Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization with nearly 2,500 people from over 74 nationalities working in over 40 countries. Our mission: Saving lives and improving the health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partners, we are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
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Job Title: Director of Monitoring and Evaluation - MAPS Job ID: 13-8410
Location: Nigeria
Grade: J
Reports To: Chief of Party
Overview
MSH is seeking highly qualified candidates for an anticipated five-year USAID funded malaria program in Nigeria.
This program will strengthen delivery of malaria case management: delivery of quality services for management of malaria and its complications, prevention of malaria in pregnancy, and integrated community case management.
Availability of the position is contingent upon issuance of a USAID funding mechanism, and selection of final applicant is subject to USAID approval.
Preference will be given to candidates with relevant experience in Nigeria.
Specific Responsibilities
Provide in-country technical leadership and support for monitoring and evaluation and knowledge management. These tasks include, among others:
Ensure the integration of M&E activities into all project components.
Collect, report and analyze information on project activities.
Ensure timely and complete reporting from in-country executing partners in accordance with approved reporting formats.
Monitor and evaluate progress towards annual work plans, expected outputs, including selecting and monitoring progress in meeting indicators.
Assist the Chief of Party in the preparation of work plans/selection of indicators and annual implementation plans with a view towards the project’s M&E requirements.
Coordinate the preparation of all quarterly progress reports, annual project report, inception report, ad-hoc technical reports, and success stories for USAID funding in line with the required formats.
Collect data for annual M&E plan and use those data to improve project performance.
Adapt and implement tools and techniques to improve the quality and use of data for decision making.
Compile information on lessons learned and expertise within and outside the project.
Provide capacity building activities on M+E to selected stakeholders and sub-contractors participating in project activities (government, CBOs, NGOs). Required capacity building includes reporting and management use of periodically collected health information, Data Quality Assurance, DHIS2 and LQAS.
Develop a detailed annual work plan to build technical and managerial capacity of project.
Based on the capacity building work plan mentioned above conduct monthly seminars, hands-on training, mentoring and coaching for project staff.
Design and implement operations research.
Qualifications
Masters' Degree in Management, M&E, Health Sciences or public health or equivalent experience.
At least 7 years of relevant work experience in monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded public health programs; some of this experience must include health programs in Nigeria and the US Government as the project’s donor.
Knowledge of and experience in training and capacity building on M+E.
Experience establishing data quality assurance systems. Demonstrated experience with software applications related to project planning and monitoring.
Successful experience leading M+E activities within a team comprising staff and consultant coming from diverse organizations.
Prior experience conducting operations research desirable.
Successful experience in sharing knowledge, documenting experience, supporting creative initiatives, and sharing credit.
Demonstrated strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict management, team building, and negotiation skills.
Demonstrated ability to make timely effective decisions
Willingness to travel within project areas as needed.
Excellent written communication in English is required.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
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