Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning; MEL) Lead

Position: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead Company DescriptionElizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is on a mission to create a world where no mother, child or family is devastated by HIV and AIDS. Join us on our fight for an AIDS-free generation.Job Description Reports To: Director Health Systems Strengthening.Department: Technical Excellence; Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.Location: Remote, Preferably Africa Based.Classification: Full-time, RegularTravel: Up to 30% International travel to EGPAF supported CountriesPosition OverviewThe Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead provides MEL and strategic information management technical leadership, capacity, and support for EGPAF country teams. The MEL Lead works within the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team and in collaboration with the Digital Health and Data Analytics (DHDA) team to develop, strengthen, standardize M&E systems and data governance, ensure data quality, data use for program improvement and decision-making, and integration of Foundation data systems with national health management information systems (HMIS) in EGPAF-supported countries in sub-Saharan Africa.The MEL Lead’s role will be executed in alignment with EGPAF's 2026–2028 Strategic Direction — advancing triple elimination, ending pediatric AIDS, preventing maternal morbidity and mortality, child survival, and health system sustainability. Within this broad scope, the MEL Lead will primarily support M&E activities in countries funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in addition to other responsibilities within the global MEL unit of the Technical Excellence department.This position also supports EGPAF's adaptation to the evolving global health financing landscape, including the U.S. Department of State's America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS) and its emphasis on bilateral, co-financed country partnerships, milestone-based or performance-based funding, and transition planning to country ownership of health programs. The MEL Lead will work closely with other global SI&E/DHDA and Technical Excellence team members, country program teams, donors and national Ministries of Health and other external partners in activities aimed at sustaining progress toward 95-95-95 outcomes for pregnant women, children, and adolescents and reaching the WHO elimination milestones (mother-to-child transmission rates under 5%, fewer than 50 infections per 100,000 live births, and HBV prevalence under 0.1% in children under five), while ensuring standards and strengthening organizational and country program M&E capacity.Key ResponsibilitiesMonitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plans and Frameworks- Lead the adaptation of MEL guidance from the America First Global Health Strategy, GHSD and CDC into the Department of State (DoS) and CDC funded projects. - Lead the design and implementation of project monitoring and evaluation plans (PMEPs). - Lead the refinement of project monitoring indicators, milestones and targets in collaboration with global technical leads and country technical and M&E leads. - Contribute to building digital systems for milestone tracking and performance monitoring for the performance-based financing mechanism. - Contribute to designing M&E frameworks for Foundation program priorities and integrate these into DoS and CDC-funded projects.Data System Development and Support, Data Collection and Reporting- Provide technical leadership in designing and establishing data systems for milestone-based MEL for the DoS and CDC-funded projects. - Define and establish Foundation systems for milestone data collection, verification and use at country and global level for…