Overview
Jhpiego seeks a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Advisor to provide technical leadership, oversight and strategic direction for monitoring, evaluation, and research (MER) activities for an upcoming US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-funded HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment project. S/he will operate under the leadership of the Program Director and Jhpiego’s senior management team. The Senior MER Advisor will work closely with the MER team to design, implement and supervise project MER activities, ensuring that lessons learned are integrated into program implementation to continuously improve quality of interventions and outcomes. The four-year project aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections and other sexually transmitted infections among target communities and to support the continuum of care and treatment for those infected with HIV.
This position is contingent upon award from PEPFAR. Eswatini nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
MER Systems Development & Implementation
- Develop Evaluation & Performance Monitoring Plans and Theory of Change with clearly defined indicators to measure program performance and quality.
- Develop M&E plans/strategies detailing project specific routine monitoring activities, planned evaluations and personnel coordination and management.
- Design/adapt Data Collection Tools and Data Management Systems to collect performance data at all levels (Province, District and Facility) in consultation with key program and technical personnel.
- Coordinate MER team planning for monthly data collection of performance indicators.
- Review routine data analysis, indicator performance trackers, data review presentations, bulletins and consolidate monthly reports.
- Support data management and reporting for program quality assessments/initiatives.
- Provide evidence to inform project strategies and work plans aligned with project objectives
- Support project team in the development of donor reports and other organization wide reporting requirements using DATIM and other internal systems
- Lead research/evaluation framework design workshops and development of protocols
- Prepare Institutional Review Board (IRB) submission packages and manage IRB processes from submission through approval working with all mandatory agencies
- Recruit and train field personnel/survey team and oversee field work coordination
- Identify abstracts and potential manuscripts, support drafting of abstracts and papers, ensuring data inputs and accurate results with appropriate statistical tests.
- Organize and facilitate evaluation dissemination events with appropriate dissemination tools
- Ensures that evaluation reports and datasets are archived as required ensuring confidentiality and integrity.
Technical Assistance for M&E and HMIS Strengthening
- Develop technical assistance standard operating procedures training curriculum, flow charts and job aids in conjunction with key program and technical personnel
- Lead the assessment of MER & HMIS gaps and implement appropriate technical assistance services working closely with provincial and district level officials in supported provinces
- Introduce novel Data Quality Improvement (DQI) approaches and collaborate with MOH at national, provincial and district level to conduct appropriate DQI activities as required
- Introduce and support deployment of context appropriate data analysis, data review and data use tools to supported locations
- Organize provincial learning events and visits for cross learning across districts and provinces
- Support capacity building for research and evaluations including abstracts and manuscript development
Knowledge Management & Stakeholder Management
- Identify case studies and success stories from project reports and activities
- Support team members to review and rewrite case studies and success stories
- Support knowledge asset identification, archiving and retrieval, following up with project team members to ensure organization Knowledge Management tools are consistently used
- Development and update project bulletins (internal and external)
- Represent Jhpiego at technical working groups and other relevant meetings with MOH and DOD
- Cultivate strategic MER relationships and alliances with other implementing partners
- Recruitment and mentorship of provincial MER officers, data associates and facility personnel
Required Qualifications
- MPH or a Master’s degree in a related field
- Experience in implementing USG funded programs with understanding of Donor regulations, compliance and reporting requirements.
- 7+ years of recent senior-level experience in successful field implementation and management of M&E programs in any of the following areas: HIV/AIDS; TB or RMNCH
- Statistical software proficiency using: SPSS, STATA or Epi-Info
- Technical skills in monitoring and evaluation, including at least 4-5 of the following:
- Data quality improvement
- Timely data analysis, synthesis and communication of results
- Design and implementation of evaluation protocols
- Design and implementation of program monitoring systems
- Development and field-testing of data collection instruments for M&E indicators
- Data collection planning and implementation (routine or survey)
- Translation of complex data systems and results into understandable lessons learned and action priorities for programmatic and other technical staff
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, leadership, supervisory and conflict management skills
- Strong change management, results-oriented and decision-making skills
- Ability to take initiatives and be creative.
- Ability to work independently with very little supervision.
- A team player with ability to work with a very diverse group of people and environment.
- Ability to supervise in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to achieve desired results
- Strong communication (writing and oral presentation) skills
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally 25% of the time