Associate Director - Strategic Information at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)


Posted on: Wed 12-04-2023

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is an indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting a broad range of global health interventions, education and economic initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi is an allied organization to Family Health International (FHI360) with co-existing and mutually supportive interest in advancing the collective goals of the people and communities served. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.

To strengthen our operations and interventions in the country, we are seeking qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Associate Director - Strategic Information

Location: Akwa Ibom

Job Category: Fixed Term

Job Description

  • Will be the lead technical expert responsible for SI functions related to the program, including all monitoring, evaluation, analytics, and reporting of performance and results.
  • S/he will lead efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and performance reporting within the targeted geographic area, which may include building capacity of community organizations and other stakeholders to monitor, document and analyze the performance of their HIV services and activities and ensure data quality.
  • S/he will liaise with the Project Director and government of Nigeria counterparts responsible for national and state-level SI and support coordination with national health management information systems.
  • The AD-SI will also be responsible for all SI reporting to the donor and stakeholders. provide technical leadership for monitoring and evaluation to implement high quality care, treatment and support activities with primary focus on technical areas of M&E for HIV/AIDS programs including, logistics, data collection, validation, reporting for prevention, HIV testing and counseling (HTS), antiretroviral therapy (ART), pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV self-testing (HIVST), facility and community-level supervision etc. and oversee compilation of M&E data for inclusion in monthly High Frequency Reporting (HFR), quarterly reports and other ad hoc reporting requests.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

  • Master's Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Geography, and other related areas with 5 - 7 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation in international development related to HIV/AIDS comprehensive services.
  • 5 years practical or demonstrable experience in monitoring and evaluation or data management.
  • Experience in providing M&E support to programs working with key populations including one or more of the following is preferred: sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender persons and people who inject drugs.
  • Previous experience working with USAID or PEPFAR-supported programs and KP-led organizations, including familiarity with USAID M&E reporting requirements.
  • 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, 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.

Application Closing Date

21st April, 2023.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Suitability statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.

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Note

  • Only applications sent electronically (i.e., by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
  • AHNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • AHNi does not charge Candidates a fee for a test or interview.