Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager

About City Cancer Challenge

City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) supports cities around the world as they work to improve access to equitable quality cancer care. C/Can leads a citybased partnership initiative that aims to improve access to quality cancer care in cities around the world by transforming the way stakeholders from the public and private sectors collectively design plan and implement cancer solutions.

Currently active in cities across Africa Asia Eastern Europe and Latin America the approach is built on the core principle that cities can drive impact at national level by crafting datadriven solutions with the support of a network of global and local partners that reflect an understanding of the unique local context.

C/Can was launched by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) at the 2017 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. It was established as a standalone Swiss foundation in January 2019.

Tasks

Summary of Position

Are you an experienced Monitoring Evaluation and Learning professional interested in working with a dynamic innovative and growing global health organization

The City Cancer Challenge Foundation is at a stage of high growth and implementing a robust monitoring evaluation and learning (MEL) framework across our network of cities is a key to our success. We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced MEL professional to join our MEL Team to effectively advance our learning strategy.

As the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager you will play a leading role in the development of learning and impact reports that highlight city and global level successes challenges opportunities and risks. You will work closely with City Managers Directors the Technical Cooperation team as well as the Communications Team to analyze quantitative metrics generate insights for program improvement and ultimately turn numbers into meaningful narratives.

The ideal candidate will be a proactive selfstarter with a strong background in monitoring and evaluation of health programs in low and middleincome countries and a specialized skillset in data translation and dissemination. This role requires a strong communicator who is comfortable with both collaborating with a range of teams and fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement that promotes transparency as well as accountability.

Establishing a systematic approach to collecting organizational learnings across departments and projects will be crucial to this role to ensure that valuable insights are captured consistently and contribute to our collective knowledge. Establishing a centralized and accessible common repository will not only enhance internal knowledge sharing but also support evidencebased decisionmaking and strategic planning across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Institutional Learning Strategy

• Lead the learning strategy of the MEL Team by conducting quarterly data analysis and interpretation of impact metrics
• Codevelop with the Technical Cooperation team high quality written learning products including reports and presentations to communicate the impact of C/Can city and global projects to a diverse audience including funding partners technical partners and local stakeholders
• Colead the creation of quarterly learning and impact reports and knowledge products with the Technical Cooperation and Communications Teams that qualitatively showcase insights derived from quantitative metrics and highlights citylevel achievements and challenges
• Colead learning and achievements workshops in collaboration with the Technical Cooperation and Capacity Development team City Managers and Directors
• Utilize data insights and learnings to develop recommendations that inform organizational planning and decisionmaking

Case Study and Tool Development

• In addition to learning and impact reports codevelop case studies that deepdive into the impact of crosscity health systems strengthening initiatives focused on cancer care with the Technical Cooperation team
• Play an investigative role and interview City Managers and local stakeholders to develop qualitative stories of impact
• Develop tools and processes to identify analyze and synthesize lessons learned from project implementation
• Develop impact stories for grant applications in close collaboration with the Partnerships and Technical Cooperation Teams
• Collaborate closely with the Communications Team to transform data insights into compelling stories that showcase the impact of C/Cans initiatives across cities (e.g. impact reports Annual Report case studies social media content)

MEL and CrossTeam Support

• Serve as a backup for the Head of MEL in regard to project logframe development
• Collaborate with the MEL Team to analyze quarterly survey data and interpret quantitative metrics
• Work in collaborate with the Partnerships Team with the generation of reports for partnership updates

Requirements

Required work experience

• At least 5 years professional experience with a minimum of 3 years working at an international level in the implementation of monitoring and evaluation strategies
• Demonstrated experiences working in LowandMiddle Income Countries or with projects related to these countries
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills in English

Education

• Bachelors degree in one of the following disciplines: public health international development social sciences or related fields
• Masters degree preferred

Required competencies

• Demonstrated MEL experience particularly in synthesizing learnings from a substantial volume of data to develop impact and learning reports for complex global health projects
• Proven ability to work internationally across different cultures and geographies
• Excellent writing communications and data analysis and reporting skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong working relationships across teams
• Strong problem solving and critical analysis skills
• Analytical mindset and attention to detail
• Ability to produce accurate and highquality work in tight deadlines
• Ability to work in a fastpaced work environment with multiple demanding priorities
• Ability to travel as needed to Africa Asia Europe and Latin America

How to apply

Qualified candidates may submit their application including a Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter. Please ensure that they are sent as PDF documents with the titles your name cover letter and your name CV. Please put C/Can Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager in the email subject line. Applications will be received until a suitable candidate is identified. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.