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  • Posted: Jul 6, 2021
    Deadline: Jul 12, 2021
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    Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country: Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS. Our areas of focus in...
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    SMC Monitoring and Evaluation Officer- Jigawa

    Position: SMC Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Jigawa (Consultancy)            

    Experience: Five years experience

    Location: Jigawa

    Duration:  July- November 2021

    Malaria Consortium requires qualified Monitoring and Evaluation(M&E) consultant who will provide technical support during the 2021 SMC MDA campaign in Jigawa, State. The M&E consultant will serve as the main focal person for all monitoring and evaluation activities which include data validation, DQA, coordination meetings, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen the data management system in SMC intervention in the state. S/he will assist and report to the state programme regarding the monitoring and evaluation of SMC activities. The consultant will liaise very closely with project team, principal recipients (PR), State Ministry of Health (SMoH), health facility staff and other stakeholders in management, presentation and interpretation of data for intervention tracking and decision making at all stages of SMC implementation.

    Specific Activities for the M&E consultant

    • Plan and implement M&E activities related to SMC in the approved work plan under the guidance of the State Programme Manager
    • Serve as the focal person for all monitoring and evaluation related work for the project within the state.
    • Ensure high quality data are available on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making
    • Manage the data collection and management processes before, during and after each round of mass SMC drug administration, including sentinel site monitoring
    • Coordinate the documentation of SMC activities in form of reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
    • Assist programe manager to develop robust monitoring plans for quantitative and qualitative reporting on project performance indicators
    • Adapt and maintain a high quality database for distribution personnel at all levels
    • Routinely monitor project performance against targets and prepare periodic reports on M&E activities for SMC intervention
    • Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols
    • Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to states for program improvement, and for updates to national level (MC and government).
    • Support SMoH staff with coordinating program management activities, by ensuring that the recommended coordination meetings hold at the LGA and state levels.
    • Work with the state and LGA Ministry of Health staff to ensure that reports are obtained from all health facilities within the state through appropriate state-specific mechanisms.
    • Participate in regular monitoring and supervisory visits to SMC-implementing health facilities, and ensure that action plans are developed for identified gaps.
    • Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
    • Ensure that beneficiary feedback is adequately documented, addressed, analyzed, and utilized by program teams.

    Key deliverables for the M&E consultant

    • Microplan for the delivery of SMC in the state
    • Database/electronic record of distribution personnel for the state
    • Reconciled utilization reports for SMC commodities
    • EoC administrative coverage data
    • LQAS reports for cycle 1, 2 and 3
    • Process report for monitoring and evaluation

    Timing of Consultancy: July – November 2021

    Qualifications and Experience

    • Degree in statistics, demography, mathematics or any other relevant quantitative relevant discipline
    • Five-year post qualification experience
    • Demonstrable contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities related to community assessment, project design, evaluation and implementation Cognate experience in monitoring and evaluation of community-based interventions is highly desirable
    • Experience in managing HMIS and CLMS as well as familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems will be added advantages.
    • Experience in survey design and implementation, development of data bases and analysis and write up of survey results
    • Demonstrated skills in data management and quantitative data analysis
    • Fluency in written and spoken English Work-based skills and competence
    • A solid understanding of health systems strengthening
    • Proficiency in database management especially DHIS; Excel, Word, PowerPoint and demonstrable experience with statistical software packages (Stata, SPSS, Epi Info)
    • Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
    • Proven writing, communication and presentation skills in English
    • Facilitation and coordination skils

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified candidate who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should kindly send their CVs to: hr.nigeriaconsultant@malariaconsortium.org and fill the form using the link below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7u1QVWCo7Eh88U1LCpEF6L4UI229VyPbxp3pFnyX4IdBdUQ/viewform?usp=pp_url    on or before 10am Monday, 12th July, 2021.

    Subject of the mail: Please indicate position applied for including the preferred state as the subject title of your email application. e.g SMC Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Jigawa (Consultancy)

    Kindly note that applicants who do not follow this specification, will be disqualified.

    All application should be sent in on or before 9:59am Monday, 12th July, 2021.

    Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted

    NB: Malaria Consortium does not accept or ask for payment during recruitment. We also would not accept hardcopy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above email address

    Individuals blacklisted from implementing the Global Fund grants are not eligible to apply for this advertised position

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