Background

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the National Department of Health (NDoH), and the World Health Organization (WHO) are implementing a four‑year Partnership (2025–2028) to support the realization of Papua New Guinea’s National Health Plan 2021–2030 and the WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2024–2028. The Partnership focuses on strengthening resilient health systems, improving population health outcomes, enhancing integrated service delivery for priority diseases, and strengthening health security, with cross‑cutting priorities of gender equality, disability inclusion, climate change, sustainability, and innovation.

A Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework at Design has been developed, with an explicit commitment to adaptive programming, learning, accountability, and value for money. To operationalize and strengthen MEL implementation across the partnership lifecycle, WHO seeks to engage an experienced MEL expert.

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Expert for the WHO-DFAT-NDOH Partnership will also provide limited support to the Aid Coordination Unit of NDoH to develop a Development Partner Mapping system.

Objective of the Position

Support effective implementation, performance monitoring, reporting, and adaptive learning for the WHO-DFAT-NDoH Partnership.
Strengthen the Partnership’s MEL systems, including planning, indicator tracking, reporting tools, and learning processes.
Support evidence-informed decision-making by documenting progress, emerging risks, lessons learned, and course corrections.
Provide targeted assistance to NDoH to establish a practical development partner mapping and tracking mechanism.

Summary of Assigned Duties

The staff will work under the overall supervision of the WHO Programme Management Officer, in close collaboration with WHO technical team Leads, the NDOH Aid Coordination Unit Manager and DFAT, to carry out below activities and complete deliverables included under this contract.

MEL Planning and Framework Strengthening – 40%

• Review the Partnership Proposal, MEL Framework, and governance Terms of Reference
• Develop a detailed MEL Implementation Plan for the Partnership, including reviewing indicators, baselines, targets, and data sources.
  Ensure alignment with DFAT MEL standards and WHO GPW14 – RBM principles.
  Integrate gender, equity, disability, and climate change considerations across indicators and analysis.
• Revise and update the Partnership Proposal MEL Framework if required

Learning and Adaptive Management – 40%

• Support the delivery of the MEL Plan including but not limited to:
• Prepare mid-year and annual progress report for the partnership
• Provide mentoring, learning, and hands on support opportunities to WHO staff and counterparts on MEL tools, concepts, and reporting requirements to improve Partnership impact]
• Support WHO, DFAT, and NDoH (through pre-existing operational and governance arrangements) to use MEL findings to inform adaptive management decisions.
• Documentation of lessons learned, emerging risks, and course corrections on the project outcome of the DFAT-WHO-NDOH partnership workplan and selected other Australian support to the WHO CO through the Trust Fund.
• Organize field missions and monitoring visits for the Partnership team.

Supporting NDOH aid coordination – 20%

Develop a partner Monitoring Framework and Dashboard – a centralized digital database (excel spreadsheet) to support effective partner coordination and performance tracking.

Expected Outputs

Indicative deliverables include:

1. Inception report with methodology, workplan, and timeline to cover outcomes under the contract – End of 1st month
2. Detailed Partnership MEL Implementation Plan (and Framework if revision is required) review for the Partnership (including updated indicator matrix, reporting tools and templates) – End of 1st month
3. Prepare mid-year progress report of the partnership project including performance scorecard review – August 2026
4. Provide regular updates on findings from reviews on the project outcome of the DFAT-WHO-NDOH partnership workplan to Technical Working Group and Steering Committee meetings – End of 3rd , 6th and 9th month
5. Functional centralized digital database (excel spreadsheet) for recording and tracking development partner support and investments with secure remote access capability for authorized users – End of 4th Month
6. Draft and share a summary reports from the data collected with the development partner support tracking system – End of 7th Month
7. Deliver Annual Report of the – DFAT-WHO-NDOH partnership – 20 January 2027
8. Final consultancy report summarizing work completed and recommendations – At the end of the contract

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications

Essential: University degree in Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field.
Desirable: Advanced degree in Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field.
University degree in Result Based Management, Communication, Partnership

Experience

Essential: A minimum of three (03) years of work experience in relevant for the position; experience in MEL for complex health or development programmes, monitoring, evaluation, learning, programme management, reporting,
or results-based management in health, development, or related sectors.
Demonstrated experience with donor‑funded programmes, preferably DFAT‑funded.

Desirable: Experience with WHO/United Nations or other international organization.
Good experience on preforming program management monitoring, evaluation, learning and partner coordination.
Previous experience working with government, development partners, or donor-funded health programmes in Papua New Guinea or the Pacific context.
Demonstrated experience integrating GEDSI, disability inclusion, and climate change into MEL systems.

Skills and Knowledge

Strong organizational, coordination, and time management skills.
Ability to monitor implementation progress and follow up on multiple actions simultaneously.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
Ability to maintain organized documentation and evidence management systems.
Ability to work collaboratively with government counterparts, WHO teams, and other stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to analyze programmes and projects.
Ability to maintain excellent interpersonal working relations.
Have a good command of Excel, Access, BI tool or similar data management and visualization tools
Have a good communication and programming skills
Has the initiative and willingness to learn and share ideas

Languages

Essential: Excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken).

Duty Station / Location, Travel Requirements

The staff will be based at the WHO office and may be required to attend consultations, meetings, and related coordination activities within National Capital District or in the provinces, as necessary.

Remuneration and Duration

The monthly remuneration for this position is PGK 10,000 payable monthly.
The assignment is expected to run for a total of twelve (12) months, with a six-month initial probation from the date of contract signing, subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funds.