USAID Grant Jobs – Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at Tulane International (TILLC)

Organisation: Tulane International (TILLC)
Project: Northern Uganda
-Health Integration to Enhance Services (NU-HITES)
Duty
Station:
 Gulu,
Uganda
About
TILLC:
Tulane International
(TILLC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tulane University, a US-based tertiary
education institution. TILLC has been present in Uganda since 1998. TILLC seeks
candidates for office operations support and for a number of management,
technical and consultant positions for anticipated programs in Uganda.
Tulane University seeks a qualified Monitoring and Evaluation
Specialist for the USAID funded Northern Uganda
-Health Integration to Enhance Services (NU-HITES) project to be
based in Gulu, Uganda. NU-HITES aims to increase the availability and
demand for essential health services in 15 districts while
strengthening and improving the quality of Northern
Uganda’s health system.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Data
    collection and analysis:

    Work in collaboration with program staff and government officials to
    collect, manage, and analyze data from project activities, and assist in
    document preparation for large-scale surveys.
  • Facilitation
    of stakeholder inputs and results dissemination:
    Facilitate the participation of key
    stakeholders in the design, implementation, and interpretation of data
    collected for project M&E.
  • Documentation/Reporting: Generate routine project
    performance and other M&E reports for submission to USAID.
  • Data
    Quality and Indicator Development:
    Provide data quality assessments as required by ADS
    203.
  • Update
    the project Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP), to reevaluate and develop
    necessary indicators.
  • Capacity
    Building
    :
    Implement trainings of NU-HITES staff, district officials, health workers
    on data management and use.
  • Supervise
    a team of M&E staff at project headquarters and in three sub-regional
    offices.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should be a graduate to Ph.D. level preferably in public health,
    demography, sociology, economics or a related discipline.
  • At
    least eight years of experience in monitoring and evaluations of international
    health and development programs.
  • Demonstrated
    experience in monitoring and evaluation of health Interventions.
  • Experience
    in data collection and analysis, including large population surveys, LQAS,
    facility-based assessments, client exit interviews, focus group
    discussions, key informant interviews.
  • Experience
    working with local governments, NGOs or health care providers in Eastern
    Africa
  • Experience
    with USAID-funded projects and ADS 203 – Performance Monitoring and
    Evaluation.
  • Excellent
    communication skills, both verbal and written, including fluency in
    English.
  • Strong
    working knowledge of MS Office, statistical software applications,
    especially Stata and SPSS.
  • Ability
    to work cooperatively/effectively with others of diverse personalities,
    education & cultural background.
  • Ability
    to work and make decisions independently.
How
to Apply:
All qualified candidates
should submit electronic copies of letters of application and CV with contact
telephone numbers, relevant certificates, names and contact details of three
references should be included and sent to the Principal Investigator Tulane
University Email: phutchin@tulane.edu
All applicants should
indicate a date by which they can start.
NB:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by 15th January, 2014.
Deadline: 6th
December, 2013 by 5pm

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