Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Lead - Tanzania

Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

Program: Tanzania Community-Based Social Norms Change and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Program

Reports to: Team Leader (Project Director)

Timeframe: Full time, 18 months

Please Note: This position is contingent upon award and donor approval, with an anticipated start date of September 2026.

Overview:

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Global Communities is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Lead for the anticipated World Bank and Government of Tanzania Evidence-Based Parenting Models Addressing Gender-Based Violence (Bandebereho/Program P). This project is part of the larger Project for Advancing Gender Equality in Tanzania (PAMOJA), which has four main components: 1) Promoting Economic Opportunities for Women through Community-Based Models; 2) Strengthening Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Services; 3) Innovations and Partnerships; and 4) Project Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation. The objective of the 24-month assignment is to design, adapt, pilot, validate, and support the national rollout of a community-based social norms change and GBV prevention program in Tanzania Mainland, based on the Bandebereho model, a couples-based intervention successfully implemented in Rwanda. The assignment begins with intensive piloting in 2 districts before scaling progressively to a total of 15 councils across Mainland Tanzania.

The program is organized around four concurrent technical strands — Formative Research, Programs/Curriculum Adaptation, Training of Trainers, and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) — which operate in parallel and in close coordination throughout the assignment.

Responsibilities:

The PAMOJA project maintains its own full Monitoring and Evaluation system and team. The MEL Lead's role on this assignment is therefore primarily advisory and supportive: providing technical guidance on the key data points that should be captured to establish rigorous MEL approaches, and ensuring this guidance can be integrated into the PAMOJA Management Information System (MIS). The MEL Lead will also lead baseline and endline survey activities in the pilot district councils and embed an MEL module into the Training of Trainers curriculum so that district council-level staff can sustain data collection and learning practices beyond the life of the assignment.

Specific responsibilities include the following:

• Support the design of the full MEL framework and data collection tools for the Bandebereho program
• Lead the implementation of baseline surveys in the 2 pilot district councils
• Oversee data collection during the pilot, providing real-time quality assurance and troubleshooting data entry issues.
• Provide technical guidance as needed on how to collect endline surveys in pilot districts at the conclusion of the pilot period and analyze results to assess attitude change and inform adaptation.
• Design a module within the Training of Trainers curriculum on how changes can be effectively tracked, and how to maintain systems for continuous learning and adaptation at the district level.
• Advise as needed on MEL-related queries from the government team throughout scale-up.
• Coordinate closely with the Formative Research, Programs, and Training of Trainers strands to ensure MEL tools and guidance reflect the latest curriculum and training design.
• Provide technical review, as requested by the government, on project related documents including project reports and the National Prevention Protocol at the conclusion of the project

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in M&E, Economics, Statistics, ora related Social Science field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience designing and operating MEL systems for attitude change programs.
• Familiarity with project MIS architecture and DHS-aligned survey methodology.
• Undertaken at least two (2) similar projects (MEL for GBV/social development programs; experience with behavior change tracking and ethical GBV data systems) within the last 8 years.
• Experience working in Tanzania or other Sub-Saharan African contexts.
• Expertise in quantitative and qualitative methods, statistical software, and data visualization platforms (e.g.,CommCare, Power BI).
• Experience with the World Bank or other international donors, a plus.
• Strong English writing and presentation skills, with a record of technical briefs or publications.

Global Communities positively welcomes and seeks applications from all sections of society. We are committed to a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of everyone and offers equal opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Global Communities holds strict safeguarding principles and has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. In the process of recruitment, selection, and appointment, Global Communities will conduct robust reference and background screening checks, including international vetting as a signature of the Global Misconduct Disclosure Scheme to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded, and abuse is prevented. The incumbent is required to carry out their duties in accordance with Global Communities Safeguarding policy and the Standards of Conduct.