Data Use & M&E Specialist

About Palladium:  
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.  

Position Summary: 
The Data Use & M&E Specialist will support the generation, validation, and use of health data for decision-making across all levels of the health system. This role works closely with national and district stakeholders to improve data quality, promote dashboard use, and support routine M&E reporting aligned with USG priorities. 

Location: Burundi  
Reports to: Country Lead or M&E Lead  

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Conduct data quality assessments (DQAs), validation workshops, and routine data reviews in collaboration with MoH and partners. Facilitate usability testing for dashboards and collect feedback from end-users to improve design and functionality. Deliver training on data interpretation, triangulation, and visualization for evidence-based planning and program management. Develop key performance indicators and support the design of dashboards and analytics tools to monitor programmatic progress. Support timely submission of M&E reports, success stories, and learning products in line with USG guidelines. Analyze system-generated data to identify trends, anomalies, and programmatic implications. Collaborate with stakeholders to foster a data use culture and build local capacity in monitoring and evaluation. 

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in public health, statistics, data science, or related field. Minimum of 2 years of experience in M&E, data analytics, or health information systems. Experience with DHIS2, Excel, and data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau. Strong training, facilitation, and communication skills. Proficiency in French required; English desirable. 

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.    
Should you require any adjustments or accommodation to be made due to a disability, or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.   

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.  All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.