MEL Director - Nigeria Quality of Care at John Snow Inc - JSI

Description

• JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc (JSI), a Boston-based public health management firm dedicated to providing high quality technical and managerial assistance to public health programs throughout the United States and the world, is currently recruiting for a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director for the anticipated USAID-funded Strengthening Quality of Care (QOC) through Primary Health Care (PHC) project in Nigeria.
• The project is anticipated to contribute to reductions in maternal and child morbidity and mortality in select geographies of Nigeria by strengthening quality of primary healthcare services and the health ecosystem around it.
• The MEL Director will be responsible for coordinating the development of a performance management plan, including performance-monitoring criteria and ensuring continuous monitoring of activity progress. Primary responsibilities also include organizing and coordinating data collection and analysis, and interpreting and reporting on activity results to key stakeholders. Evaluation and monitoring activities will be designed to enable program managers in the field to identify problems and their causes, and improve overall program performance.
• They will apply relevant skills and experience to support monitoring and evaluation of the project and will supervise knowledge management, communications, and M&E staff. Responsibilities shall include the overall coordination of MEL program implementation activities conducted alongside the technical team, to ensure the delivery of high-quality, client-focused, integrated approaches of primary health care are successfully implemented.

This position will be based in Abuja or other location to be determined. The MEL Director is a member of the Senior Management Team of the project and reports to the Chief of Party.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement a comprehensive M&E framework for program, including the development of a MEL plan, Theory of Change, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, etc.;
• Establish and monitor defined M&E indicators; ensure data is reviewed and utilized throughout program implementation and provided to senior management team for CLA approaches;
• Determine M&E functional responsibilities within the Activity team and data management responsibilities are supported at district health offices for improved reporting and data comprehension;
• Serve as the focal point for M&E and devise strategies with the technical and communication team to ensure consistency in the use of data and quality reporting;
• Maintain Activity reporting systems to routinely collect and analyze information on inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact to ensure cost-effectiveness of select interventions;
• Support subcontractors, potential grantees, private sector, and local government partners to identify, monitor, and report high quality data, ensuring timely submissions;
• Design M&E approaches and strategies for improved reporting at the district hospital and facility levels;
• Work with the DCOP to devise strategies to increase support for interventions and improve the quality of primary health care, including reporting;
• Work as part of the Senior Management Team, supporting the Activity’s strategic vision, ensuring collaboration between functional areas, and supporting effective implementation of activities;
• Review and synthesize data with the technical team for strategic information thinking behind reports and all technical deliverables.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in public health, international development, demography, statistics, epidemiology, population sciences, or related degree required.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience working in developing country settings in international health projects in a technical capacity required, preferably at least 5 years with U.S. Government-funded projects.
• Demonstrated applied skills in MEL methods and use of data for service strengthening projects/programs.
• Demonstrated leadership working with other technical experts in MEL and research in the international community and at the host country level.
• Ability to tailor data collection approaches to local needs, interests, and capabilities.
• Ability to convey MEL results to non-technical stakeholders and generate interest in the use of MEL data/results for programmatic improvements.
• Exceptional communication skills, particularly on data, in written and spoken English required. Additional fluency in a local language (Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula) is preferred.