About us:

MSI Reproductive Choices (MSI) is a global partnership of organisations providing sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members in 37 countries who are passionate about the work they do. From contraception to safe abortion and sexual health services, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.

We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.

Based and registered as a not for profit in Melbourne, Australia, MSI Asia Pacific (MSIAP) is part of the MSI global partnership. MSI Asia Pacific leads on advocacy, policy engagement and income generation in Australia to support MSI Reproductive Choices' work around the world. We also work with key institutional donors including Australian Government (DFAT) and New Zealand Government (MFAT), foundations and individual supporters in Australia, on policy and grant management, to ensure everyone in the countries they support control their own futures through access to contraception and safe abortion.

The Role

We are on the lookout for a part-time (0.6) Senior MEL Advisor to join us at MSI Asia Pacific.

• Location: MSI Asia Pacific, Fitzroy, Victoria
• Reports to: Projects Director
• Position: Fixed-Term 2 years, Part Time
• Hours: 45.6 hours per fortnight (3 days per week)
• Salary: $110,000 - $120,000 FTE ($66,000 - 72,000 pro-rata salary)

The Senior MEL Advisor leads MSIAP’s use of evidence to improve effectiveness, accountability and strategic decision-making. The role works alongside Asia Regional Support Team and the Global Support Office Evidence and Impact team to support MSI’s country programs to move beyond reporting towards learning, ensuring data is used to adapt programmes, manage risk, and demonstrate meaningful impact to partners and donors.

The Senior MEL Advisor plays a critical role throughout the project cycle, including:

• working with stakeholders to develop technically robust theories of change
• ensuring project designs are informed by evidence and learning
• selecting meaningful indicators and feasible targets
• establishing fit-for-purpose monitoring systems and tools
• tracking performance, conducting data validation, providing capacity strengthening, and evaluating our work.

As such, the role is crucial to building and maintaining the trust and confidence of current and prospective donors and continuously improving.

The role has a matrix reporting line into MSI’s global Evidence and Impact team who direct MSI’s overarching approach to MEL and provide program-level MEL support to MSI country programs.

Key Responsibilities

Project Design

• Support the design of evidence‑based projects with strong theories of change, standardised indicators, feasible targets and well‑planned MEL components.
• Ensure project indicators and theories of change integrate GEDSI considerations.
• Lead a shift toward impact‑focused indicators and reporting

Project Set‑Up

• Lead MEL inception workshops with country teams.
• Establish indicator tracking tables and project dashboards.
• Develop and roll out MEL plans for each project.

Project Monitoring & Support

• Support analysis of project performance with Project Grant Officers and country programs.
• Conduct data validation checks and escalate issues as needed.
• Lead data deep dives and recommend corrective actions.
• Incorporate relevant program‑level data into project monitoring.

Project Learning

• Support annual review processes to generate learning.
• Facilitate learning exchange across countries and teams.
• Develop internal and external knowledge products.
• Identify cross‑country learning priorities and evidence gaps.
• Provide recommendations based on insights and findings.

Research & Evaluation

• Lead procurement and management of MEL consultants.
• Support or lead evaluation and research design using ethical and participatory approaches.
• Ensure methodologies are inclusive and gender‑sensitive.
• Manage ethics approval processes where required.
• Facilitate sense‑making workshops and produce actionable recommendations.

Donor Accountability & Reporting

• Analyse project‑level value for money.
• Manage MEL deliverables for donors.
• Review donor reporting frameworks and health outcome estimates.
• Escalate risks to senior leadership and global teams.

Systems Strengthening & Capacity Building

• Build MEL capacity across MSIAP and country programs.
• Facilitate MEL communities of practice internally and represent MSIAP externally.
• Align MEL processes with national health information systems where feasible.
• Support partners to strengthen their monitoring and learning systems.
• Ensure compliance with MSI and donor MEL policies (including DFAT accreditation).

Other Responsibilities

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, accountable and results‑driven culture.
• Uphold organisational policies, including Safeguarding and Anti‑Fraud & Bribery.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• 7-10 years of MEL experience in a development setting (e.g. NGO, donor, managing contractor)
• 3-5 years supporting DFAT-funded projects
• Experience working overseas, preferably in Asia or the Pacific
• Experience managing external evaluations
• Qualitative and quantitative research and analysis
• Developing theories of change and results frameworks
• Development of MEL plans
• Data analytics software, including PowerBI
• Mixed method evaluation design
• Implementation research and outcome harvesting
• Evidence synthesis and knowledge translation
• Knowledge of Health management information systems, including DHIS
• Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health
• DFAT
• Relevant Bachelors or Masters degree.

Essential Personal Attributions:

• Passion and enthusiasm for sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights.
• Flexible attitude and team player.
• Friendly, confident and mature.
• Pro-MSI philosophy of women’s rights.
• Pro-choice

MSIAP is a child-safe organisation and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation abuse and harassment. All successful applicants will be required to abide by our Child Safeguarding Code of Conduct and our Global Code of Conduct in addition to undergoing a police check prior to commencement.

Benefits of working at MSI Asia Pacific:

• Generous salary packaging options up to $15,900 + $2,650 meals and entertainment,
• Hybrid office and flexible working arrangements
• Up to 16 weeks company paid parental leave for eligible employees
• Reproductive Health Leave
• Birthday Leave
• Employee Assistance Program

Employment Requirement:

• Provision of two professional referees,
• Be prepared to undergo a National Police Check, prior to commencement,
• Be prepared to undergo an International Vetting Check, prior to commencement,
• Evidence of current working rights in Australia.

Next Steps

To submit your application please click 'Apply Now' by the closing date.

Position enquiries:
For further information regarding this position or if you require any support with your application, please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.