Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer
Project Name: Reproductive Education and Adolescent Community Health (REACH)
Job type: Initial Contract / later Full Time Employment
Location of Position: Castries, St. Lucia
Reporting to: Project Manager
Remuneration: Fees are open to negotiation and must be in line with market rates
Indicative LOE/Time Frame: Full Time
Citizenship: Eastern Caribbean; right to work in St. Lucia
Language Requirements: Proficiency in English (reading, writing, speaking) is required.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2025
Application Instructions:
- A cover letter is mandatory to be considered. Cover letter should effectively align your skills and experiences with the specific job responsibilities and required experience outlined below, demonstrating your aptitude for the role. (Max 2 pages)
- Click the “Apply now” link to upload your cover letter and CV (Max 2 pages).
- Only successful candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.
Alinea International is an international development consulting firm dedicated to sustainable futures, empowered communities, and equity-oriented innovation to meet the world’s changing challenges. We provide technical and management expertise that helps people improve their lives, characterized by teamwork, results-based project design, sustainability, participatory methods, and local input and ownership. Alinea International is headquartered in Canada. www.alineainternational.com
At Alinea International we value diversity, equity, inclusivity, accessibility and belonging in everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer opposed to all forms of discrimination. We actively seek and encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds recognizing that an inclusive workforce enriches our organization and achieves smarter, more innovative results.
Alinea is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be subject to due diligence checks and extensive background checks where appropriate.
Project Description:
The Reproductive Education and Adolescent Community Health (REACH) in the Eastern Caribbean project is a four-year initiative led by Alinea International with partners OECS Commission and Caribbean Technical Assistance and Education Center for Health (C-TECH), and funder Global Affairs Canada. The project aims to foster adolescent health and wellness by both enhancing adolescent friendly services and creating positive community conditions for adolescents to access their right to health, with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health. REACH works in Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent & The Grenadines using a strengths-based, inclusive approach to ensure “no adolescent is left behind.”
About the work
REACH project takes an inclusive, strengths-based approach, grounded in partnership. Currently, REACH Project is undertaking set up activities, conducting a baseline survey on all islands, and preparing for a launch in October. The REACH office is based in Castries, St. Lucia and houses a team of five. Two additional positions are based at the OECS Commission, and a technical pool of advisors is based at C-TECH Jamaica and at Alinea Canada. Intermittent travel to the four implementing islands is expected for various team members.
The Role
REACH is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer to play a key role in tracking and supporting results for adolescent health and well. The position reports directly to the Field Manager. Some regional travel may be involved. An initial contract will transition to a salary and benefits package once Alinea REACH is fully registered in St. Lucia. The MEL Officer position will:
- Ensure integration of MEL in project design through the development and use of gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation approaches, and results-based management tools (i.e., Logic Model, Performance Measurement Framework, Risk Register, etc.).
- Assist the project to adopt and adapt measurement indicators specific to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and REACH project outcomes.
- Provide remote and on-site technical support, where required.
- Participate in the development and implementation of baseline and final surveys and studies.
- Support M&E tracking system establishment, data management plans and coaching of other field-based staff where necessary.
- Recruit and train any enumerators required for data collection.
- Co-develop with Alinea team members and implement MEL work planning, data collection, data verification and analysis, reporting, data interpretation and capturing lessons learned/best practices.
- Prepare and provide program budget for MEL activities.
- Provide technical support and coaching/mentoring on results-based management for project partners and the operationalization of the Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) through best practices in M&E.
- Co-develop a REACH M&E tool kit for the project team, with the Alinea MEL Specialist, for the collection, analysis and reporting of data and PMF indicators.
- Assure PMF indicators and tracking processes address equity issues and adhere to the highest ethical standards
- Facilitate semi annual reviews of results and data interpretation to inform learning and adaptation.
- Travel as needed to other project countries within the Eastern Caribbean (Grenada, St Vincent and The Grenadines, and Dominica).
- Other tasks as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred in data science, social science, public health, epidemiology, analytics, or monitoring and evaluation or related field;
- Minimum 5 years experience in MEL;
- Knowledge of indicator definitions and design;
- Experience and understanding of projects in the Eastern Caribbean;
- Demonstrated track record with project monitoring systems and tracking processes;
- Strong interpersonal, partnership and team building skills
Additional Qualifications
- Understanding and experience working with Global Affairs Canada funded programs an asset, especially with Results Based Management, Logic Models, and Performance Measurement Frameworks.
- Experience with gender equity, women’s empowerment, youth, health, and related programming an asset.
- Experience delivering training in MEL an asset
- Skills in result-based planning, tracking and reporting an asset
- Demonstrated commitment to equity in health
- Research ethics registration / familiarity an asset