The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) was established in 2002 to increase access to care and treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS and to strengthen health systems in resource-poor countries. Over the past few years, CHAI has expanded the scope of our work to include access to high-quality treatment for malaria, new vaccines and essential treatments for common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. CHAI has also increasingly supported governments to build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs. Currently, CHAI partners with governments in more than 25 countries while more than 70 countries directly benefit from the low-priced drugs and diagnostic test agreements that CHAI has negotiated.

 

Program Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation 

 

Experience: 5 years

Location: Abuja

 

Responsibilities:

•  Develop and oversee implementation and analysis of methods to assess performance and impact of the MNH program in Nigeria, including methods to determine reduction in Maternal and Newborn mortality

•  Design and execute community and facility-based surveys, as well as other methods that are both rigorous and efficient.

•  Align all data collection tools and data management best practices with the state Ministries of Health as well as other development partners.

•  Identify and manage partner organizations and/or contractors to conduct data collection and analysis where needed; and •  coordinate all data collection activities across relevant states and districts.

•  Provide technical leadership in the design of monitoring and evaluation tools, operations research, KPI reporting framework and knowledge management.

•  Produce regular monitoring and evaluation reports for CHAI; synthesize and communicate main findings and conclusions through technical working groups and other meetings in a way that serve as helpful input for the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders.

•  Develop and manage a database of program performance data across the various state-level programs to ensure data is collected and consolidated on a routine and timely basis.

•  Build capacity among state teams in use of data collection tools and data management best practices through training and mentoring.

•  Review M&E data regularly with program staff at the national and global level to ensure that the Program is accomplishing its objectives and corrective actions are taken if required.

•  Any other task as requested by the Country Director

 

 

Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications:

•  Doctorate or masters’ degree in public health or related field.

•  A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in private or public sector enterprise; including demonstrated success in research management, monitoring and evaluation programs.

•  Excellent knowledge of program monitoring and evaluation methods (qualitative and quantitative), including experience developing monitoring and evaluation plans, tools, training materials, reports and summary forms.

•  Excellent knowledge in the development of research methodologies and program management frameworks

•  Excellent quantitative, problem solving, analytical and statistical analysis skills (including strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience with STATA, SPSS or SAS).

• Capacity to synthesize monitoring data into effective presentation of results to help guide recommendations on performance improvement.

•  Ability to negotiate and achieve consensus with key stakeholders.

•  Ability to creatively solve challenging problems in the application of research and evaluation methods without extensive structural or operational support.

•  Ability to adapt to fast-paced and changing environments, both internally and externally.

•  Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills.

•  Previous experience working in a developing country with ability to function well in rural settings with limited infrastructure and services.

•  Willingness to spend significant time in the field.

•  Very strong written and oral communication skills in English, including the ability to present evidence and opinions in a succinct and compelling manner

•  Ability to travel to the Northern states of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina

 

Plusses

•  Sound understanding of the Nigerian Health Systems and DHIS reporting system

•  Experience managing demanding work plans and tight budgets.

•  Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex projects and solve challenging problems with limited structural or operational support.

•  Experience working with recipient country governments and international partners in country

•  Nigerian citizenship or permanent residence

•  Ability to speak Hausa

 

Method of Application

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should click here to apply online.