Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist

About the role

The IRC is seeking an M&E Specialist for an upcoming World Bank-funded health project in Sudan, intended to restore access to a basic package of health and nutrition services and preserve essential public health functions. The project is expected to run from February 2027 for 3 years. The postholder designs and maintains the project's monitoring and evaluation system, ensures data collection, verification and reporting meet World Bank requirements, and reports to the Project Director with direct accountability to the World Bank for results framework reporting. The position is open to expatriates and is contingent on the outcome of the bid.

Key responsibilities

• Design and maintain the project M&E framework, indicator tracking system and data quality assurance protocols aligned with the World Bank results framework and PDO indicators, and prepare progress reports for the Ministry of Health PMU and the World Bank.
• Manage DHIS2 data systems, lead rollout to project facilities and train facility staff in data entry and reporting.
• Conduct regular data quality reviews and supervisory data quality audits at facility and community level.
• Coordinate with the Third Party Monitoring Agent (TPMA) contracted by the World Bank, share data and facilitate field visits.
• Lead project evaluations, baseline/endline surveys and learning activities.
• Provide M&E capacity building to state-level coordinators, facility staff and local NGO sub-partners.
• Maintain geotagged data and facility photos for World Bank remote supervision (GEMS).

Required profile

• Advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, health informatics or international development (Master's required).
• Minimum 8 years' experience in M&E for international health projects in low- and middle-income countries or FCV contexts, with at least 4 years in World Bank or USAID project M&E.
• Fluency in Arabic is preferred and English is required.

Required skills

• Demonstrated expertise in DHIS2 and experience in results-based monitoring frameworks.
• Strong quantitative skills: survey design, sampling methodology, data analysis (STATA, R, SPSS) and visualisation.
• Experience coordinating with Third Party Monitoring Agents and knowledge of World Bank GEMS and facility-level monitoring tools.