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• Ensure M&E technical assistance is
  available and provided at all times to all the program areas.
• The incumbent implements the M&E
  strategy in line with the USAID and MOH for supporting the various
  districts
• Take lead in analyzing and writing of
  monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual programmatic district
  performance reports and their submission in stipulated deadlines
• Support HMIS/ District Biostatisticians to
  ensure timely and accurate entry of reports into the electronic data bases
• Facilitate the interpretation and use of
  M&E data, through the quarterly district level and facility level
  review meetings between the project, the district health team and health
  care workers.
• The incumbent facilitates data auditing
  and verification to assure internal consistency and validity of project
  activity monitoring data reported by all districts, through quarterly data
  verification and auditing visits.
• Facilitate review of progress on a
  quarterly basis; problem solving and development of remedial actions
  ensuring any disparity between planned and actual outputs are addressed at
  district and facility level
• Facilitate implementation of capacity building
  courses through workshops and on the job trainings on monitoring,
  evaluation and reporting as required for districts HMIS/ District
  Biostatisticians, data clerks and the health workers
• Offer guidance and support to the DBTs in
  the implementation of monitoring tools, which will include, but not be
  limited to, data collection, analysis and reporting on program indicators;
• Support the coordination and execution of
  events in the department such as, organizational project learning by
  developing, collecting and disseminating relevant information on
  monitoring, evaluation and research.
• Ensures that the quarterly, semi-annual
  and annual data collection mechanisms on additional indicators reported
  through routine HMIS as supported required, functioning as appropriate
• Assist in the implementation of community
  surveys such as LQAS, PLACE and other studies as required
• Leads and supports data quality assessment
  and assurance activities at the Foundation, district and health facilities
  in close collaboration with the DBTs as required.
• Provide technical support to the data
  clerks in ensuring implementation of electronic data management systems at
  site level. The electronic patient management systems include, but not
  limited to Open-Medical Records System
• The strategic information & evaluation
  officer will coordinate with the QI advisor to provide technical support
  to the DBTs, the data clerks and health care workers in data utilization
  to inform continuous quality improvement. Through a functional working
  relations with the Quality Improvement Advisors the SI&E officer will
  ensure the following:
• Ensuring that the district
  and sites have annual plan for monitoring and evaluating QI interventions
• Ensures the district and
  facilities maintains a database for QI by ensuring the tracking of
  progress on performance of the QI indicators
• Support the DBTs to ensure
  that the Foundation supported facilities have QI tools (for example
  documentation journals), and all procedures necessary for the
  implementation of the QI interventions
• Coordinate the collection,
  aggregation and analysis of analyze project QI qualitative and
  quantitative data
• Supports the district focal persons for
  HMIS and other health data to collect, analyze and report programmatic
  indicators in a timely manner and ensuring that the project’s technical
  staff especially the DBTs are provided with timely, accurate and reliable
  information generated through the project’s M&E system
• Supervise the data clerks working at the
  health facilities

• The applicant for the USAID Project Strategic
  Information and Evaluation Officer career opportunity should hold a Master’s
  degree in Public health or demography or statistics, population studies,
  epidemiology
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience
  in design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation
• Thorough familiarity with the Uganda MOH
  HMIS system using the DHSI2.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of USAID
  and PEPFAR expectations and trends for monitoring and evaluation.
• Previous experience of working with
  international NGOs, MOH, district administration, public health facilities
  will be an advantage.
• Ability to work independently with minimal
  supervision
• Practical experience in working with
  routine health information systems at the facility, district and national
  level.
• Excellent verbal and written
  communications skills in English, including the capacity to prepare and
  deliver formal presentations on programs and results
• Excellent data analysis skills and ability
  to think concisely, critically as well as distill information to lay
  audience
• Good analytical thinking and ability to
  interpret public health and epidemiological data.
• Familiarity with computer programming,
  routine management of information systems, and maintenance of electronic
  databases
• Excellent working knowledge of major
  databases and analytical programs including MS access, MS excel, STATA,
  SPSS and Epi Data, and GIS
• Good training skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility
  in all aspects of working
• Willingness to work and travel in rural
  settings in Uganda.

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