State Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor at Management Sciences For Health - MSH

Locations: Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross-River, Ebonyi, Nassarawa, Oyo, Plateau and Zamfara
Project/Program: A576 - PMI - S
Group/Office: PDG (Program Delivery Group)
Dept/Unit: PDGGEN - Program Delivery Group
Reports to: State Team Leader.
Grade: J
Slot: 8

Overview

• PMI-S is a five-year PMI/USAID flagship malaria project implemented through a consortium led by MSH.
• The project is supporting the Government of Nigeria through its agencies at the federal, state, LGA and community levels to reduce under-five and maternal mortality by delivering quality services for management of malaria, its complications, and prevention.
• PMI-S project focuses on strengthening the capacity of the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) for the implementation of the National Malaria Strategic Plan 2014-2020.
• PMI-S will target eight states of Nigeria, namely: Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross-River, Ebonyi, Nassarawa, Oyo, Plateau and Zamfara.

Job Descriptions

• The objective of the M&E Advisor position is to provide technical leadership in the roll-out of Malaria 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.

Specific Responsibilities

• Spearhead the roll-out of Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan in line with PMI-S project and national reporting requirements.
• Member of the State Project Management Team that is responsible for overall project performance.
• Provide technical input in the development of an integrated State Malaria project plan in collaboration with the Directors, Advisors and State Teams.
• Provide support in the implementation of Malaria State M&E plan in collaboration with the State Team, Advisors and Directors and take the lead on the reporting formats for PMI_S indicators and targets.
• Contribute to establish a system for the flow of information from service-delivery points to the Malaria PMI-S project 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 data collection, summarization, analysis and presentation of M&E activities.
• Work with the SMEP and LGA M & E officers to support facility level routine data analysis and use.
• Manage the roll-out of the PMI-S project for State level M&E data quality assurance system including quarterly data quality audits.
• Coordinate regular data quality assessments, undertaken in a participatory manner, with facility staff and ensure the completeness, consistency and validity of routine data.
• Work with the state and LGA M & E officers to provide feedback to HFs on data quality and ensure that appropriate actions are taken to improve data quality at the HF level;
• Ensure that the quality of program/project Monitoring and Enhanced Evaluation in the sites is of international standard and quality by supporting the development and implementation of appropriate mechanisms quality improvement.
• Provide direct technical assistance and capacity building in the design and implementation of the program/project Monitoring and Enhanced Evaluation components of the activities in the LGAs and communities served.
• Build capacity of local partners in project monitoring and with program staff and local partners, use program/project monitoring data to modify existing programs and design new programs.
• Provide technical support in evaluation research (including developing a research plan, sampling strategies, analysis and presentation of data) to the local research groups working on the PMI-S project.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design 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 state and national project teams.
• Work with the SMEP to document and publish best practices in malaria service delivery in PMI-S supported facilities.
• Perform any other task to be assigned by your supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

• Postgraduate degree in Statistics, Epidemiology or related field with focus on monitoring and evaluation and/or Biostatistics.
• Minimum of 4 years’ hands-on monitoring & evaluation experience.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in developing and implementing monitoring plans and/or management information systems 3 years of which spent working with NGOs in an African setting.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in Malaria programs in Nigeria is desirable.
• Familiarity with USAID reporting systems highly desirable. particularly for Malaria.
• Good analytical, presentation and reporting skills.
• Good knowledge of Surveillance Monitoring and Evaluation systems and practice.
• Excellent inter-personal, multi-cultural and team building skills.
• Strong computer skills particularly in spreadsheets, database and statistical applications.
• Strong skills in the use of DHIS2 for data management.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Strong mentoring and supervision skills.
• Ability to work with and build teams.
• Ability to supervise and coordinate field level data staff.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to foresee problems and initiate appropriate action.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and fluency in English.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently, and in team.
• Ability to supervise data specialists for quality data entry and reporting.
• Ability to make propose solutions related to issues with data generated in collaboration with state team members.