Senior Technical Officer – M & E at APIN Public Health Initiatives Limited / Gte

Job Title: Senior Technical Officer – M & E

Job Summary

• The incumbent will work as a member of the Strategic Information Directorate and will be responsible for leading state’s SI activities.
• The candidate will report directly to the Director of Strategic Information at the HQ.

Responsibilities

• Manage the state’s SI department; defining strategies, goals, objectives and work plan, and monitoring their implementation.
• Provide leadership and guidance on program/project monitoring and evaluation and on donor and Government of Nigeria reporting requirements.
• Facilitate the provision of technical support to strengthen data management in the state
• Provide technical assistance to program sites in the collection, analysis, reporting and use of output data for program improvement
• Manage the program’s reporting cycle to ensure high quality and complete data are sent to the program office on a periodic basis, or when required
• Conduct routine monitoring visits to project sites and provide supportive supervision

Periodic/Special Tasks / Responsibilities:

• Review and update the programme quality improvement protocol as indicated
• Provide technical support to program sites in developing and implementing clinical quality improvement activities in all program areas
• Share program output data with the program team
• Monitor the progress of the program towards achieving targets
• Contribute to the periodic review of the organization’s quality improvement and surveillance protocol line with national protocol

Key Performance Indicators

• Level of completeness and currency of reports databases (DHIS, NMRS, NDR, NOMIS etc.)
• Strategic alignment with the directorate and APIN leadership mandate
• Number of program data output disseminated to program officers/ donors/ Government
• Timeliness of disseminating data output to program officers/ donors/ Government
• Performance of state’s sites in DQA and external audit assessments
• Number of technical publications by the state’s SI team annually
• Percentage of relevant program review meetings facilitated

Minimum Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess MBBS, MPH/MSc Epidemiology or Biostatistics / Statistics / Computer Science.
• Ten (10) years’ post qualification experience supporting the implementation of M & E systems, and planning and executing program evaluation.
• Technical writing and communication skills 
• Computer/Software proficiency including Microsoft office packages (excel, Power Point, Access, internet for research and studies)
• Proficiency in program performance monitoring, evaluation, surveillance, Quality Improvement, Health Informatics and Research
• Excellent working knowledge of HIV, TB and other diseases of global security and Government of Nigeria priorities
• Proficiency in statistical and data analytics packages including R, STATA, SPSS, ODKs etc.
• Proficiency in DATA USE products (Tableau, Dashboards, Power BI, Zoho, Looker etc.)
• Good working knowledge of current HIV/AIDS guidelines and standards with respect to monitoring and evaluation  
• Ability to organize and coordinate training programmers.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is on 13th December, 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.

Official Job Website: https://apin.org.ng/