Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adaptation; MERLA Specialist

Yayasan Inisiatif Perubahan Akses menuju Sehat (IPAS) Indonesia, is a local foundation works as affiliation of Ipas global so that women and girls have improved sexual and reproductive health and rights through enhanced reproductive justice and access to care for women and girls in Indonesia.

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adaptation (MERLA) Specialist plays a strategic role leadership in assuring accountability and strengthening the quality of project delivery, reporting, research, and learning at Yayasan IPAS Indonesia. She/he will directly contribute to the design of monitoring and evaluation system, learning and accountability, research activities and the availability of result and performance data across Yayasan IPAS Indonesia’s program and project.

This will support evidence-based decision making, foster continuous learning, and enable documenting the most significant change.
She/he will be a key focal point for close collaboration with the Program Unit Team at Yayasan IPAS Indonesia, providing support in the design and implementation MEL activities.
This position reports to MERLA Team Leader/Advisor.

• Collaborate with MERLA Team Leader to develop and implement the activity monitoring, evaluation and learning plan (AMELP) for the projects in line with Yayasan IPAS Indonesia’s strategic planning and programmatic strategy and project theory of change (TOC).
• Developed indicator reference documents with standardized methodologies for measuring indicators.
• Collaborate with the MEL Officer to develop protocols, tools, and systems for both routine and non-routine data collection tailored to specific intervention and in line with the indicator reference.
• Ensure data quality of all the project is reported into Terra (Ipas global database).
• Support the development of performance monitoring frameworks, including the performance indicator tracking table, baseline and target.
• Contribute MEL inputs to support the development of proposals and programmatic initiatives.
• Support program evaluations to help assess how well programs are working and identify areas for improvement.

• Collaborate with MERLA Team Leader and Deputy Director - Program to develop and facilitate a structured learning agenda, integrated into quarterly, semi-annual, and annual meetings. At minimum, the learning agenda will serve to review the progress and performance of project activities, while also providing space for reflection, adaptation, and continuous improvement.
• Support the data analysis, review and interpretation of data (quantitative and qualitative) to generate insights and promote learning.
• Share learning across projects and Program teams for adaptations, improvement, and accountability.

• Collaborate with the Communication Officer and Project Coordinator to provide input for identifying success stories and developing stories of change.
• Liaise with other units within Yayasan IPAS Indonesia and Ipas global network to ensure proper coordination is maintained as needed.
• Provide training and support to the program team as needed to help them carry out MEL activities.

• Ensure the usage of evidence-based quantitative and qualitative analysis in line with the reporting requirements for projects.
• Provide support in the preparation of both project-specific reports and reports required by the global Ipas Impact Network, particularly during the annual reporting period, in accordance with organizational standards and donor requirements. This includes data and narrative inputs.

• Collaborate with MERLA Team Leader and Deputy Program Director to design and implement applied research initiatives.
• Develop research tools (e.g., surveys, interview guides, focus group protocols).
• Ensure the quality of the data collection, data verification, and data cleaning process.
• Conduct data analysis using appropriate statistical or qualitative analysis methods.
• Support the documentation and dissemination of findings through reports, case studies, briefs, presentations and contributing to peer-reviewed journal articles.
• Ensu…