Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Overview

• The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) temporary hire will support the UNICEF RMNCAH QoC Project on all strategic information (SI) related implementation, research and data management.
• S/he will provide technical assistance and capacity building to the State Ministry of Health PRS/M&E department and M&E designated officers at the supported health facilities at state level.
• S/he will additionally support the Senior Strategic Information Adviser (SIA), the Nutrition officers, the Immunization Advisor and other colleagues to implement MNCH, Nutrition and Routine Immunization data analysis, use and dissemination. In addition, he/she will contribute to designing strategy and activities to improve capacity on triangulating data from multiple data sources to inform policy and decision-making.
• S/he will contribute to the design of robust, user-friendly, high-quality interfaces for data visualization and data dissemination to enhance state-led and nationally supported evidence-based programming.

Responsibilities

• The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) temporary hire will support all Monitoring and Evaluation initiatives and data related activities of the project.
• Specifically, the M&E officer will work closely with the Snr SIA to coordinate the implementation of all activities in the project workplan. 
• The M&E temporary hire will participate in conducting routine data quality validation/audit and provide regular feedbacks to improve the quality of data in all supported sites at the State level. 
• S/he will support the M and E officer in collecting, collating and reporting all data tracked by the programs in addition to ensuring state M&E officers report and upload all required data on the DHIS2 every month. 
• The M&E temporary hire staff will support the process of building the capacity of health care providers in quality data collection, analysis, dissemination and use of health information at the state and health facility levels for program planning and management and will assist the SMOH to increase the dissemination of information appropriately packaged for various stakeholder groups. 
• Work closely with the Snr SIA (MERL Advisor) in preparing PMP and responding to other M&E issues on all supported projects. 
• The M&E temporary hire will work closely with the M and E Officer in proposing strategies to increase data use and demand amongst program staff and support the program staff on ways to properly organize and capture program progress and document lessons learned. 
• S/he will assist the program staff in preparing sections of program reports that deal with monitoring and evaluation, and in the implementation of program assessments and evaluations. 
•  S/he will work closely with the M and E officer in collating and submitting monthly and quarterly data through the DHIS2. 
• She/he will also support the State Team lead, Service/Quality Improvement Officers and Nutrition officers in data collection, collation, validation and capacity building of HCWs, Records officers, Nutrition officers, Health promotion officers and Immunization officers at State level. 
• Perform other duties relating to the project assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Sciences, Public Health, Demography and Statistics or equivalent in any discipline in the social sciences. 
• At least 4 years’ post-NYSC working experience in the implementation and management of hea lth Strategic Information systems (MNCH programming preferred). 
• High-level computer skills using MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS and/or SAS and Epi-InfoWindows 
• Attention to detail and accuracy in basic data management, analysis and reporting. 
• Demonstrated ability to train and build the capacity of others on monitoring and evaluation. 
• Knowledge of electronic medical records systems and deployment of database systems for patient monitoring will be an added advantage 
• Cooperative, competent, hardworking, flexible and dependable in a multi-cultural, open office situation; 
• Self-motivated and proactive with a positive attitude to work; 
•  Ability to organize and coordinate information and logistics for programs and activities.