Senior Technical Officer - M & E at APIN

Job Summary

• The incumbent will work as a member of the Strategic Information Directorate and will be responsible for leading state’s SI activities.
• The candidate will report directly to the Director of Strategic Information at the HQ.

Responsibilities

• Manage the state’s SI department; defining strategies, goals, objectives and work plan, and monitoring their implementation.
• Provide leadership and guidance on program/project monitoring and evaluation and on donor and Government of Nigeria reporting requirements.
• Facilitate the provision of technical support to strengthen data management in the state
• Provide technical assistance to program sites in the collection, analysis, reporting and use of output data for program improvement
• Manage the program’s reporting cycle to ensure high quality and complete data are sent to the program office on a periodic basis, or when required
• Conduct routine monitoring visits to project sites and provide supportive supervision

 Periodic/Special Tasks / Responsibilities:

• Review and update the programme quality improvement protocol as indicated
• Provide technical support to program sites in developing and implementing clinical quality improvement activities in all program areas
• Share program output data with the program team
• Monitor the progress of the program towards achieving targets
• Contribute to the periodic review of the organization’s quality improvement and surveillance protocol line with national protocol

Key Performance Indicators

• Level of completeness and currency of reports databases (DHIS, NMRS, NDR, NOMIS etc.)
• Strategic alignment with the directorate and APIN leadership mandate
• Number of program data output disseminated to program officers/ donors/ Government
• Timeliness of disseminating data output to program officers/ donors/ Government
• Performance of state’s sites in DQA and external audit assessments
• Number of technical publications by the state’s SI team annually
• Percentage of relevant program review meetings facilitated

Minimum Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess MBBS, MPH/MSc Epidemiology or Biostatistics / Statistics / Computer Science.
• Ten (10) years’ post qualification experience supporting the implementation of M & E systems, and planning and executing program evaluation.
• Technical writing and communication skills 
• Computer/Software proficiency including Microsoft office packages (excel, Power Point, Access, internet for research and studies)
• Proficiency in program performance monitoring, evaluation, surveillance, Quality Improvement, Health Informatics and Research
• Excellent working knowledge of HIV, TB and other diseases of global security and Government of Nigeria priorities
• Proficiency in statistical and data analytics packages including R, STATA, SPSS, ODKs etc.
• Proficiency in DATA USE products (Tableau, Dashboards, Power BI, Zoho, Looker etc.)
• Good working knowledge of current HIV/AIDS guidelines and standards with respect to monitoring and evaluation  
• Ability to organize and coordinate training programmes.