Programme Officer (Lagos TB Grant) at Damien Foundation

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and oversight on programme, monitoring and evaluation of the Global Fund project.
• Ensure that the implementation of programme, monitoring and evaluation activities are in line with the projects 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 programme activities, 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 programme, data management and regularly analyse 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 patients care, data verification and validation and data quality assessments (DQAs)
• Ensure regular maintenance of database/information system, projects 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
• Facilitate the preparation/production of project reports,
• Provide technical support to PPM (Global Fund Project) including development of survey instruments, survey implementation, data analysis and report writing under the guidance of the Programme Manager and Country Representative

Education / Experience

• Applicants must have a Degree in Medicine (MBBS or MBChB)
• Experience: 2-5 years working on TB related projects
• Possession of an MPH or post graduate degree in a related field is desirable
• At least 5 years progressive experience working in Tuberculosis-related programmes/projects in Nigeria
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation in related health fields and programs in developing countries:
• Working experience with GFATM-supported projects or any other donor funded programs is desirable.
• Experience with private, public and community health practice is desirable
• Competency in Microsoft Office, SPSS/Epi-Info or STATA
• Applicant's experience must reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above
• Age: Not more Than 45 years