Senior MEL Lead for International Development

Dexis

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Staff welfare benefits

Job summary

Dexis seeks a Lead Evaluator to provide technical leadership for an anticipated ILAB monitoring, evaluation, and data services contract. The role oversees planning, quality assurance, and utilization of MEL assignments across diverse projects, guiding teams and ensuring evidence-based findings for decision-makers.

The candidate will match specialists to needs, approve technical work, and maintain strong design and data analysis practices. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree required; eight+ years in monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
  • Experience leading evaluation teams and delivering high-quality outputs.
  • Experience with virtual and hybrid team leadership in the past three years.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English.
  • Ability to translate priority questions into designs and data collection plans.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning, implementation, and utilization stages of MEL assignments.
  • Provide technical leadership for interim, final, and rapid performance evaluations.
  • Translate priority questions into designs, data plans, and analytical approaches.
  • Lead terms of reference, evaluation plans, instruments, frameworks, reports, briefs, and deliverables.
  • Mentor evaluators, analysts, facilitators, data specialists, and other team members.
  • Ensure findings are accurate, evidence-based, and useful to decision-makers.

Skills

Team leadership
Data analysis
English fluency
Qualitative & quantitative methods
Communication of findings

Education

Master's degree or higher

Job description

Dexis seeks a Lead Evaluator to provide technical leadership for an anticipated ILAB monitoring, evaluation, and data services contract. The role oversees planning, quality assurance, and utilization of MEL assignments across diverse projects, guiding teams and ensuring evidence-based findings for decision-makers.

The candidate will match specialists to needs, approve technical work, and maintain strong design and data analysis practices. This position is contingent upon contract award.

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