Latest Job Vacancy at FHI 360

The M&E Specialist, under the supervision of the Director, Department of Planning, Research and Statistics - DPRS (SMoH) and additional supervision from the M&E Advisor based in Abuja, will support the implementation of the NHMIS integration process; support the complete roll-out of the NHMIS to all public and private health facilities; support the implementation and institutionalization of the national data quality assurance protocol; increase quality of database at the DPRS.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Stimulate the demand for data from various health department and support development of a credible system of access to data from the DPRS to other department within the SMOH
• Institute regular data analysis, presentation to stakeholders and feedback to the states.
• Periodically provide concrete evidence that can be used for decision making.
• Build capacity of SMOH to perform these functions after the TA tenure ship.
• The TA will work full time at the SMOH/DPRS, reports to the Director in the DPRS while receiving support from the MAPS office (State Coordinator & M&E Advisor).
• Supports collection, process and disseminate relevant and necessary information required both for state health planning and for monitoring the utilization of resources in accordance with state priorities, objectives and health indicators.
• Reviews existing database of data and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Ensures timely forwarding/sharing of data to relevant agencies, departments and programs operating at the State level; and quality of data improved where applicable.
• Supports the utilization of specific disease control data by collaborating with M&E of disease control programs.
• Regularly support analysis of state data to provide trend of indicators used for monitoring of service data.
• Supports regular conduct of data quality audit in the state
• Any other duty assigned