Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning/Knowledge Management Advisor (Abuja) at John Snow Inc - JSI

Job Placement: FSN Grade 10

GENERAL INFORMATION:

JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a public health management consulting and research organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. JSI is currently implementing the Routine Immunization Project. The project’s overarching goal is to strengthen routine immunization programs to 1) sustainably overcome the entrenched obstacles contributing to stagnating and declining immunization rates in the supported states, and 2) address the barriers to reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children with life-saving vaccines and other health services. 

The Project will provide technical assistance to support routine immunization strengthening in selected states, applying a co-creation approach to improve equitable coverage with a focus on identifying, understanding, and reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children. 

Position SUMMARY:

The Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management Advisor (SMEL&KMA), under the leadership of the Project Director, manages information and reporting processes and products to ensure professional, high-quality communication about the Routine Immunization programmatic activities and results. The SMEL&KMA Advisor will also play an important role in improving information management and data quality, and in strengthening knowledge sharing and learning across the organization and with the international health and development communities. The SMEL&KMA Advisor will assume responsibility for full-cycle monitoring and evaluation of the RI programs, developing appropriate methodologies and tools to design evaluations. Will supervise the MEL Specialist, MEL Advisor, and the State MEL teams.

 Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with the Routine Immunization Nigeria Project Director to execute the Activity MEL&KM Plan for all technical components of the Nigeria Immunization Activity.
• Provide strategic communications support to technical team members, HQ advisors, and the CD in the preparation and packaging of reports, technical briefs, and presentations.
• Assist in developing key MEL&KM tools, including data collection forms, databases, manuals, data feedback presentations, and other tools as appropriate.
• Assist in monitoring of timely and consistent data collection and reporting from all project activities, facilities, and partners.
• Support project partners to develop, capture, consolidate, and report on key indicators and ensure high-quality and timely reporting of monitoring data.
• Supervise data entry and maintain project data systems to ensure correct and timely reporting and tracking of project achievement toward targets in accordance with JSI Routine Immunization Activity and the donor requirements.
• Provide technical support, training, and supervision to partners, including MOH, local district government health offices, and other collaborators in M&E and related areas.
• Prepare suitable external and internal reports and communication materials for management and project staff to facilitate monitoring and activity planning.
• Assist with data cleaning and analyse weekly, monthly, and quarterly data
• Support training of M&E personnel in quality assurance methods.
• Support internal and external Data Quality Audit (DQA) exercises.
• Conduct supportive supervisory visits to the various states to join State Leads and other Partners as they work at subnational levels to ensure compliance, observe, monitor, and provide guidance on data for management decision-making.
• Assist in project research activities, including contributing to research proposal writing, applying for IRB approval, training of research assistants, data collection and entry, and quality control.
• Support the development and implementation of the project learning plan.
• Provide direct supervision, management, and training to M&E managers; and
• Support report development for all project deliverables and ad hoc requests.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in public health, informatics, or statistics preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in M&E for international donor-funded projects, preferably including experience with donor-funded projects.
• Knowledge and experience with JSI Nigeria Routine Immunization programming and activities required
• Experience managing, supervising, and mentoring others.
• Strong experience with data management in Nigeria, including data entry and cleaning, data analysis, and report writing.
• Demonstrated ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Knowledge of evaluation research methods (qualitative and quantitative), including data processing.
• Computer proficiency, including use of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; Power BI and experience with advanced statistical packages (e.g., Stata), or data collection and reporting platforms (e.g., DHIS2), a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal, supervisory, and mentoring skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Must have demonstrated organizational skills.
• Written and spoken English required.
• Ability to undertake extensive local travel; and
• GIS mapping skills are a plus.