Malaria Public Health and Data Specialist at Tropical Health LLP

Contract type:  Fixed Term, 2 years with possible extension

Introduction

• Tropical Health is seeking an exceptional Malaria Public Health and Data Specialist to lead and build the capacity of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) as part of a large donor malaria programme in Nigeria. 
• The position will be seconded to the NMEP’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) branch with the aim of building the branch’s capacity in technical leadership of all NMEP M&E and data and evidence generation activities.
• The position will be based in Abuja with extensive travel to support selected State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP) M&E teams.

Responsibilities
As a senior member of the donor funded programme management team in Nigeria, the Malaria Public Health and Data Specialist is responsible for:

• In partnership with the NMEP, develop and operationalise a NMEP M&E Capacity Building Strategy.
• Lead the technical capacity building of the NMEP’s M&E branch to implement the NMEP M&E plan, including, but not limited to:
  • Define clear roles and responsibilities of NMEP/SMEP M&E personnel
  • Define clear flow and processes for malaria data collection through a mix of different malaria information systems
  • Strengthen data collation and quality assurance for routine (surveillance) and survey or evaluation data
  • Analyse and interpret data and build capacity of the NMEP team in the same
  • Strengthen the utility and quality of data presentation, using attractive visual formats where relevant, in key N/SMEP reports and information sharing efforts
  • Promote and support use of data and evidence by all NMEP and SMEP personnel for planning, budgeting and decision making
• Liaise with and leverage on other donor malaria M&E strengthening interventions to maximize and ensure complementary of efforts
• Provide the senior management team feedback on progress of capacity building efforts.
• Work closely with the programme’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Specialist to ensure activities are aligned.
• Represent the programme in technical fora, such as the NMEP M&E Sub-committee of the Malaria Technical Working Group.

Person Specification

• Master's degree in public health, epidemiology, surveillance, research methods or other relevant qualification.
• At least 10 year’s proven experience in a relevant context.
• Demonstrated experience of leading malaria M&E activities, with a record of achieving programme objectives.
• Deep understanding and knowledge of health systems’ dynamics and challenges in relation to Nigeria’s response to malaria.
• Deep understanding and knowledge of malaria M&E systems in Nigeria and/or comparable country contexts.
• Strong experience building capacity, supervising and mentoring staff and partners, including facilitating training.
• In-depth understanding of the health, political, social and cultural context of Nigeria.
• Experience working effectively with Government and donors.
• Excellent computer skills, including in Excel and in at least one statistical software package, preferably Stata, alternatively SPSS or R; knowledge of other data software an advantage, such as mapping software
• Excellent level of spoken and written English

Salary
Negotiable and commensurate with skills, qualifications and experience