Grade  I

Job ID 13-8961

Location  Nigeria-Abuja

# of Positions 6

 

Overview

MSH saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 40 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia, and Medford, Massachusetts, US headquarters, our staff from more than 70 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health.  We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.  

 

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking six (6) Technical Specialists to work in harmony as a team for a potential multiyear performance-based program in Nigeria that rewards federal and state governments based on their performance in increasing utilization of maternal and child health interventions with the goal of saving the lives of women and children in Nigeria. MSH would provide an independent, credible, and coherent analysis of state and federal performance on the coverage indicators and monitor the disbursement of cash awards based on results.

 

Team members will collaborate with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and other members of the verification team as well as with the Finance and Operations staff to verify the basis for warranted payments under the performance based financing program.

 

Specific Responsibilities

Team members are required to have skills and successful experience in two (2) or more of the following areas:

 

Monitoring & Evaluation

Financial Management Systems (experience with audit functions preferred)

Performance Based Financing

Human Resource Management and Supervision systems

Health Service Delivery systems

Service Quality Assurance

 

Implement the site visit protocol across selected states to verify progress of program indicators.

Duties include managing schedules, ensuring timely data collection, and filing timely and accurate site visit reports.

Provide technical reports on field visits to the technical verification group leader

Collaborate with M&E Specialist to provide input for regularly updated reports on the status of implementation against the project goals and objectives to the Team Leader, stakeholders, donors, and various program managers as required.

Collaborate with the project team in identifying project activities, processes and/or outcomes that are worthy of documentation, and design a system for capturing lessons learned and best practices.

Adhere to MSH procurement integrity and institutional standards and procedures in all project management responsibilities.

Perform other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications

Advanced degree in management, public health, policy & program evaluation, or other related field (or equivalent experience).

Well-developed capacity to provide evaluation overview to a range of technical areas

Knowledge of data collection protocols to ensure accurate data collection, verification, and analysis is essential, as well as an ability to identify data trends and communicate this information to allow for changes in program implementation.

Fluency in English required.

Willingness to travel 40% within Nigeria required.

 

EEO Statement

MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national origin, age, veteran’s status, or disability unrelated to job requirements.

 

Reports To

Technical Verification Group Leader

 

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