JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor
Duty Station: Kigali with occasional field travel
Reporting line: Deputy Executive Director
1. Background
Health Development Initiative (HDI) advances health equity and human rights for all people in Rwanda and across East Africa through policy advocacy, capacity building, research, and community-led service models. Founded in 2005 by Rwandan physicians committed to equitable healthcare, HDI has evolved into a multidisciplinary organization uniting experts in medicine, public health, policy, law, and community engagement. We work to ensure that health systems, laws, and policies are inclusive and rights-based, particularly for adolescents, young people, Girls and women, key population, people with disabilities, refugees and other marginalized and vulnerable communities. HDI believes that sustainable health outcomes require systems that recognize health as a right and communities as partners in change. We bridge the gap between people and the health systems that serve them, so that every person may live with dignity, well- being, and full access to their highest attainable standard of health.
As part of implementing its Strategic Plan (2025–2029), HDI seeks to strengthen its Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (PMEL) systems to ensure high-quality program delivery, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making. The PMEL Advisor will provide strategic and technical leadership in strengthening HDI’s PMEL systems, ensuring alignment between program implementation, organizational strategy, and results measurement.
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Lead the integration of PMEL systems into HDI’s Strategic Plan (2025–2029)
- Support departments in aligning annual work plans with strategic outcomes and indicators
- Ensure consistency between donor requirements and HDI’s internal results framework
- Oversee implementation of the organization-wide M&E framework
- Ensure indicators are clearly defined, measurable, and tracked consistently
- Strengthen data collection, management, and reporting systems
- Support development and use of digital tools (e.g., dashboards, tracking platforms)
- Establish and maintain data quality assurance mechanisms
- Analyze program data to generate insights for decision-making
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting (internal and donor reports)
- Promote a culture of learning across the organization
- Facilitate regular reflection sessions to review progress and adapt strategies
- Document and disseminate lessons learned and best practices
- Build the capacity of staff on PMEL concepts, tools, and systems
- Provide technical support to program teams in indicator tracking and reporting
- Develop tools, guidelines, and templates for PMEL implementation
- Support integration of research and evidence into programming and advocacy
- Strengthen internal accountability systems linked to performance indicators
- Support preparation of high-quality donor reports
- Ensure compliance with donor and organizational reporting requirements
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, project management ,public health, Statistics, Social Sciences, or related field, Additional MEAL. Master’s degree in above mentioned areas is an added advantage.
- Minimum 5–7 years of experience in PMEL, preferably in SRHR or public health
- Strong experience in designing and implementing M&E frameworks
- Experience working with NGOs and donor-funded programs
- Significant experience in designing and maintenance of management information systems and tools
- Proven experience in data analysis and result based reporting
- Ability to communicate scientific data to communities, program staff, and partners in a simple and clear manner
Other skills
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and cooperation across teams and partners
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and familiarity with grant management systems or databases
- Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda. Knowledge of written and spoken French will be an added value.
HDI provides equal opportunities to all people regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, age, class, background, or any other status. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
How to apply:
Send CV/resume, letter of interest, and relevant document to recruitment@hdirwanda.org
or submit hardcopies at our office by 15th April 2026.