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Job Title:    Monitoring, Evaluation &
Learning (MEL) Officer

Organization:  IntraHealth International

Duty Station:  Uganda

 

About US:

IntraHealth International is a global health nonprofit that has worked
for 40 years in over 100 countries. We improve the performance of health
workers and strengthen the systems in which they work so that everyone
everywhere has the health care they need to thrive. IntraHealth’s programs
generate long-term social and economic impact to keep communities around the
world healthy, strong, and prosperous.

 

Job Summary:  The
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer will serve as important members
of the RHITES-E Project’s M&E unit and will be responsible for data
collection within the districts to which s/he is assigned.  S/he will support quality data collection,
compilation, analyses and reporting at the district, facility and community
levels. S/he will participate in the implementation and maintenance of the
RHITES-E’s M&E system that excels in capturing and reporting project
progress in achieving outcomes and results. The M&E Officer will report to
the Cluster Technical Manager with a dotted line to MEL Manager.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Support
the assigned districts in results reporting, data utilization for program
decision-making and knowledge management.

·       
Provide
routine data collection and data quality assurance at the facility and
community level in the districts to which he/she is assigned.

·       
Participate
in the development and implementation of the project’s as well as district
level M&E performance monitoring plan to effectively track project and
district activities, outcomes, and results.

·       
Together
with RHITES-E technical teams, develop and operationalize a schedule for
monthly facility and district level monitoring visits to review status in service
delivery, data collection and reporting in order to identify gaps, areas of
support and mentorship.

·       
Work
with counterparts at the facilities and sub grantees to continually build their
capacity in the areas of data management and data usage.

·       
Provide
technical support to facility and district health records personnel.

·       
Lead in
the active audit of both paper M&E tools and electronic medical records for
data quality assurance.

·       
Analyze
project quantitative and qualitative indicators.

·       
Contribute
to the development and maintenance of project tools and databases to capture
relevant data on key indicators.

·       
Conduct
periodic routine data quality assessments and implement corrective actions to
address gaps identified.

·       
Participate
in writing regular, timely progress reports of district-level project
activities and results for USAID and other stakeholders.

·       
Contribute
to the dissemination and utilization of project results to inform project
operations and share lessons learned.

·       
Remain
abreast of developments in the M&E field, particularly with respect to
HIV/AIDS, TB, MNCH, family planning and HSS.

·       
Identify
training and development requirements and develop plans to ensure that these
are met as appropriate by RHITES-E staff as well as district and facility-level
staff.

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
ideal candidate for the IntraHealth International Monitoring, Evaluation &
Learning (MEL) Officer job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in public health,
public policy, statistics or related discipline in M&E, Informatics

·       
At least
four years of relevant experience of implementing monitoring and evaluation of
formal and informal health and social supporting systems; and community program
activities

·       
Demonstrated
analytical skills to measure the outcomes of the activity interventions and
support activity supervision.

·       
Must
possess a firm command of M&E issues in one of the following technical
areas: HIV/TB indicators, MNCH/FP indicators and HSS. 

·       
Work
experience M&E USAID-funded programs preferred.

·       
Skills
in Data analytics (e.g. R, SAS, SPSS, STATA)Advanced

 

Competencies

·       
Accountability
– Holds self and others accountable for all work activities, research and
personal actions and decisions; follows through on commitments and focuses on
those activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable
high-quality results for IntraHealth’s success. 
Exercises ethical practices, respectful words and behaviors, and
equitable treatment of others in all activities.

·       
Service
Excellence – Knowledge of and ability to put into action customer service
concepts, processes, and techniques to access internal and/or external client
needs and expectations and meet or exceed those needs and expectations through
providing excellent service directly or indirectly.

·       
Strategic
Thinking – Applies organizational knowledge to identify and maintain focus on
key success factors for IntraHealth while recognizing, anticipating and
resolving organizational challenges. Ability to develop organization- and
industry-specific expertise and apply sound decision-making processes to reach
productive resolutions that translates strategy into actionable business plans.

·       
Effective
Communication (Oral and Written) – Understands effective communication
concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, explain
complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the
audience; and receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs
through the application of appropriate professional communication behaviors

 

 

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 16^th
October 2020

 

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