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Job Title:    Community M&E Officer

Organisation: Baylor
College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda)

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Baylor College of
Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous
not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the
Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a
Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres
of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa
and Eastern Europe.

Job Summary:  The Community M&E Officer will be
responsible for Reviewing and implementing community M & E management
systems and guidelines for measuring and tracking district programmes/projects
performance routinely.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Develop
and monitor implementation of community M&E work plans and submit monthly
M&E reports with documented actions to address gaps;

·       
Develop/modify
and update the performance monitoring plan for the community program including
Prevention , Community Framework and OVC.

·       
Ensure
relevant MoH/donor data collection and reporting tools are in place and are
being used appropriately to collect accurate data for OVC programs

·       
Support
periodic data collection, validation and reporting for all community programs
(weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually) in national and PEPFAR MER systems.

·       
Provide
technical assistance and monitor implementation/update of electronic databases
and reporting systems including OVC tracker, KP Tracker, PrEP, OVCMIS, HIBRID
and all other databased developed by the program.

·       
Implement
data quality improvement initiatives including data validation and DQAs and
implement  appropriate actions to address
identified gaps

·       
Support
CBOs and HFs to conduct data reviews and feedback meetings with stakeholders to
aid informed decision-making on community programming.

·       
Support
the cluster community team to generate lists of patients for follow-up, update
and report on follow-up outcomes using relevant M&E tools.

·       
Provide
training and mentoring to community health workers and staff to ensure
implementation of strong M&E systems.

·       
Actively
contribute and participate in conducting operational research studies and
project self-assessments and address the M&E capacity gaps that are
identified.

·       
Develop
and maintain a competent & motivated community data team through
implementing HR support activities in line with the Human resources manual.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
applicant for the Baylor-Uganda Community M&E Officer job should hold a
Bachelor’s degree in statistics, demography, qualitative economics or any other
related discipline.

·       
At least
three years’ experience in using National and PEPFAR MER systems i.e. DHIS2,
OVCMIS, HIBRID, OPENMRS, OVC TRACKER, KP TRACKER

·       
Proficiency
in the use of spreadsheet packages (Ms-excel), database management systems:
Ms-Access, Epi-Info, SPSS, STATA.

·       
Ability
to work under pressure and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

·       
Good
analytical and presentation skills

·       
Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills.

NOTE:

·       
Applications
should include a cover letter, CV, daytime telephone contact, three traceable
professional references and certified UNEB certificates as well as certified
University Transcripts

·       
You must
have at least a credit 6 in MATHEMATICS and ENGLISH at Ordinary Level (UCE).
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview. Please note only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

How to Apply:

All qualified and
interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 26^th March 2021

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