M & E Officer at Damien Foundation

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and oversight on monitoring and evaluation of the Global Fund project
• Ensure that the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities are in line with the project implementation plan and meets the donor and project's M&E needs.
• Provide technical support to state officers in ensuring that programmatic data/indicators are accurately captured and reported according to set guidelines.
• Represent and make appropriate presentations to stakeholders at various forum on program achievements and deliverables and other M&E activities
• Support the development and design of the M&E framework, tools and project M&E plans, guidelines and ensure efficient data management processes
• Provide continuous technical lead to project team on data management and regularly analyze state data, highlight important programmatic gaps and coordinate with program management and others in addressing these gaps.
• Conduct routine monitoring and supportive supervisory visits to project sites, including the conduct of data verification and validation and data quality assessments (DQAs) using standard checklists
• Ensure regular maintenance of database/information system, project training database and programmatic progress updates that documents achievements on a regular basis.
• Support monitoring activities to project sites, collation/analysis of monitoring reports for program feedback and decision making
• Conduct operational research activities and participate in project assessments, evaluations, and design teams as applicable.
• Facilitate the preparation/production of project reports,
• Provide technical support to Global Fund project, LSMOH, including development of survey instruments, survey implementation, data analysis and report writing under the guidance of the M&E Manager.

Education / Experience

• Applicants must have a University degree in any of the following related field: Statistics, Demography and Public Health.
• A master's degree in public health will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation in related health fields and programs in developing countries: and working experience with Global Fund projects or any other donor funded programs is desirable.
• Competency in Microsoft Office, SPSS, Epi-Info and STATA
• Applicant's experience must reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above.
• Not more than 45 years old

Contract term

• Full-time Position, 3-Months Fixed term contract (possible renewal).