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Job Title:   M&E Officer

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

Duty Station: Kasese, Uganda

Reports to: M&E Coordinator

About the Company:

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 M&E Officer will be responsible for day-to-day implementation of HMIS activities at Baylor Uganda supported facilities. S/he will build the capacity of teams in M&E, ensure timely submission of quality reports and support implementation of all electronic databases.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Periodically prepare and update the workplans and Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) to track program performance in the supported health facilities and districts in relation to set targets.
• Support timely and accurate submission of periodic reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly) in national and other project reporting systems.
• Provide timely feedback through performance review meetings to track project performance and implementation of action plans.
• Implement data quality assessment and corrective actions to improvement the quality of data collected by the program.
• Build the capacity of health facilities and project teams in M&E aspects: data management, collection, analysis, reporting, and data use.
• Provide technical support for operationalization of digital systems for data collection and periodic reporting including Uganda EMR, EMR POC, KP tracker, DHIS2, PIRS systems.
• Support implementation of case-based surveillance programs (eCBSS, HIV recency) at supported health facilities.
• Implement data security and equipment safety measures at all supported HFs in line with data protection and equipment safety guidelines.
• Ensure availability of necessary HMIS data tools to all supported health facilities and provide technical support in quality data capture, documentation & management.
• Support facilities to develop and maintain proper filing, storage, and retrieval systems for health records in supported health facilities.
• Supervise medical records assistants and data assistants to ensure routinely M & E activity implementation at all supported facilities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, demography, qualitative economics or any other related discipline.
• At least 3 years’ experience in using HMIS system, Reporting systems and patient level databases including DHIS2, PIRS, UGANDA EMR, KP TRACKER

How to Apply:

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

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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.

Deadline: 6th August 2024

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