Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP) is firmly committed to the principles of equal opportunity and fair employment practices, both of which are integral parts of the project's recruitment and employment policies.

TSHIP is currently recruiting to fill the following position;

Position: Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator [M&E Coordinator]

Duty Station: Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Reporting Firstly To: National Chlorhexidine Coordinator.

Reporting Secondly To: State Coordinator.

Employment Status: Temporary

Duration/Period: One Year

Job Description:

The M&E Coordinator will be responsible for tracking project’s progress in achieving results in the areas of miso & chlorhexidine, polio Eradication and delivering high quality maternal, child and reproductive health services. Assist the M&E Officer to ensure field data is gathered and registered into TSHIP database, ensuring the quality of data entered and helping to produce initial statistical analyses and mostly support the miso/chlorhexidine & Polio data management. The M&E coordinator will also track progress of other process indicators, as identified by the project and required by USAID OP indicators. He/ She will track availability of commodities in the service delivery points and make the M&E Officer and the project management aware of the situation. He/ She will be expected to ensure day-to-day management of the database and data entry, and will report to the National Chlorhexidine Coordinator.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensure accurate and timely data entry, management, and analyses, especially in the miso/chlorhexidine & Polio Monitoring and Eradication (or SIA) data collation and analysis.

• Facilitate data management training related to TSHIP activities.

• Identify and provide ongoing capacity building and M&E support to partners and TSHIP technical project staff.

• Work with the M&E Officer to ensure timely submission of data from Partners and from TSHIP technical team leads.

• Assist in preparation of project reports

• Participate as necessary in community and facility surveys, including survey design, implementation, data entry, analysis and report writing.

• Assist the SMOH to develop and implement a feedback mechanism that will be followed up by dialogue between service providing units and the supervisor,

• Assist in checking compliance with completing Health Facility registers and forms by health providers.

• Assist in conducting regular data quality assurance on Health facility data using standard DQA tool.

• Support in strengthening health facility service providers’ M&E skills through regular mentoring.

• Other activities as negotiated with the supervisor.

Key Output:

• Support data collation, cleaning and entry on miso/chlorhexidine & Polio Eradication and delivery for high quality maternal, child and reproductive health services at LGA level.

• Ensure data quality and facilitate quality assurance control at both health facility and LGA level.

• Prepare and shortlist health facilities that did not submit their monthly summary for action.

• Generate reports/ prepare the data in graphic form using EXCEL and POWER POINT.

• Attend state or LGA review meetings, prepare and present feedback to State and LGA M&E Officers on data quality issues.

• Produce trip report on Technical Assistance (TA) provided to Facility staff on proper register and forms completion.

• Produce DQA report for Health facilities visited.

• Other M&E related task assigned by the M&E Specialist and/or M&E Snr. Advisor.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Degree from a recognised institution/university/college or equivalent with major/option in Statistics/Population Studies/Health Information Management/ Quantitative/Public Health or similar field.

• Experience in participatory assessment, monitoring and evaluation, training and facilitation, data processing or analysis and computers.

• Computer skills, especially MS Office. Experience with MS EXCEL and Access is necessary.

• Fluent spoken and written English required, knowledge of local languages is an advantage.

• Minimum of 2 years working experience in management of data.

• Ability to work in a team setting; patient with colleagues in and out of TSHIP.

• Good communication skills.

• Good organization and electronic file management skills

• Resourcefulness to operate under frequently tiring and isolated field circumstances and good local knowledge.

• Willingness to work 60% with partners in the facilities and 40% in the office.

Method Of Application:

All potential job applicants should click on link stated below to APPLY:

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Application Deadline: 15th April, 2014