Strategic Information Advisor at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Reports To: State Team Lead

Overview

• The Strategic Information Advisor will support the RISE project on all SI related implementation and data management.
• S/he will provide technical assistance and capacity building to the SI team and its stakeholders in the development of and implementation of data analysis, use, and dissemination strategy.
• S/he will additionally design 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 district-led and nationally supported evidence-based programming for improved understanding of HIV burden across interventions (95-95-95 cascade).
• S/he will additionally provide technical assistance to design and implement strategy to build capacity of M&E systems to oversee data quality and data use for decision making (including capacity building of M&E staff).

Responsibilities

• Provides technical support for the collection, analysis, triangulation and interpretation of data and the calculation of programmatic, surveillance, demographic and epidemiological indicators;
• Oversee real-time data use including weekly, monthly and quarterly data review meetings; implement remediation efforts that address identified gaps and challenges for project overall and at state level
• Oversee the development of data analytics to monitor cascades of care, programmatic pivoting, and key and priority populations. Analyze progress to target continuously to ensure activities are on track
• Strengthen the use of data at state and facility level for program monitoring and improvement
• Support the process of validation and triangulation of data between multiple data sources.
• Participates in the organization and facilitation of subnational performance review meetings;
• Support the provision of training, supervision and mentorship to strengthen for M&E/SI and data quality improvement
• Participates in the organization and facilitation of seminars, brainstorming workshops and workshops within their field of competence, whenever this is required;
• Prepares periodic reports of activities; and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology and other related fields with 7+ years of experience in monitoring and evaluation in international development.
• Familiarity with USAID/PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programs, Nigerian public sector health system and HIV/AIDS response.
• Core Strategic Information experience, conversant with MER indicators, data collection, analysis and data visualization using DHIS, NDR, LAMIS, PowerBI etc.
• Demonstrated ability to be the technical specialist and as the lead subject matter expert in monitoring and evaluation.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analytics utilizing Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA, Epi Info and/or other analytic software and to provide evidence-based recommendations accordingly.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the use of GIS and other tools to support geo-spatial display of data to target program interventions and resources.

Required Abilities/Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to perform robust data extraction from internal and external information systems.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public health sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to portray complex data sets in easy to understand formats including visualizations.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Nigerian health and social service information systems and monitoring and evaluation processes as it relates to data collection for performance-based reporting and use of data.
• Previous experience in building capacity for generation and use of SI.
• Demonstrated written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English