Country: Uganda
Closing date: 07 Aug 2016
MSH is seeking candidates for a for a five-year USAID/Uganda health service integration program in Uganda. The goal of the Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Eastern Uganda (RHITES-E) project is to increase utilization of health services by strengthening systems; improving quality; increasing availability of, access to, and demand for quality services; and supporting the health sector to sustain the high rate of utilization in the Eastern Region. The health services that will be supported will include HIV, TB, malaria, nutrition, family planning, and maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health care. Preference will be given to applicants with relevant experience in Uganda. This position is subject to project award and funding.
The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor is responsible for the overall management of monitoring and evaluation system for project. S/he leads and coordinates monitoring and evaluation, systems development and related activities. The advisor ensures the smooth operation and quality performance of technical efforts and field activities by coordinating and overseeing quality programmatic reporting, quality of data management and strategic information. S/he is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a plan to monitor progress, evaluate effectiveness, and disseminate results, as well as overseeing the conduction of operations research and other data based analysis to facilitate evidence based improvements in project performance and expand understanding and lessons learned.. The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor ensures adherence to monitoring of project activities using developed tools and indicators.
Specific Responsibilities
- Provide in-country technical leadership and support for monitoring and evaluation and knowledge management.
- 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, especially supported health facilities and districts reporting into the national health database and reporting into PEPFAR 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.
- Assist the Chief of Party with decision-making on resource allocation based on project priorities and performance.
- Participate on behalf of the project in appropriate technical meetings and conferences.
- Provide support to institutional and human capacity building activities at the regional and local levels for project activities.
- 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.
- Ensure that skills and knowledge transferred are used in the routine work on NTP.
- Carry out any such duties as may be assigned by the Chief of Party.
- Design and implement operations research.
Qualifications
- Masters’ degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or Statistics or another related field.
- At least 6 years of relevant work experience in monitoring and evaluation of large scale health and HIV service delivery and systems strengthening programs in developing countries, with PEPFAR funded programs an advantage.
- Demonstrated research experience and skills, complemented by experience in collaborating with varying types of partners.
- Must have extensive knowledge in collaboration, learning and adapting concepts to health projects.
- Must have excellent writing, presentation and communication skills in English.
- Demonstrated decision making ability operating in a management culture built on consensus and results. Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual.
- Experience with Monitoring and Evaluation in USG supported projects in particular.
- Demonstrated intermediate skills in IT as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, experienced with project planning applications.
- Knowledge of and experience in training and capacity building.
- Prior experience conducting operations research.
- Experience establishing data quality assurance systems.
- Excellent planning and data analysis and presentation skills.
- Fluency in written and spoken English and demonstrated capacity to effectively communicate and document, including the writing of quality reports and detailed analysis of strategic information, using computer programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Reports To
Chief of Party
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