Management Sciences for Health (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 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and Medford, Massachusetts US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live by 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.
MSH is seeking highly qualified candidates for an anticipated five-year USAID funded HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment program in Lesotho. The goal of the Strengthening Care & Treatment project is to increase effective and tested approaches for providing comprehensive and integrated HIV and AIDS care and treatment. Preference will be given to applicants with relevant experience in Lesotho. Availability of the position is contingent upon issuance of a USAID award.
The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a plan to monitor progress, evaluate effectiveness, and disseminate results of the Project activities and innovations. The M&E Advisor has primary responsibility for developing the project M&E plan and identifying M&E needs, as well as daily monitoring and improvement of the project performance. S/he will design and maintain data collection systems and for ensuring that all necessary information, from both routine reporting as well as from ad hoc data collection efforts and special studies, is collected, analyzed and used in guiding internal project planning and informing external partners about project activities and accomplishments. S/he will design the baseline and end line evaluation of the project to capture the needed information to periodically assess the intermediate results and to evaluate the end of project results. S/he will provide the Project Director and the management team the needed data for planning and properly managing the project towards the attainment of its goals and objectives. The M&E Advisor conducts all appropriate analyses, including the use of complimentary routine data sets and secondary analysis, from various sources and fully documents activities and accomplishments in the form of reports, publications and presentations to the donor and to the international community.
Specific Responsibilities
- Design with the team and conduct the baseline study to provide to the Project Director and the management team with accurate data that could be used to revise the anticipated target for the end of project results.
- Continually monitor the availability of data, (inputs and data sources), the flow of data, and the uses of that data for decision making in the project’s area of responsibility.
- Work with the various authorities to implement recommendations to address current gaps in data collection, data inputs, sources, flow forms, registers, information dashboards and reports; suggest additional strategies for strengthening data collection, interpretation and use as appropriate. Prepare and disseminate periodic reports on the program incorporating service statistics and survey data as available.
- Prepare briefings, fact-sheets, scientific papers, and slide shows for presentation to the donor, MOH officials and partners on the Project’s activities and lessons learned.
- Work with MSH M&E unit at home office staff in developing appropriate computer application and project management information system for the project as needed and in reviewing articles for publication, and documenting the project’s progress and achievements.
- Develop M&E framework, Standard Operating Procedures for M&E, procedures and instruments for planning, monitoring and evaluating project activities based on the Results Framework and the Activity Timeline.
- Ascertain that the evaluation framework s/he developed with the team is being implemented as planned to obtain all the necessary data for the final evaluation report.
- Review the final data collection plan and recommend any changes that may be needed to assure that all evaluation information and data is collected.
Qualifications
- A minimum of a Master’s degree in Epidemiology/biostatistics or Statistics, demography or related field, or equivalent experience in monitoring and evaluation.
- At least five (5) years’ work experience in monitoring and evaluation, specifically in the development of health and/or education M&E tools and activities.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with experience in presenting to groups.
- Demonstrated ability to write reports and publishable papers for national and international forums and conferences.
- A demonstrated ability to work effectively in the country environment; and through patience, respect, understanding, and professional competence earn the confidence and trust of counterparts.
- Ability and experience in leading and conducting Operations Research
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and support national goals, to maintain high professional standards, and to develop harmonious and effective working partnerships with counterparts.
- Excellent written and oral communications and presentation skills in English
- Willingness to travel within the country up to 40% time.
EEO Statement
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.
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