MSH Job in Nigeria for a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health,
especially among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, by
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mission is 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.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Job ID: 13-9022
Location: Zamfara, Nigeria
Grade: I
Reports to: State Team Leader
Overview
- The success of the PRO-ACT project depends largely on accurate, complete and timely reporting of achievements to PEPFAR/USAID.
- Achievement of set targets is of utmost importance. Hence, the
objective of the M&E Specialist position is to provide technical
leadership in the roll-out of LMS-ACT M&E plan in the states
integrating it with other health systems and generating strategic data
for program management, reporting and documentation of best practices.
Background Information
- PRO-ACT is an MSH-implemented project in Nigeria that aims at
supporting State Ministries of Health and State Action Committees on
AIDS (SACA) to deliver comprehensive HIV/AIDS/TB services - including
providing antiretroviral therapy for the hundreds of thousands of people
in need in Nigeria.
- The project will scale up the US President’s Emergency Plan for
AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programming to achieve its goals for provision of
ART, palliative care services for HIV-TB co-infected individuals, and
prevention of HIV transmission from mother-to-child (PMTCT).
Management Responsibilities
- Spearheading the roll-out of PRO-ACT M&E plan in line with PEPFAR and national reporting requirements
- Member of the State Project Management Team that is responsible for overall project performance
Specific Responsibilities
- Provide technical input in the development of an integrated
State PRO-ACT project plan in collaboration with the Directors, Advisors
and State Teams.
- Assist the STL to coordinate the establishment/strengthening of one state M&E system that informs policy and practice.
- Ensure state-of-the art database management practice at the state.
- Analyze M&E data on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis and flag action areas to the project management.
- Work with LMS-ACT management to document and publish best practices.
- Take lead in the implementation of PRO-ACT state M&E plan
and reporting formats for PEPFAR indicators and targets in collaboration
with the State Team, Advisors and Directors
- Establish system for flow of information from service-delivery
points to the PRO-ACT central data base and ensure timely M&E
technical support to all implementing health facilities.
- Take lead in building the capacity of health units’ M&E
staff and relevant health and community workers in collection,
summarization, analysis and presentation of M&E data.
- Manage the roll-out of the project M&E data quality assurance system including quarterly data quality audits.
Supervision:
- Works independently and reports to the State Team Leader.
Decision Making:
- Working within project strategy and policy guidelines, makes
decisions with regards to work responsibilities and is accountable for
them.
Responsibility over data or information:
- Has access to information within project, and is responsible for program data generation and management.
Responsibility over assets:
- Overall responsibility assigned assets in the program.
Responsibility over Staff:
Qualifications
- Postgraduate degree in Statistics, Epidemiology or related field with focus on monitoring and evaluation and/or Biostatistics.
- Strong computer skills particularly in spreadsheets, database and statistical applications.
- Significant experience working in HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria.
- Familiarity with PEPFAR reporting systems highly desirable,
particularly for HIV Counseling and Testing, prevention of
Mother-to-Child Transmission, ART, palliative care, and OVC desirable
- Excellent writing skills, oral and written communication skills and fluency in English
- At least 2 years hand-on-experience in monitoring and evaluation
with very good analytical, presentation, communication and reporting
skills.
- Significant experience in developing monitoring plans and/or
management information systems 2 years of which spent working with NGOs
in an African setting.
- Excellent inter-personal, multi-cultural and team building skills.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should:
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Application Deadline 8th May, 2016.