Director of Monitoring and Evaluation Vacancy at Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by
helping public and private organizations throughout the world to
effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working
from more than 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and
Medford,
Massachusetts US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is
highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment
to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save
lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable
people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public
health.
Job Position: Director of
Monitoring and Evaluation
MSH seeks candidates for the position of Director of
Monitoring and Evaluation for an anticipated 5 year, USAID-funded
project in Northern Nigeria ($75-150 million) to contribute to
state-level reduction in under-five and maternal mortality, and to
increased capacity of health systems (public and private) to sustainably
support access to primary health care. The implementing partner will
work closely with and support state governments, while strengthening
their capacity in developing a robust plan for the health sector
annually and provide support for its implementation.to increase the use
of high impact integrated maternal, newborn and child health and family
planning/reproductive health interventions.
This position is contingent upon project award and funding.
Provide
in-country technical leadership and support for monitoring and
evaluation and knowledge management. These tasks include, among others:
Ensure the integration of M&E activities into all project components.
Collect, report and analyze information on project activities.
Ensure timely and complete reporting from in-country executing partners in accordance with approved reporting formats.
Monitor
and evaluate progress towards annual work plans, expected outputs,
including selecting and monitoring progress in meeting indicators.
Assist
the Chief of Party in the preparation of work plans/selection of
indicators and annual implementation plans with a view towards the
project’s M&E requirements.
Coordinate the preparation of
all quarterly progress reports, annual project report, inception report,
ad-hoc technical reports, and success stories for USAID funding in line
with the required formats.
Collect data for annual M&E plan and use those data to improve project performance.
Adapt and implement tools and techniques to improve the quality and use of data for decision making.
Compile information on lessons learned and expertise within and outside the project.
Provide
capacity building activities on M+E to selected stakeholders and
sub-contractors participating in project activities (government, CBOs,
NGOs). Required capacity building includes reporting and management use
of periodically collected health information, Data Quality Assurance,
DHIS2 and LQAS.
Develop a detailed annual work plan to build technical and managerial capacity of project.
Based
on the capacity building work plan mentioned above conduct monthly
seminars, hands-on training, mentoring and coaching for project staff.
Design and implement operations research
Required - Masters’ degree in management, M&E, health sciences or public health or equivalent experience.
Required
- At least 7 years of relevant work experience in monitoring and
evaluation of donor-funded public health programs Some of this
experience must include health programs in Nigeria and the US Government
as the project’s donor.
Required - Knowledge of and experience in training and capacity building on M+E.
Required
- Experience establishing data quality assurance systems. Demonstrated
experience with software applications related to project planning and
monitoring.
Required – Successful experience leading M+E
activities within a team comprising staff and consultant coming from
diverse organizations.
Recommended - Prior experience conducting operations research.
Qualified candidates currently residing in Nigeria are encouraged to apply.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer
offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender,
sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship,
physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.
How to Apply
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