Responsibilities Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Leadership Provide overall leadership and technical oversight for monitoring, evaluation, operational and applied research, and learning activities. Develop and maintain MERL frameworks, indicators, and reporting systems aligned with DoS, Jhpiego and national malaria priorities. Ensure integration of monitoring, research, and learning functions across prevention, case management, vector control, and sentinel surveillance interventions. Health Information Systems and Routine Surveillance Strengthen use of national health information and surveillance systems (e.g., DHIS2, eIDSR, UCS and other approved platforms) for routine malaria reporting. Promote timely, complete and accurate reporting to support early warning, outbreak detection, and emergency preparedness and response. Data Quality Assurance and Integrity Lead implementation of routine data quality assurance, verification, and audit readiness processes at regional, council, and facility levels. Support the MERL field team to ensure discrepancies are identified, resolved, and documented. Ensure data integrity, version control, and compliance with national and donor standards. Data-Driven Decision-Making and Analytics Champion data literacy and data-driven decision-making across project teams, partners, and government counterparts. Conduct routine data analysis, trend assessment, projections, and performance reviews to inform adaptive management. Support use of dashboards, data visualization, and analytic tools (e.g., Power BI or similar) to link performance, coverage, and resource use. Research, Learning, and Evidence Generation Support data systems, processes and use related to malaria surveillance, service delivery, vector control, and emergency response. Develop field questions and learning agendas to generate insights and learning informed by routine surveillance and implementation challenges. Ensure research activities follow ethical standards and national approval processes. Lead documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and promising practices through reports, briefs, presentations, and publications. Supervision and Capacity Building Provide direct technical supervision of the Digital Health Officer and coordinated mentorship of the MERL Officers. Build capacity of project staff and government counterparts to collect, analyze, interpret, and use routine surveillance and research data. Coordinate with other project advisors and Field Team Leaders to promote a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement. Coordination and Representation Serve as the project’s focal point for coordination with government surveillance, research, and health information system counterparts in close collaboration with the Technical Director. Represent the project in national and subnational monitoring, evaluation, research, and surveillance technical forums, as delegate. Provide MERL inputs to work plans, progress reports, reviews, and donor communications