Coordinator - Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) at eHealth Systems Africa

Purpose of the position 

• With direct management and support from the Manager, MERL, the Coordinator will ensure the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation commitments across assigned projects.
• The M&E focal person will be ensuring that suitable monitoring and evaluation systems are in place, implemented as intended, and reporting in a comprehensive and timely manner to facilitate the achievement of programs desired outcomes/impacts.
• He/she will supervise and manage the M&E component of all eHA’s and oversee the collection, management, analysis and use of project data, ensuring that lessons learned are integrated into project implementation to continuously improve quality of interventions and outcomes. 

What you’ll do 

The MERL Coordinator,  will support eHealth Africa’s MERL team predominantly in the following ways:

• Responsible for providing technical oversight & support for establishment and maintenance of routine monitoring systems, presentation of findings to program management. Develop project specific results framework and track project outcomes
• Plan, coordinate and participate in the initiation of research study protocol, and the establishment of operating policies and procedures.
• Performs qualitative and/or quantitative research, analysis, and report development to enable strategic decision-making at all research phases. 
• Monitors the progress of research activities; develops and maintains records of research activities, and prepares periodic and ad hoc reports, as required by Department Manager, funding agencies, and/or regulatory bodies. 
• Analyses data and develops solutions to transform that data to solutions for healthcare research, delivering solutions on time and within budget.
• Performs literature reviews and secondary research initiatives including the retrieval and analysis of data, competitive product pipeline information, epidemiology trends, etc.
• Ensures the smooth and efficient day-to-day operation of research and data collection activities; acted as the primary administrative point of contact for internal research staff and as the principal operational liaison for other research organizations, funding agencies and regulating bodies.
• Work with project and support staff to ensure that project design in proposals is logically sound, beneficiary-informed and contextually appropriate, based on learning from previous projects and technical best practice.
• Work with project and support staff to track progress on action points related to implementation and M&E activities.
• Work with project and support staff to provide M&E inputs for reports written during project implementation
• Work with project and support staff to share reports written during project implementation with donors and other stakeholders

Who you are 

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, demography, statistics, social sciences or related field or equivalent experience. Master's degree in a related field will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3-4 years of experience with demonstrated results in program monitoring and evaluation, project management, and report writing 
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, organizational skills, and great attention to detail. 
• Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methodologies, implementation research approaches, health management information systems, data visualization and reporting  
• Must have exceptional communications and presentation skills, fluency in the English, strong teamwork and effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills.
• Excellent networking and relationship-building skills and the ability to interact with stakeholders and partner, both public and private 
• Proactive, self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated use of  Advanced Excel, Tableau, STATA, Nvivo and PowerBI is required
• Available to travel to deep field for project quality purposes within Nigeria and internationally