M&E/Data Quality Coordinator at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

The role is responsible for leading and coordinating all monitoring, evaluation, and data quality activities for the GAVI project in Kaduna State, ensuring that robust systems are in place for tracking project performance, deliverables, outputs, outcomes, and impact indicators. It involves developing and operationalizing M&E frameworks, reporting tools, and performance monitoring plans; overseeing data collection, verification, validation, analysis, storage, and reporting; and ensuring timely submission of high-quality reports to management and donors. The position also provides technical support for DHIS2 and other health information systems, strengthens routine immunization data processes, and promotes data-driven decision-making through dashboards, trend analyses, review meetings, and targeted performance improvement interventions. In addition, the role leads data quality assurance efforts, supportive supervision, and corrective action planning; builds the capacity of health workers and program teams through training, mentoring, and development of job aids and SOPs; collaborates with government and partner stakeholders on M&E and reporting activities; and ensures full compliance with donor requirements, national guidelines, ethical standards, and data confidentiality obligations.                                                                                

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Demography, Computer Science, Health Information Management, Social Sciences, or related field.
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, or related discipline is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5–7 years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation, data quality management, and health information systems.
• Demonstrated experience working on donor-funded public health projects, preferably GAVI, Global Fund, USAID, UNICEF, WHO, or similar programs.
• Strong understanding of immunization indicators, routine health information systems, and health systems strengthening.
• Hands-on experience with DHIS2, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SPSS, STATA, or other data analysis tools.
• Experience conducting data quality assessments, supportive supervision, and performance monitoring activities.
• Strong analytical, report writing, presentation, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with Kaduna State health systems and Northern Nigeria operational context is an added advantage.