POSITION: Senior Technical Officer - Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Knowledge Management Officer (MEL/KM)
Reporting to: Project Director, Zambia
Project/ Location: MOSAIC Lusaka, Zambia
Project Overview
Maximizing Options to Advance Informed Choice for HIV Prevention (MOSAIC) is a five-year (2021-2026) global project funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to help women protect themselves from HIV by accelerating introduction and scale-up of new biomedical prevention products.
The MOSAIC consortium is led by FHI 360 along with core partners Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust (PZAT), LVCT Health, Jhpiego, and AVAC. The work is also supported by technical partners from Afton Bloom, Avenir Health, Columbia University, Mann Global Health, RTI International, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Washington.
MOSAIC Approach
MOSAIC’s objective is to ensure that individuals—especially young and adolescent women—can protect themselves from acquiring HIV and other infectious diseases by accelerating introduction and scale-up of new biomedical prevention products and expediting their availability, acceptance, uptake, and impact. To achieve this objective, MOSAIC will work in alignment with the following five priorities:
Ensure a user-centered approach in which the needs and preferences of users—especially adolescent girls and young women—are understood and addressed in product introduction and scale-up Conduct research to expand the evidence base on how to effectively enhance product availability acceptability Coordinate and provide technical assistance to global, national, and subnational stakeholders to expedite product introduction in policy and practice by addressing issues related to regulatory review, policy development, resource mobilization, supply chain, delivery models and platforms and demand creation Implement research utilization activities and establish mechanisms for rapid, effective knowledge exchange among key stakeholders to ensure existing and emerging evidence on product introduction and scale-up is applied in policy and practice Strengthen and sustain local partner capacity to advocate for, design, and implement high-quality product introduction activities and research
Position Description
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Knowledge Management (MEL/KM) Officer will lead monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) efforts for the MOSAIC project in Zambia. Specifically, the MEL/KM Officer will be responsible for working with the MOSAIC-Zambia, regional, and global teams to define and operationalize the project’s MEL/KM priorities and ensure monitoring of progress towards project milestones and objectives. S/he will support the development of MOSAIC-Zambia MEL/KM plans, in alignment with the global MOSAIC MEL/KM plan and will monitor and report progress as outlined in the global MEL plan in coordination with the MOSAIC Technical Advisors and program officers. The MEL/KM officer will also support the gathering, synthesis, and dissemination of information, including development of evidence-based tools and technical resources. S/he will be responsible for management of the MOSAIC Zambia data base ensuring all verified outcomes are documented and captured.
Key Responsibilities
Global and National MOSAIC engagement
Research Utilization and Knowledge Management
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Communication and Digital Environment
Minimum requirements
Technology used
Travel Requirements
5-10-% within Zambia, with occasional regional travel.
The last day of receiving applications is 25 January,2023.
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