Global MEL Senior Associate (Fixed-Term)
Core
Provide technical guidance, analytical support, and quality assurance across a portfolio of 2–3 country programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, building MEL capacity and supporting evaluation design.
Role type
Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Associate
Builds
Shared MEL tools, templates, training materials, and evidence bases for agricultural programs
Domain
International development / Smallholder agriculture / Impact evaluation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery
Required skills
Impact evaluation design (PSM, DiD, RCTs), Stata, survey design and programming, data quality assurance, quantitative analysis
Preferred skills
R, CommCare, agroforestry measurement, Sub-Saharan Africa experience, French fluency
Technologies
Stata, CommCare, R
Responsibilities
Review and strengthen survey instruments and data collection approaches; Assess and improve data quality backcheck processes; Review and advise on country-level data analysis; Quality-control MEL deliverables; Advise on evaluation design and methodology; Contribute to the design and rollout of MEL trainings
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC