POSITION TITLE: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager, EpiC India
REPORTS TO: Team Leaders/Sr. Technical Advisor-HIV, EpiC India
LOCATION: New Delhi, India
DURATION: Till December 2025 (extendable subject to funding availability)
About FHI 360
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. FHI 360โs technical areas encompass a range of public health priorities, including HIV and AIDS; family planning and reproductive health; maternal and child health; health systems strengthening; integrated health and development; and infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and malaria, and more recently COVID-19 and Mpox. For more information, visit: https://www.fhi360.org.
Background (EpiC Project)
Meeting Targets and Achieving Epidemic Control (EpiC) is a global project funded by the U.S. Presidentโs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control among at-risk populations and strengthen global health security. EpiC has been operational in India since 2021 and had been focusing on organizational capacity strengthening of community-based organizations (CBOs) working with vulnerable and at-risk populations in the states of Maharashtra and Telangana, and national level networks. Additionally, EpiC has been supporting lifesaving activities for people living with HIV (PLHIV) by addressing non-communicable disease (NCD) screening and management among adult/aging PLHIV clients; and enhancing engagement of young people living with HIV (YLHIV) for index testing and promotion of early initiation and retention on treatment, and responsible living through U=U messaging.
In the light of the Executive Order issued by the Trump administration in January 2025, the EpiC India workplan for fiscal year 2025 is being revised to support implementation of lifesaving activities that align to the guidance issued by The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD). In the PEPFAR supported geography of Maharashtra, EpiC is to:
Accelerate early HIV case finding among hidden and unreached at-risk populations in community and facility settings to meet the 1st 95 goals. Support lifesaving care and treatment linkages through early linkage and retention on treatment, viral suppression to meet the 2nd and 3rd 95 goals. Address co-morbidities including mitigation of advanced HIV disease (AHD), tuberculosis (TB), opportunistic infections (OIs) and NCDs among adult PLHIV.
Job Summary
FHI 360 is seeking applications from qualified and experienced candidates to fill a new position of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager for EpiC India. The incumbent is to be based at the FHI 360 Country Office in New Delhi and will be responsible for all strategic information (SI) responsibilities related to the project, including all monitoring, evaluation, analytics, reporting and documentation of performance and results. The MEL Manager will work closely with the project leadership, state and district level program and SI team members of EpiC and sub-grantee partners, to enhance or develop systems across sites and technical/thematic areas to support monitoring of service delivery and performance in real-time to improve service quality and impact and to meet reporting requirements. S/he will work across technical teams to provide consistent guidance and training on appropriate results frameworks and knowledge management practices for the project and its strategies. The MEL Manager will systematically strengthen the alignment of program strategies and activities to lessons learned from program data and client experiences.
Job Responsibilities:
Set-up / enhance the MEL and performance reporting system for the EpiC project, which will include working with the program team and sub-grantees to collect, analyze, monitor and report on performance of HIV services and activities.
Develop tools and formats for data collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting in line with USAIDโs latest MER indicators.
Support the program team in defining the M&E roles of sub-grantees, reporting frequency, review mechanisms and set-up standardized monitoring mechanisms.
Routinely support capacity building of EpiC and sub-grantee staff on M&E and ensure that the teams are oriented on the latest MER indicators and NACO/SACS M&E guidance and confidentiality norms.
Review M&E data and reports from the field and ensure their accuracy and appropriateness by analyzing and interpreting the data, and support in data triangulation, visualization to track and monitor progress against targets.
Facilitate routine quality checks and validation of sub-grantee/s data and provide feedback to the field staff based on the quality checks and validation exercise. Ensure adherence to quarterly data quality audits as required by donor/EpiC HQ.
Ensure that supporting documentation is maintained for all data that is reported to FHI 360 HQ, USAID/PEPFAR, NACO, SACS and DAPCU and entered timely in DATIM.
Support the EpiC program team in compilation of the monthly, quarterly and semi-annual progress reports and Plan of Action for Results Tracking (POART) slides and other ad hoc reporting requests.
Liaise with relevant technical advisers and counterparts responsible for strategic information (SI) and M&E at EpiC HQ, and support coordination for country-level assistance as needed.
Strengthen knowledge management deliverables for the project including documentation of case studies, success stories and other reports.
Minimum Qualifications:
Masterโs degree or higher in epidemiology, M&E, demography, biostatistics, statistics, analytics, public health or other relevant discipline.
Minimum 8 year experience on designing, establishing, and managing M&E systems, ensuring data quality, and analyzing data to support performance improvement of programs.
Experience of working on M&E system for HIV programs is essential. Previous experience working with USAID or PEPFAR supported program is preferable.
Demonstrated expertise in data analysis, managing online databases to ensure easy access to data and data reports, experience in Tableau or Power BI preferred.
Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analytics utilizing Microsoft Excel, STATA, Epi Info; and/or software.
Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analyses and make recommendations based on findings.
Demonstrated working knowledge of the Indian health and social service information systems and M&E processes as it relates to data collection for performance-based reporting.
Fluency in interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills in English.
The position will be based in New Delhi, India and work out of the FHI 360 Country office and is open for Indian national candidates only.
This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
Suitably qualified candidates openly living with HIV are also actively encouraged to apply.
Compensation:
Compensation levels at FHI 360 are equivalent to market rates within the development sector. However, offers shall be based on salary history, relevant experience, and qualifications.
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This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
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