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• Develop a strategy of measuring UHMG
  programs’ impact in terms of effectiveness of supported interventions,
  coverage of targeted populations, and identify efficient models for
  replication nationally and in other regions experiencing similar national
  health and social economic profile.
• Steer the publication of UHMG results and
  best practices across all service sectors, and particularly ensure that
  UHMG subscribes and contributes to key journals and publications.
• Work closely with the HIV/AIDS team to
  develop research objectives for HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs to
  increase prospects for their increased effectiveness and impact, through
  identification of barriers to services scale up and sustained utilisation,
  pilot testing of new innovations and scale up plans for feasible options.
• Render support in the Maternal and Child
  Health (MCH) sector to prioritize programs activities in line with
  evidence from researches carried out internally and reviews of other
  established authorities. Design and implement operational researches to
  identify barriers to sustainable MCH services utilisation, design pilots
  on new innovative strategies to overcome identified barriers and develop a
  scale up plan for the delivery of these 
  services.
• Work in collaboration with the
  Reproductive Health team, identify research themes to analyze current
  issues that limit full utilisation of FP services to address the unmet
  need for family planning and other service delivery gaps in the
  reproductive health services, and develop a plan to scale up identified
  best practices, after promising/successful pilot tests.
• Assist the Malaria Program team to
  identify key research themes for scale up of malaria prevention services
  and case management services uptake. Key areas include the extent of use
  of preventive measures; LLIN and IRS, as well as adherence to malaria
  case management guidelines; lab testing for suspected malaria fever and
  adherence to prescription guidelines by both providers and clients.
• Work with the Communications team to guide
  the design and implementation of evidence-based interventions, and
  incorporate activities on monitoring and evaluation frameworks with key
  benchmarks to evaluate program outputs and impact.
• Work closely with the Marketing teams to
  monitor and evaluate the impact of brands promotion activities based on
  key monitoring indicators to monitor specific brands uptakes, customer
  preferences and satisfaction with their use.
• Work with the Product Facility team to
  monitor market penetration of UHMG distributed products, market share, and
  determine strategies to capture and maintain specific products market
  share. Also work with this team to analyse the cost-benefit of the third
  party logistics services, product sales and distribution.
• Compile and prepare timely periodic
  reports.
• Ensure documentation of best practices
  under the project.

• The ideal candidate should preferable hold
  a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Social Sciences, Public Health,
  Statistics or other related degree. Post 
  Graduate training in health communication is an asset. Possession of
  a Masters level in epidemiology, research methodologies and project
  management and evaluation will be an 
  added advantage.
• Past experience in the use of data
  analysis software (SPSS, STATA, Excel, etc) is mandatory.
• At least six (6) years of progressively
  increasing responsibility in monitoring public health
  communication-related projects of similar scope in private sector and
  social marketing field.
• Good working knowledge of and experience
  with USG-funded activity management, policies and procedures will be an
  added advantage.
• Possess the ability to design and
  implement operational researches using different research methodologies
  (qualitative and quantitative methods) to provide information for programs
  planning, monitoring and evaluation of 
  supported interventions.
• In-depth program experience and an
  appropriate balance of technical, financial, administrative, managerial
  and interpersonal experience and oversight.
• Demonstrated management skills, including
  relevant experience in direct supervision of professional staff.
• Demonstrable results in previous work
  environment should reinforce claims to this experience.
• High level of interpersonal, technical,
  and analytical skills including a demonstrated ability to interact
  effectively and collaboratively with and present information to a broad range
  of public and private sector counterparts, donors, implementing partners,
  host country institutions, international organizations, and other key
  stakeholders.
• Possess the ability to work in fast-paced
  dynamic environment with multiple partners. Flexible and independent.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and
  oral and written communication skills (in English), and good
  communication, presentation, training, interpersonal, and team work
  skills.
• Excellent past performance references.

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