads in coordinating the baseline, mid-term evaluation and final evaluation, along with other key research activities including market assessments and gender assessments