Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Coordinator at Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET))

Job Description

Role Purpose

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Coordinator position sits within the Research, Evidence and Learning team and will make a key contribution to the quality of our programmes. The post holder will keep abreast of state-of-the-art M&E approaches to ensure the use of technically appropriate monitoring and evaluation models and information systems. The post-holder will support the design of new programmes as well as provide technical advice and input to the monitoring, evaluation and learning of existing programmes. The Coordinator will also play a crucial role in ensuring that our external communications and policy work (at all levels) are informed by and accurately represent our evidence base.

Key Responsibilities

Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• Lead the development of proposals from a MEL perspective, including contributing to and leading on theories of change, and the development of MEL frameworks
• Design, lead and manage participatory processes to establish country programme MEL systems
• Lead development of organisational tools and processes – g. developing reporting templates for project reports where not supplied by the donor
• Lead the development of quality programme standards and tools for their
• Advise on and support the building of an evidence base of
• Support development of theories of change for development of strategic goals for Health
• Support the development of indicators and monitoring of Alliance
• Support the design and implementation of evaluations.

Building MEL capacity

• Provide hand-on technical assistance to teams in the monitoring, evaluation and review of existing projects.
• Support staff with development/use of MEL tools and
• Provide input and assistance to MEL activities, including data collection and analysis, and evaluation design.
• Foster learning within programmes, through sharing lessons learnt, evaluation results as well as playing a key role in strengthening organisational learning.
• Ensure that monitoring visits are meaningful and capture data sought and feed into management decisions.

3. Health Partnership and Health Worker MEL support

• As required, work with HPs and volunteers to develop MEL plans for their
• Support specific health worker studies – data collection/surveys, identification of areas of evaluation/questions to answer.

4. UK Enabling Environment

• Ensure THET continues to actively contribute to the wider enabling environment across the UK health system for international volunteering by UK health professionals, by supporting the Research Evidence and Learning team to contribute to discussions around the incentives and evidence base for the value of international volunteering.

For a more detailed role description, please see the full job pack. 

What we offer

• Flexible working hours
• Access to a coworking space in Liverpool Street
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave benefits
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave plus three days off between Christmas and New Year
• Annual learning & development allowance
• Volunteer and Study leave
• 5% employer pension contribution when an employee contributes 3%.
• Cycle to work scheme
• A friendly, supportive work environment.