Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Lead
Project :Strengthening Zoonotic Disease Prevention and Surveillance in Urban Animal Markets
Number of Positions :1
Reports To :Team Lead
Duty Station: Hyderabad, Telangana (with field travel across GHMC zones)
Duration / Contract Period :8 months (full grant period)
Nature of Engagement Full-time
Background
The MEL Lead will design and operationalize the project's Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning system, ensuring that wet market mapping, risk stratification, training, and health-linkage activities are tracked against agreed indicators and reported accurately to the donor.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and operationalize the project MEL plan, including indicator definitions, data flow, and reporting timelines aligned to project milestones A-1 to A-8.
• Design and manage a centralized Project MIS integrated with GIS platforms, field monitoring systems, training databases, and referral tracking tools.
• Track core indicators including: wet markets mapped and risk-categorized; baseline KAP and personnel profiling; number of high-risk wet markets enrolled; stakeholders trained/upskilled; personnel trained in biosafety protocols; personnel and community signals trained in trigger lists and IDSP/IHIP community reporting; and percentage of wet market workers linked to public health facilities.
• Design and validate digital data collection tools on the digital application for risk profiling, KAP surveys, and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs).
• Conduct data quality assurance, field monitoring visits, and dashboard-based progress reviews; convene monthly review meetings and stakeholder consultations.
• Lead consolidation and analysis of baseline data drawn from GHMC, FSSAI, and the Urban Planning Department.
• Compile milestone-linked deliverable reports (e.g., Consolidated Risk Profiling Report, KAP and KII Assessment Report, On-Site Coaching and Evaluation Report) for donor submission.
• Lead end-of-project KPI audit and reporting, documenting achievement against targets, implementation barriers, and enabling factors.
Required Qualifications & Experience
• Master’s degree in public health, Statistics, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning for public health or development programmes, preferably including zoonotic disease, disease surveillance, or One Health projects.
• Demonstrated experience with digital data collection platforms (KOBO Toolbox or similar) and MIS/dashboard tools.
• Experience with donor (USG/CDC-funded) MEL frameworks and KPI reporting preferred.
Key Competencies & Skills
• Strong quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills.
• Working knowledge of KAP and KII methodologies.
• Proficiency with dashboard/data visualization tools.
• High attention to data quality, documentation, and donor reporting standards.
Key Deliverables / Performance Indicators
• Functional Project MIS and dashboard tracking all milestone indicators.
• Validated KOBO-based risk profiling, KAP, and KII tools.
• Timely milestone-linked MEL reports (baseline analysis, risk profiling, coaching/evaluation reports, KPI report).
• Final project KPI audit report against baseline targets.
Application process
Interested candidates should email their detailed resume clearly specifying the post applied for to: hr@shareindia.org.
The last date for application submission is August 14, 2026.
SHARE INDIA is an equal opportunity employer. Remuneration will be at par with market standards and will be based on experience and qualifications. No telephone inquiry would be entertained. Canvassing in any form entails disqualification.