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Job Title:     Monitoring and Evaluation
Officer (Paid Internship Jobs)

Organisation: Global Health Corps (GHC)

Placement Organisation: IntraHealth
International

Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda

Eligible Citizenship: Ugandan

Salary: Monthly Stipend

Position Code: G02-Nat

About GHC:

Global Health Corps pairs intelligent and passionate fellows
with organizations that require new thinking and innovative solutions. We
provide these young leaders with the tools to remain connected after their
fellowship year finishes, deepening their ability to enact change through
heightened skills and strong partnerships. We currently place fellows in
Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.

About US:

For over 30 years, in nearly 100 countries, IntraHealth
International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need.
IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving
health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology,
and leveraging partnerships. IntraHealth has been working in Uganda for over 25
years. The current project, the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance
Services in Eastern Uganda (USAID RHITES-E), is a USAID-funded activity to
support the Government of Uganda (GOU) and key stakeholders to increase
availability and utilization of high quality health services in 23 districts in
Eastern Uganda and two in Karamoja sub-region. The project aims to achieve this
by strengthening health systems and improving the quality of, access to, and
demand for health services with attention to equity and underserved
populations.

Job Summary:   The
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work closely with the Director of
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (DMEL) and Technical Advisors at IntraHealth
International. The Officer will implement a system of constant data collection,
analysis, and use that informs the DMEL and the Technical Advisors to determine
whether targets are being achieved and how to make programmatic changes if
targets are not being met.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

·       
Support data management and analysis to inform
project decision-making

·       
Support the tracking of project performance
against targets using the Project Monitoring Plan (PMP) and the Activity
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP)

·       
Conduct data quality assessments (DQAs) of
collected data and ensure that quality control measures are in place and
observed

·       
Contribute to special assessments and operations
research activities

·       
Analyze current and past project data to
identify trends and investigate the implications of those trends on health
service delivery

·       
Document findings from data analysis and surveys

·       
Introduce creative approaches to communicating
project impact

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree*

·       
Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in
public health, public policy, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, economics
or other social science, informatics, demography, or related field

·       
At least one year of professional experience*

·       
Academic training or professional experience in
monitoring and evaluation, including measuring and documenting outcomes of
interventions*

·       
Strong background in quantitative analysis,
including usage of statistical software packages such as STATA, SAS, SPSS, R,
or EPI-Info*

·       
Experience collecting and analyzing survey data*

·       
Must possess excellent analytical skills*

·       
Service delivery experience, especially in HIV
and family health programs

·       
Excellent writing skills as evidenced by past
reports and other materials

·       
Knowledge and experience in using District
Information Systems or related Health Management Information Systems

·       
Highly developed communication skills

·       
Proficient use of Microsoft Office, especially
Excel

·       
Possesses IntraHealth core competencies:
Innovation, Accountability, Service Excellence, and Interpersonal Relationships

·       
Conceptual thinker with excellent organizational
and time management skills plus a high degree of self-motivation and attention
to detail

·       
Willingness to be based in Mbale and travel
within the country

NB: Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are required

Fellowship Stipend, Benefits, and Logistics:

In addition to the intensive leadership development and
professional growth that the fellowship offers, the Global Health Corps
fellowship includes the following benefits. GHC arranges several logistical
details on fellows’ behalf with the expectation that fellows will take
ownership of their overall experience. Read on below to learn more about how
these items apply to specific placements:

·       
Monthly living stipend

·       
Award of $1500 upon successful completion of the
fellowship year

·       
Housing

·       
Insurance

·       
Support in applying for visas and/or work
permits, as necessary

·       
Travel costs covered to and from placement site,
GHC training and retreats

·       
Professional development funds of up to $600

How to Apply:

All applicants who desire to be placed by the Global Health
Corps in the aforementioned organization should express interest by clearly
following the instructions at the web page below.

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Deadline: 15th January, 2020 at 11:59pm EST

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