The Asia Foundation’s Lao PDR Office in Vientiane is seeking to recruit a qualified and motivated Lao national for the position of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer – Governance.

This individual will support the Foundation to implement an ongoing program supporting the National Assembly (NA) and Provincial People’s Assemblies (PPAs) on evidence-based policymaking and strengthening their oversight role. The position is full-time and will be based in Vientiane Capital with occasional travel to other provinces.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate internal and external Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) processes, including tracking progress against indicators, maintaining accurate project data, ensuring data quality, and supporting internal learning and adaptive management;
• Support with donor and government reporting requirements, including preparing high-quality narrative and MEL reports, contributing to compliance documentation, and coordinating timely submission of required reports and evidence to external stakeholders;
• Liaise regularly and productively with the National Assembly, its Committees, the Institute of Legislative Studies, People’s Provincial Assemblies, civil society groups, and other stakeholders, to achieve the project objectives;
• Provide technical assistance to stakeholders and partners on citizen engagement and research capacity development and implementation, specifically research for evidence-based policymaking;
• Provide and/or facilitate training to the National Assembly, Institute of Legislative Studies, and People’s Provincial Assemblies; work with partners to organize research missions and international exposure and learning activities;
• Manage and support the work of project sub-recipients, such as individual consultants, vendors, and travel grantees, including coordinating travel arrangements and disbursement of allowances and ensuring timely completion of deliverables;
• Support the Senior Program Officer on all aspects of project management, including workplan development and implementation, and project monitoring and reporting; contribute to written reports to the donor;
• Ensure monitoring, evaluation, and learning, including data collection and analysis and adjustment of program strategy/theories of change, working with the Program Director, and project sub-recipients/key partners;
• Build and manage relationships with partners, implementers, and donors working on national and sub-national governance and legislative development in Laos;
• Develop and maintain partnerships, including Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), with relevant Government of Laos agencies;
• Other duties as assigned.