Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Advisor Vacancy at EngenderHealth
EngenderHealth is a leading global women’s health organization committed
to ensuring that every pregnancy is planned, every child is wanted, and
every mother has the best chance at survival.
In 20 countries around
the world, we train health care professionals and partner with
governments and communities to make high-quality family planning and
sexual and reproductive health services available—today and for
generations to come.
The Fistula Care Plus project is a five year
cooperative agreement, funded by the United States Agency for
International Development and managed by EngenderHealth in collaboration
with partners. It seeks to increase access to quality treatment
services for obstetric fistula, improve prevention, strengthen the
environment to support prevention, treatment and reintegration services,
and to conduct research to improve the quality of services.
TITLE: Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Advisor
PROGRAM/OFFICE: Fistula Care Plus, Nigeria
REPORTS TO: Country Project Manager
SALARY: Commensurate with background and experience
Job Summary
Reporting to the Project
Manager, Fistula Care Plus, the Senior Monitoring, Evaluation &
Research Advisor will be responsible for managing monitoring, evaluation
and research activities for Fistula Care/Nigeria.
Responsibilities
Provide overall technical leadership and oversight of monitoring, evaluation and research work in Fistula Care Plus /Nigeria.
Work with Fistula Care Plus/Nigeria clinical and program teams to develop the Project’s Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP).
Oversee implementation of the PMP including production and use of quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports.
In coordination with the project clinical team led by Deputy Project
Manager, technically review all information produced by Fistula Care
Plus /Nigeria and maximize its use in strategy and program planning,
refinement and execution.
In consultation with the New
York-based team and the clinical team oversee all local management and
implementation of special studies such as the community fistula
screening surveys, costing tool pilot, evaluation of community
mobilization strategy, the presentation and dissemination of findings
from the determinants of post-operative outcomes prospective study, and
the duration of catheterization RCT.
Review and provide
feedback on study protocols carried out in Nigeria, in compliance with
EngenderHealth’s Evaluation and Research Standard Operating Procedures
(E&R SOPs).
Oversee data use capacity building across
Fistula Care PLus /Nigeria project and partner staff through use of the
FC data for decision making curriculum.
Assure that evaluation
and documentation of Fistula Care Plus/Nigeria activities are built into
project expansion and all capacity- building efforts the project
undertakes.
Initiate and maintain strong ties with all Fistula
Care/Nigeria M, E &R partners including the MoH, National Health
Research/Ethics Council (NHREC) State and LGA leadership/management, and
site-level staff.
Represent Fistula Care Plus/Nigeria in
National Technical Working Groups responsible for developing research
related protocols and guidelines.
Supervise Data Coordinator, as well as monitoring, evaluation and research consultants and interns.
Travel 30% of time for field based technical assistance.
13. Other duties, as assigned.
Education, Experience & Certifications
Master’s degree in a field related to epidemiology, biostatistics,
monitoring and evaluation of international health and development
programs.
A minimum of 10 years of work experience in M,E&R working on international health projects.
Experience designing and conducting operations/applied research.
Experience providing technical assistance on the use of data for planning and decision making.
Familiarity with working in USAID-funded contracts or cooperative agreements preferred
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Strong analytical skills;
Excellent computer skills, with particular knowledge of Excel,
PowerPoint and Word in addition to statistical applications (e.g. SPSS,
Stata, Epi Info); knowledge of qualitative software packages desirable.
Exceptional interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Excellent organizational skills.
English fluency required.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
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