MEL Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

About this role

Raising The Village is recruiting a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead for its Tanzania country programme, based in Bukoba. The post-holder will lead the planning, coordination, implementation and continuous improvement of MEL activities, serving as the primary MEL focal point in the country and ensuring monitoring systems, data collection, reporting routines, outcome tracking and learning are delivered with quality and timeliness. The MEL Lead will manage day-to-day MEL work, prepare annual and quarterly workplans, and ensure field teams apply RTV standards, tools and protocols consistently. The role coordinates routine monitoring, assessments, surveys, evaluations and outcome measurement, and ensures data are collected, cleaned, analysed and used for decision-making.

It maintains indicator tracking tools and reporting structures, prepares periodic reports, dashboards and performance updates, and documents lessons and evidence. The post liaises with RTV's central MEL, Analytics and Data Integrity functions, supports data quality assessments and verification, and builds capacity of programme and field staff through learning sessions and coaching. Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in monitoring and evaluation, statistics, economics, public health, development studies, social sciences or a related field and have at least five years of progressive MEL experience in development, NGO, research or social impact settings. Demonstrated experience leading country-level MEL systems, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, and familiarity with tools such as STATA, R, Python, Excel, Kobo or ODK, DHIS2 and Power BI are required.

Strong facilitation, coordination, stakeholder engagement and English communication skills are essential. A master's degree is preferred, as are Swahili proficiency, experience with Tanzanian government systems or local partners, and prior work in Tanzania or similar East African contexts. The post is full time, reports to the MEL Manager and involves up to 40 percent in-country travel with occasional regional travel. RTV is an equal opportunity employer.

Applications are submitted through the recruitment portal; no closing date is stated.