Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager

POSITION TITLE:       Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Manager

LOCATION:                 Dhaka, Bangladesh

GROUP:                      Agriculture, Resilience, and Water

REPORTS TO:           Deputy Chief of Party, Operations

PROJECT SUMMARY:

The Systems for Expanded Trade and Uptake (SETU) project is a five-year USDA Food for Progress initiative implemented by Winrock International in Bangladesh. SETU seeks to expand international trade in agricultural goods by improving the efficiency, transparency, predictability, and effectiveness of trade related processes and institutions. The project will strengthen the trade enabling environment through four complementary areas of work: improving legal frameworks and processes for trade and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures; operationalizing risk management systems; increasing private sector engagement in trade related reforms; and strengthening trade infrastructure and access to finance. Through these activities, SETU will work with Government of Bangladesh agencies, private sector stakeholders, financial institutions, and other partners to reduce unnecessary trade costs and delays, improve regulatory coordination and compliance with international standards, and create a more predictable environment for agricultural trade and investment.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager will provide overall leadership for SETU’s monitoring, evaluation, learning, and performance reporting systems. The MEL Manager will lead the development, implementation, and adaptation of the project’s Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) and Evaluation Plan in close collaboration with the Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, technical teams, partners, USDA, and Winrock’s Home Office MEL support team. The MEL Manager will oversee project data collection, analysis, data quality, Management Information System (MIS), surveys and evaluations, USDA Food for Progress and FAIS aligned performance reporting, and learning and adaptive management processes. The position will work across all SETU Activities to ensure that project results are accurately measured, documented, analyzed, and used to inform programmatic decisions.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

MEL Systems and Performance Management

• Provide overall leadership for SETU’s MEL function and ensure compliance with USDA MEL requirements, the approved cooperative agreement, Winrock MEL standards, and project reporting requirements.
• In collaboration with project leadership, technical teams, and Winrock’s Home Office MEL support unit, develop, maintain, and periodically update SETU’s Performance Monitoring Plan and Evaluation Plan, including indicators, definitions, data sources, methodologies, disaggregation requirements, baselines, and targets.