Monitoring & Evaluation Manager at Malaria Consortium

Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Manager

Activities

• Support the finalization/review of SARMAAN II Project M&E plans and frameworks as listed below:
• Take the lead in planning M&E activities in the approved work plan and coordination of implementation ensuring high level of technical quality and work closely with the Technical Specialist to ensure that the M&E plan is aligned with the overall programme work plan and is within the budget allocated for M&E.
• Support State Senior M&E Officers in the implementation of M&E activities in approved programme work-plan.
• Ensure high quality data are available in useable format on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making by facilitating data collection and collation.
• Data management, reporting, surveys, and dissemination (35%):
• Provide technical support for routine data collection and management including IT applications for data transfer where needed.
• Support the states in the development/finalization of the personnel database and composite national database for the SARMAAN II Project.
• Support the conduct of successful monthly EoC reviews, LQAS and annual EoR survey.
• Plan and coordinate quarterly routine monitoring visits to project supported sites and conduct field visits to validate data and monitor the quality and completeness of collected data.
• Assist in analysis and presentations of project data at national level.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols with support from country office and advisors.
• Participates in regular documentation of lessons learnt on various interventions by the project.
• Work with relevant UK/HQ and Country Office colleagues, NMEP and state stakeholders towards appropriate impact evaluation of the SARMAAN II Project.
• Knowledge Management, Capacity Building and Learning (10%):
• Work with the Technical Specialist to develop training or capacity building plans related to M&E and implement them as necessary.
• Support M&E training planning and rollout at the state levels.
• Ensure that state M&E and programme teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyze data for programmatic use for the state and for the national level, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into programme design and implementation.
• Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to states for program improvement, and for updates to national level (MC and government).
• Work closely with the PD, TS and SCTC to support programme staff in key activities including development of a learning agenda, organizing regular learning events, supporting operations research, and reflecting, documentation, and communication of learning initiatives.
• Actively participate in the M&E community of practice (CoP).
• Support knowledge management systems (MC/External Relations/Communications) and practices to gather, document and share best practices with project team, MC country office, government and technical partners.
• Accountability (10%):
• Support state programme staff to engage key populations in M&E programme performance and to incorporate participatory methods into M&E systems in the states.
• Support the state M&E Officers in the orientation of programme staff and partners on the basic principles and practices of beneficiary accountability in the states.
• Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
• Support the states to ensure that beneficiary feedbacks are adequately documented, addressed, analyzed, and utilized by programme teams.
• Networks and representations (10%):
• Develop and maintain relationships with NMEP and relevant Ministry of Health officials, so as to stay abreast of and involved in related SMC, HMIS and M&E developments.
• Represent MC at national level as designated  by the Project Director of Senior Country Technical Coordinator or MC senior management; and make presentations at technical meetings and events related to M&E.

Candidate Profile

• A postgraduate Degree in Public Health (with focus on epidemiology/bio-statistics) or a relevant social science discipline such as Demography or Statistics;
• A minimum of 5-years’ experience in a related role;
• 3 years’ previous experience in a supervisory role at middle management level;
• Hands-on knowledge and expertise of database management systems (Epi-info, DHIS2, LMIS, HMIS, STATA, SPSS) as well as data and statistical analysis;
• Previous experience in the Public Health sector and at the community level and on a malaria project;
• Experience in use of evidence to inform programming and policy;
• Significant experience in survey design and implementation; and
• Experience in capacity building/ transferring of skills.
• Experienced in applying qualitative methods of data collection and analysis; and
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Proficient in the development of data entry programmes, using statistical analysis software (Epi Info, EpiData, Excel, Access, Stata, SPSS) and management of project M&E systems;
• Excellent communications and presentation skills; and
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is 29th October, 2024. Therefore qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy

Website:
Official Job Website: https://www.malariaconsortium.org