Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist

Job Position title: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist

Reports to: Project Director

Background 

RMS is a state-owned company established by the Government of Rwanda with a mandate of managing end to end health supply chain for Rwanda

RMS Ltd mission is to be the leading health supply chain institution in Africa which ensures availability and affordability of quality assured health commodities by 2030. RMS Ltd’s vision is A Thriving Rwanda: Where everyone has the health resources, they need to live a long and fulfilling life. Our comprehensive supply chain management ensures that healthcare providers have the resources they need to deliver quality care.

To achieve this mandate and become the leading health commodities supply chain agency in Rwanda and beyond, RMS is committed to ensuring timely access to quality products through an enhanced, sustainable, and efficient supply chain system.

RMS Ltd seeks to recruit a qualified candidate for the position of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist

Position overview

The Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist serves as the main point of contact for all monitoring, evaluation planning and reporting under the projects/programs.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development and updating of the MEL plans
• Responsible for the monitoring and tracking of performance indicators such that project activities/interventions are impactful and sustainable.
• Develop and implement a robust system for systematic collection, sharing, and dissemination of lessons learned, best practices, and key findings.
• Integrate key insights from data analysis and reports into project planning, design, and implementation, as well as use the performance analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Actively participate in the development of Activity Workplans
• Oversee project and programme MEL activities as per the Work Plans, with a particular focus on results and impacts as well as on lesson learning.
• Produce and ensure the use of project reports for decision making.
• Provide advice, support, and recommend assistance to project management teams in regard to monitoring and evaluation, performance management/ monitoring, and results reporting
• Organize and provide training in MEL for programme and project colleagues with a view to developing local MEL capacity.
• Support the design and implementation of a system to identify, analyze, document, and disseminate lessons learned.
• Participate in Data Quality Assessments and supervision of data validation activities
• Lead the project/s evaluation processes (mid-term and end-line evaluations)
• Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor or by management team

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, business, supply chain management or a related field.
• Minimum of seven years professional experience in program planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning.
• Proven experience working on donor funded projects is required.
• Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating program MEL systems from program initiation to closeout stages.
• Experience with data quality assessments and oversight.
• Excellent self-management skills, including the ability to manage competing responsibilities under tight timelines.
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills in evaluation, visualization, planning and design of MEL management systems.
• Skilled in knowledge management processes to create, share, use and manage the knowledge and supply chain information,
• Good knowledge and experience in writing analytical reports and familiarity with graphical presentations,

Specialist knowledge and experience in the area of MEL methodologies and approaches, including:

• Quantitative, qualitative, and participatory approaches
• Planning, design, and implementation of MEL systems for development projects
• Facilitating learning-oriented analysis sessions of MEL data with multiple stakeholders
• Excellent written and spoken English skills
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

N.B

This position is contingent on funding from a partner.

Job application procedure

Interested candidates should send their application documents (in one PDF document) including Application letter, Curriculum Vitae, copy of ID, copies of degree certificates and professional certificates, motivation letter, names of three previous supervisors as well as their emails and telephone numbers.

All applications are to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Medical Supply Ltd through the following email address: recruitment@rms.rw 

Deadline for application: Friday, 25^th July 2025 at 5:00 pm.

NB:

1. Only applications sent via the above e-mail should be considered.
2. Only Candidates with the right qualifications and relevant experience shall be shortlisted and contacted.
3. Incomplete applications shall be rejected.