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• The jobholder will develop the overall
  framework for the project’s M&E systems, in collaboration with METS,
  Project manager and other senior project staff, including requirements,
  reporting, baseline, and evaluation surveys.
• Develop and monitor the project’s PMP to
  systematically document project performance for project technical leads
  and the project leadership team.
• Offer technical leadership and support to
  project and partner staff in planning and implementing M&E systems and
  activities, data-based program decision-making, and results reporting.
• Coordinate field visits for data
  validation, to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets.
  Coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development
  and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data, Capture and document
  lessons learned.
• Develop and implement effective monitoring
  tools and approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of
  project interventions.
• Offer technical support to the
  Sub-grantees to strengthen their monitoring and evaluation systems and
  ensure a result based sub grantees M&E systems ;
• Update as necessary Monitoring and
  Evaluation plans, consistent with the national M&E framework, in
  consultation with the MOH, METS and the National HIV, TB Programs
• Carry out periodic audits of the project
  activities to review strategy execution, Risk management and value for
  money.

• Ensure timely and accurate submission of
  project performance reports to the donor and all Donor reporting systems;
  DATIM, HYBRID and DHIS2, including progress against targets set in the
  award agreement and annual work plan, quarterly, and annual reports all in
  Collaborate with the METS and other Partners.
• Routinely track performance in line with
  project targets for effective and timely achievement of project goals and
  provide effective feedback to the technical leads while emphasizing
  follow-through on critical performance areas using a well-documented
  performance action log.
• Facilitate state-of-the-art knowledge
  management practices and real-time, applied and collaborative learning
  processes. Generate robust evidence for project and programmatic learning
  that leads to action, decision-making and influence.
• Coordinate the performance measurement of
  project enablers including GGM, District based performance monitoring,
  performance based sub granting, efficiency monitoring and routine
  Systematic analytical evaluations.
• Ensure the alignment of M&E activities
  with program goals and contribute to the development of annual work plans
  to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities.
• Forecast and Identify obstacles and risks
  to effective implementation of project interventions and achievement of
  results in a timely manner and suggest appropriate corrective actions to
  the project teams and sub-recipients.
• Participate in project evaluation
  activities including project evaluation conceptual development and provide
  necessary information
• Take leadership in the Implementation of
  the regional project performance review activities across the project and
  support lower level performance reviews.
• Lead and manage the M&E project team
  ensuring effective staff supervision, performance management, development
  and retention
• Develop and track project budgets
  utilization to ensure program efficiency and value for money.

• Carry out the assessment of the
  Sub-Recipients (SR) capacity in the field of M&E, and develop and lead
  the implementation of a capacity development plan,
• Supervise, mentor, and build capacity of
  the project’s M&E team.
• Actively participate in National/regional
  policy formulation and review by representing MUg at TWGs and other
  stakeholder engagements
• Build and strengthen partnerships with
  relevant stakeholders for effective program implementation

• The ideal candidate for this vacancy must
  hold a Masters Degree in either Demography, Statistics, Economics, Public
  Health or Dev’t Studies plus OR Postgraduate qualification in M&E with
  5 years’ experience in M&E for health related projects
• At least seven years’ experience in
  M&E of donor funded project, two years of which must be at middle
  Management level
• Strong conceptual knowledge about theories
  of change, logic model, HIV/TB, and nutrition indicators, M&E plan,
  data quality assurance, data utilization, and gender integration into
  M&E
• Demonstrated expertise and experience in
  developing and operationalizing routine monitoring system designed to
  track both output and outcome indicators.
• Demonstrated experience in collecting,
  verifying, and analysing qualitative and quantitative data in a clear
  format that will help to guide decision-making and perfoamance improvement
• Demonstrated expertise and experience in
  data utilization strategies and can creatively think about active data
  sharing techniques.
• Hands-on skills in using Statistical
  analytical packages like STATA, SPSS, Epi Data,
• Previous exposure and experience in donor
  relations management and donor reporting
• Experience in project budget monitoring
  and tracking
• Strong leadership, analytical and
  organizational skills
• Dynamic systems thinking, high taste for
  innovation, and continuous quality improvement
• Demonstrable leadership skills in working
  collaboratively with donors, host country institutions and other
  development partners

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