MEL Manager

Monitoring,

Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager

About Palladium

• Operating in over 50
• countries, Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with
• governments, businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver
• solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s
• most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural
• capital, health, energy, climate and environment, and digital
• transformation—strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support
• inclusive and sustainable development. Our more than 2,100 staff worldwide work
• as trusted advisors across diverse contexts, combining deep technical
• expertise, implementation techniques, and innovative technology to deliver
• locally informed, client-focused solutions that help organisations achieve
• measurable, sustainable impact.

Palladium

• is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims to create solutions
• for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion,
• GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100
• countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and
• engineering consulting services.

About the Project

The Sri Lanka Dairy Commercialization

• Program (DCP) is a market-driven initiative that aims to increase dairy
• productivity, improve quality, and strengthen value chain competitiveness in
• Sri Lanka. By promoting innovative business models, expanding access to modern
• technologies and inputs, and mobilizing private sector investment, the program
• will support sustainable growth in domestic dairy production, reduce reliance
• on imports, and create new commercial opportunities for both Sri Lankan and
• U.S. businesses.

Position Summary

• The MEL Manager will lead DCP's
• monitoring, evaluation, and learning function, including performance
• monitoring, data collection and quality assurance, evaluation support,
• indicator tracking, reporting, learning, and use of evidence for adaptive
• management.

Key Responsibilities

Lead

implementation of the project's MEL activities and performance monitoring

system.

Develop

routine monitoring tools and associated SOPs in coordination with

technical leads.

Coordinate

• collection of quantitative and qualitative data from project records,
• surveys, assessments, partners, financial institutions, interviews,
• training records, and other sources.

Track

progress against USDA and project performance indicators.

Coordinate

with the grants function to ensure appropriate grantee data contribute to

performance monitoring.

Lead

data-quality assurance and conduct annual internal quality-assurance

exercises for selected critical indicators.

Maintain

project monitoring information in the MIS and support appropriate

analytics and visualization.

Support

baseline, midterm, and final evaluation processes and independent

evaluators.

Facilitate

evidence use, learning, adaptive management, and documentation of lessons

and good practices.

Ensure

appropriate management and protection of PII and sensitive project data.

Minimum Qualifications

Advanced

degree in monitoring and evaluation, statistics, economics, agricultural

economics, development studies, or a related field.

At

least eight years of progressively responsible experience in monitoring,

evaluation, and learning for donor-funded development programs.

Demonstrated

experience designing and implementing performance-monitoring systems,

indicators, data-collection tools, and standard operating procedures.

Strong

quantitative and qualitative data-management and analysis skills,

including data cleaning, quality assurance, visualization, and reporting.

Experience

supporting baseline, midterm, and final evaluations and coordinating with

independent evaluators.

Experience

managing data from implementing partners or grantees and using management

information systems.

Demonstrated

ability to facilitate learning, translate evidence into actionable

recommendations, and support adaptive management.

Knowledge

of data protection principles, including the responsible handling of

personally identifiable and sensitive information.

Knowledge

of Sri Lanka’s agricultural market systems—preferably the dairy sector—and

relevant public- and private-sector stakeholders.

Strong

written and verbal communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills.

Sri

• Lankan nationality required.
• Applications will be accepted on a
• rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a
• suitable candidate is found. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will
• be contacted.
• All qualified applicants will
• receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
• sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or
• status as a protected veteran.
• Should you require any adjustments
• or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent
• individual, or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to
• discuss.
• Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the
• preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the
• communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all
• children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with
• respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be
• subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused
• interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.