Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer
📍 Location: Bardibas, Nepal
📅 Application Deadline: July 6, 2025
🔍 Role Overview
One Heart Worldwide (OHW) is seeking a qualified and motivated Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer to lead MEL-related functions in the Bardibas Cluster. The MEL Officer will play a critical role in providing strategic data and insights to support the planning, implementation, and monitoring of OHW’s maternal and neonatal health programs. This role involves regular field visits, data analysis, and coordination with partner organizations and government stakeholders.
🧾 Key Responsibilities
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting from district-level teams; review reports and provide feedback for quality improvement.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual summary reports based on program data analysis.
- Monitor program performance against targets, identify gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
- Ensure effective implementation of the MEL system by local partners.
- Analyze and report on maternal and neonatal health service indicators.
- Support design, maintenance, and updates of OHW’s Management Information System (MIS), using platforms such as Google Sheets and KOBO.
- Coordinate with local government bodies to enhance data quality and facilitate e-reporting systems.
- Conduct field visits to monitor program implementation and support district teams in documentation and reporting.
- Perform data quality assessments and ensure data integrity.
- Provide data-driven insights for strategic program planning.
- Assist in the design and execution of baseline, midline, and end-line surveys and evaluations.
- Organize and facilitate MEL and MIS training sessions for OHW and partner staff.
- Document and disseminate key lessons learned to enhance intervention quality.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisors.
🎓 Qualifications & Experience
Education:
- Master’s degree in Public Health (preferred), with a Bachelor’s degree in BPH, BN, or B.Sc. Nursing and minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience;
OR - Bachelor’s degree in Public Health with a minimum 5 years of professional experience in MEL or related roles.
🛠️ Required Skills & Abilities
- Strong data analysis and report writing skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Sheets, GIS, KOBO, and statistical tools like STATA or SPSS.
- Ability to independently manage tasks and meet deadlines.
- Strong planning, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to develop work plans aligned with organizational goals and strategies.
💡 What We Value at OHW
OHW is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds—including different gender identities, ethnicities, religious practices, sexual orientations, and physical abilities—to apply. We believe a diverse team fosters innovation and strengthens our impact.
📩 How to Apply
Interested and eligible candidates are requested to submit their application through the following online portal by July 6, 2025:
🔗 Apply Here
OHW reserves the right to cancel, postpone, or modify the recruitment process and reject any or all applications without assigning any reasons.