Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant, Maseru, Lesotho

URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.

Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.

URC's mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based solutions to health and social challenges worldwide. Please join us in carrying out our mission ( http://www.urc-chs.com/).

Division & Project Overview: The USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project ( https://www.usaidassist.org) is a new project dedicated to improving health, population and nutrition services through technical support to service delivery institutions, country Ministries of Health, USAID country missions, and cooperating agencies. The new project carries on the work of the USAID Health Care Improvement Project ( http://www.hciproject.org) in global advocacy, development, and promotion of cost-effective methods to design and improve health care services and systems in low- and middle-income countries.

An important global objective of the ASSIST Project is knowledge management: to facilitate documentation and sharing of evidence for improvement of specific care processes, based on the work of individual QI teams, large-scale improvement efforts, and/or research, and to make this information readily available through Web technology.

The ASSIST Project is managed by URC's Quality and Performance Institute (QPI). Through QPI, URC has implemented quality improvement and operations research programs in health care since 1981 and continues to be at the cutting edge of health care improvement work in countries around the world.

USAID ASSIST will align evidence-based interventions in technical content areas such as Maternal, Newborn and Child health, QA, HIV/AIDS and Health Workforce – with evidence-based approaches to strengthen and improve systems. URC is seeking a dynamic and qualified individual to fill the following M&E Assistant position in all Lesotho supported on one year renewable contracts.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Participate in strengthening existing M&E system for the ASSIST project.
• Support in preparing bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic performance reports.
• Managing all reporting and communication through online systems and updating all new information Provide M&E technical support for all project related stakeholders and partners
• Preparing and sorting received documents and identifying forms that need to be entered.
• Coordinate reporting process on key performance indicators of the project.
• Identify specific needs for primary data collection processes and possible research areas for improvement of programming in general.
• Ensuring accuracy of entered data and comparing it with the existing filing system to make sure all records are consistent and aligned.
• Provide ongoing data quality review for all performance monitoring data collected by the project performance indicators and/or through implementing entities and Service Providers.
• Support in the review and checking of QI data generated being in line with the M&E reporting requirements. Support the analysis of data in line with the M&E framework.
• Provide guidance and support to QI advisors in the development and implementation of monitoring tools, which will include, but not be limited to, data collection, analysis and reporting on program indicators;
• Participate in the training of ASSIST staff in monitoring of activities based on indicators and targets set out in the PMP;
• Establish strong working relationships with key Managers dealing with M&E/Information Management and Programme supported to facilitate effective collaboration and communication.
• Contribute to the improvement of Health Information Systems (HIS), M&E activities, Data Quality within the MOH - by undertaking visits to district/facilities as needed to support and/or mentor data collection/collation or verify data quality or carry out spot checks/reviews.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned
• Other Monitoring and Evaluation functions as needed.

Note: Correspondence will only be conducted with the short-listed candidates. Should you not have heard from us within a month of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please visit URC's Career Opportunities page at www.urc-chs.com/careers.

You must upload your CV/Résumé and your Cover Letter where indicated. Also, please complete your application form and attach a completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet as well.

Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be contacted. No phone calls please. Thank you very much for your interest.

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