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Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team and program counterparts at all levels to participate in and lead, as needed, monitoring and evaluation of program activities and data use for programmatic decision-making
Work with project and financial staff to prepare and track progress of project and activity budgets
Coordinate all M&E capacity-building activities with project staff, implementing partners and facility staff Inform project directors and country director of any MER compliance gaps as soon as they are discovered and propose and implement corrective actions to ensure the integrity of donor funded programs.
Management
Contribute to annual planning process in close collaboration with Chief of Party, Project Directors, Donors and the rest of the program team
Maintain functional M&E systems for all Jhpiego Malawi programs and ensure compliance with Jhpiego Global MER standards
Ensure MER staff conduct Data Quality Assessment (DQA) visits Work closely with all MER staff at all levels and provide corrective support and mentoring as needed.
Supervise and support a team of MER professionals In collaboration with the program team identify and document programmatic successes, best practices, challenges and lessons learned
Lead results reporting to donors by providing written documentation on M&E activities and indicator results for progress and annual reports, as appropriate In collaboration with program teams, ensure that necessary M&E planning, budgeting and management activities are planned for and occur to facilitate smooth and efficient program functioning
New Business Development
Contribute to proposal development and lead the M&E component for
all new business development activities in Malawi in collaboration
with MER backstops
Required Qualifications and Experience
Advanced Degree in Public Health, Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences or related field or equivalent experience
Minimum seven years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation and research with proven success working on medium to large sized, multi-year international health sector development programs including US Government donors, UN and other donors
Extensive experience and mastery of M&E systems, practices, standards and innovations
Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, operations research, health management information systems, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation
Demonstrated expertise working at a senior level with international donors, senior government officials and policymakers
Demonstrated management, coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple stakeholders in both the public and NGO sectors M&E experience in HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR), TB, malaria, nutrition, family planning, and maternal, neonatal and child health care Familiarity with Malawian health management information system and other national M&E systems and the “Three Ones Principle”
Experience and understanding of the US Government strategic priorities and health systems strengthening framework and reporting system, and PEPFAR experience.
Other donor experience also preferred.
Excellent writing and communications skills, including demonstrated technical writing skills for publication
Ability to work effectively with a diverse team
Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, Epi-Info, Stata, MS Access
Fluent in written and spoken English
Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills
Ability to travel nationally and internationally
How to apply:
Eligible candidates meeting the required qualifications and should send applications with detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV), experience and names and contact details of three (3) traceable referees to the e-mail address:
Email: mwrecruitment@jhpiego.org
Location: Lilongwe
Employment type: full time
Salary: N/A
Deadline: 2017-05-27
Company; JHPIEGO | | | |
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