Program Associate – Monitoring and Evaluation

Description

• Heading is searching for a Programm Associate - Monitoring and Evaluation for an NGO that's dedicated to scale up obestretic fistula prevention and treatment

Duties

• Provide programmatic and technical guidance in M&E and the documentation of lessons learned
• Participate in training and orientation on the DHIS2 data management platform
• Use information derived from program activities to inform service delivery and future activities of the country office
• Regularly provide information on progress towards targets and assist supported site staff to use data for decision making to improve services
• Coordinate with MoH to strengthen HMIS systems and use of data regarding fistula at facility and district level
• Ensure lessons learned and potential best practices are well documented and disseminated, and contribute to developing strategies to replicate them in the country, region and globally
• Participate in training, program, and dissemination activities and country, region and international meetings
• Keep abreast of groundbreaking work in maternal and reproductive health that is relevant to the Organization and disseminate new knowledge to staff and partners

Requisites

• Advanced graduate degree in public health or a related field such as epidemiology, demography, or biostatistics highly desirable
• Five years’ experience in M&E in international health projects, preferably in maternal/reproductive health
• Experience providing using data for planning and decision making in program or clinical services
• Experience of USAID-funded projects preferred
• Experience working on evaluation studies and/or operations/implementation research preferred
• Excellent analytical and M&E skills required
• Excellent computer skills, with particular knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Word in addition to statistical applications (e.g. SPSS, Stata, Epi Info) required
• knowledge of qualitative software packages desirable
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and teamwork skills required
• Excellent writing and communication skills and abilities required, including ability to write high-level reports to management, donors, and partners
• Excellent English reading, writing, and speaking skills required
• Technical knowledge in maternal and/or reproductive health preferred

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted

How to Apply

• Apply online: bit.ly/ProgAssMonEva09Jan18