Senior Technical Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation (PMTCT) at CCFN - Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria

Job Summary

• Under the overall supervision of the Program Director - Statistician will build upon the current support provided by PEPFAR and other donors and partners such as the Global Fund, the World Bank to the Federal Ministry of Health in building a strong national PMTCT MIS.
• S/he will support strengthening the current PMTCT MIS system and concurrent facilitation for the M&E framework and Implementation science activities for Option B+.
• The Statistician will be responsible for the management of project data, on-going analysis of aggregate and patient level data, and support the timely reporting to donor and other stakeholders.
• He/she will support the establishment, expansion, implementation and maintenance of a robust project database in the MOH.

Key Responsibilities

• S/he will collate, analyse, interpret and disseminate weekly, monthly and quarterly specific PMTCT data reports to MOH and stakeholders;
• He will make advocacy visits to all critical stakeholders including the civil society organization at all levels to obtain their buy-in and sustained engagement for weekly data collection and analysis in National PMTCT space;
• S/He will work with each partner to engage data clerks to facilitate the collation and transmission of the health facility PMTCT data on weekly bases to a data centre which is hosted by the FMoH.
• S/He will work with the PEPFAR USG PMTCT team to analyse weekly PMTCT data, identify gaps in program data and provide feedback to the USG implementing partners on corrective action that is needed;
• S/He will work with the PEPFAR USG PMTCT team to collate, review and document corrective actions and to keep track of the progress;
• Perform data quality audits, coordinate data cleaning through M&E field teams and verify data accuracy of the data before submission of all data reports
• The Statistician will be embedded and work from the Federal Ministry of Health and will report to SUSTAIN Project Director, PMTCT TWG and the GON.

Required skills and Experience

• Terminal Degree in Medicine, Public Health, Epidemiology, Behavioral Science, Management Information System, Information Technology, Statistics or related field is required.
• At least 5 years relevant experience in M&E with background HIV/AIDS programming and statistical packages funded by PEPFAR
• Database design, implementation and administration
• Ability to provide leadership, direction, and technical expertise in the analysis of public health data
• Ability to lead project teams and workgroups and to develop effective working relationships with national and international working partners is required.
• Expert skill level in the use of health aggregate databases (MoH DHIS2 & DATIM)
• Proficiency in computer packages for generating and analysis reports.
• Experience in use of visual analytics tools is an added advantage
• Proficient in statistical analysis packages (SPSS/STATA/R etc)
• Proficiency in English language is required