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• Assist the project team and the Chief of
  Party to develop and manage a calendar of the entire project monthly,
  quarterly and yearly program implementation activities
• On a continuous basis, study the program
  description and develop and track performance progress a matrix of
  deliverables dues to various project clients – donor, government and
  beneficiaries
• Develop and effect utilization of a tool
  for tracking performance of the project across all its dimensions, and on
  a routine basis update the project senior management team on the progress
  to date, areas of focus and solutions to ensure that all result areas are
  given the attention and inputs required
• On a routine basis, work with the M,
  E&L team to ensure periodic (weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually)
  review of Key Performance Indicators for different project focus areas,
  paying attention to USAID requirements at various points in time as the
  project implementation and life-cycle evolves.
• Work with Senior M&E&L Advisor and
  his team to design and utilize various performance monitoring dashboards
  for “in-house” used to facilitate the project management and
  implementation teams to keep abreast of progress of project performance
• Advise project COP and senior management
  team on trends for various performance indicators, as well schedules for
  project deliverables as per prescribed timelines
• Support development of work plans and
  project performance reports, including presentations on to various
  audiences
• Track district-level and facility-level
  performance through the District Programme Officers, various focus TAs and
  M&E team
• Contribute to identification of
  operational research studies and support teams to develop data collection
  tools from identified research questions
• Coordinate documentation of project
  lessons and research findings to partners
• Assist the Chief of Party and Deputy Chief
  of Party to manage and track various technical program-related tasks
  coming to their respective desks, to ensure that the tasks are addressed
  in a timely manner
• On a day-to-day basis, coordinate with the
  rest of project technical implementation team and senior management to
  ensure that the project teams at the Central Office, MOH NTLP District and
  Health facilities are effectively supported by the Senior Technical
  Advisor, Deputy Chief of Party and Chief of Party (the team and individual
  officers’ program implementation support needs are attended to) to
  optimally function in implementing project activities
• Support the preparation of weekly
  technical reports, performance monitoring and improvement activities as
  well as regularly update the projects technical deliverables tracker
• Prepare technical briefs and presentations
  on behalf of the Senior Technical Advisor, DCOP and COP, as may be needed.
• Closely work with the Senior Technical
  Advisor and various program teams to compile and format program work plans
  and reports for subsequent review by the Chief of Party/DCOP
• Supervise Program Support Assistants to
  ensure that program implementation teams have appropriate administrative
  support for effective program implementation.
• Other project implementation duties as may
  be assigned by the STA, DCOP and or the COP

• The applicants for the USAID Defeat TB
  Project TB CSO Programme Performance Management Specialist job opportunity
  must hold a Post-graduate qualification in Public Health/Epidemiology
• A minimum of six years of experience in
  public health and project management.
• Previous experience in using
  epidemiological and public health program data to design and implement
  public health interventions
• Advanced knowledge and hands on experience
  in biostatistics and analysis of large datasets.
• Experience in using statistical packages
  like STATA, SAS and excel for data analysis.
• Proven ability to conceptualize, innovate
  and execute ideas, as well as transfer knowledge and skills
• Proven skills in supervision, planning and
  management
• Experience in TB/HIV programme design,
  implementation and monitoring
• Experience in scientific writing and have
  at least 5 publications in peer reviewed journals, with one as first
  author.
• Experience in designing and conducting
  implementation research projects.
• Experience in working with USAID/PEPFAR
  funded projects is an added advantage
• Ability to clearly and concisely express
  ideas and concepts in written and oral form.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

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