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• Coordinate
  and work with other project staff to manage a robust M&E system,
  identify and monitor key program activities in order to document results
  and what interventions contributed to the results, and ensure the
  integration of those results into Uganda’s health system’s
  decision-management processes.
• Lead
  in ongoing review and implementation of the Activity’s Monitoring,
  Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP) to ensure responsiveness to evolving
  project, Donor and host government needs.
• Provide
  support to M&E and HMIS teams at various levels to conduct frequent
  and routine data verification and quality assessment exercises as per the
  Activity AMELP and internal needs.
• On
  a regular basis, prepare and ensure timely submission of project
  performance monitoring plans, including developing and defining program
  indicators and sources of data, as well as contributing to annual work
  plans, quarterly and annual reports and other project documents.
• Track
  project monitoring indicators for all (or specified) project health
  component activities and periodically provide data to the project’s Senior
  Management Team.
• Document
  progress on various levels of indicators attributable to project
  interventions
• Direct
  and ensure coordination and linking of data reporting with technical
  strategy discussions
• Provide
  leadership for knowledge management and documentation for project with
  emphasis on dissemination and lessons learned and present results of
  program achievements and outputs in written reports and at conferences and
  meetings.
• Develop
  and manage a robust and dynamic Learning and Operational Research agenda
  On a very frequent and regular basis, advise project COP and senior
  management team on trends for various performance indicators, as well
  schedules for project deliverables as per prescribed timelines
• Track
  district-level and facility-level performance through focal technical
  staff, Cluster teams, and M&E team
• Provide
  technical and managerial leadership in the development and design of all
  project evaluation and research efforts, and ensure that they are linked
  to project objectives and deliverables and are properly resourced
• Manage
  various project databases to capture relevant data on key indicators
• Participate
  in writing regular, timely progress reports of project activities and
  results for USAID and other stakeholders, including responding to all
  USAID requests for data and reporting in a timely manner
• Engage
  with other program and technical staff in developing and implementing
  annual project work plans
• Provide
  strategic, technical and coordination support to the project team to
  effectively support strengthening of the HMIS at district, facility and
  community levels

• The
  applicant for the USAID RHITES-EC Director Monitoring, Evaluation, and
  Learning career opportunity must hold a Master’s Degree in either
  Statistics, Biostatistics, Public Health, Epidemiology, or another
  relevant field.
• A
  minimum of ten (10) years of relevant professional experience in leading
  M&E processes, quality improvement and Knowledge Management.
• Previous
  experience in implementation of Health Systems Strengthening, HIV/AIDS,
  malaria, family planning, maternal, newborn and child health, or nutrition
  is desirable.
• Demonstrated
  expertise in performance management and linking data to improvement
• Experience
  with managing complex data sets and databases, including conducting and
  supervising data analyses, report writing, and design of creative data
  presentation and visualization tools
• Experience
  in working with USAID and/or PEPFAR funded programs
• Ability
  to travel extensively with the East-Central region of Uganda
• Demonstrated
  team player and experience with staff supervision
• Ability
  to hold self and others accountable for work-related commitments and
  deliverables, and consistently and all the time follow through on such
  commitments and focus on those activities that have the greatest impact on
  meeting measurable high quality results

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