Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 15 Aug 2016
Job title Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor
Department PSI/Mozambique
Based in Maputo Reports to the Chief of Party Who we are
We're Population Services International (PSI), the world's leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to be healthy by providing access to products and services that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing.
There are over 9,000 “PSI'ers” around the world. It's a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds – from the medical industry to the music business - all with unique skills we bring to the job. **Join us!
**With support from the government of Mozambique and international donors such as the Embassy of the Netherlands, DFID, DANIDA, USAID and UNFPA and various private foundations, PSI has worked in Mozambique for more than 20 years. Since 1994, we have implemented social marketing, social franchising and behavior change communication to deliver prevention and treatment products and services across a wide range of health areas including HIV/AIDS, family planning, malaria, and water-borne diseases.
We are looking for a **Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor **to lead monitoring and evaluation efforts for a prospective USAID-funded integrated malaria project in Mozambique. The Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor (M&E Advisor) is responsible for all monitoring, evaluating and reporting activities under the award. The M&E Advisor leads the development of and manages the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (M&E Plan). The M&E Advisor develops and maintains systems to collect and analyze information on inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact of the program. S/he conducts supportive supervisory visits to sub-grantees to observe, monitor, guide, and provide feedback on the use of data and indicators; analyze monthly data, and support training of M&E personnel in quality assurance methods. ***This position is contingent on funding.*
Sound like you? Read on. Your contribution
**You will be responsible for all monitoring, evaluating and reporting activities under the award. You will:
- Ensure the application of global best practices in the generation and use of routine data for the Integrated Malaria project, taking into account PSI's framework for routine monitoring and countries' existing monitoring systems.
- Design data quality assurance mechanisms and validate data.
- Triangulate data from multiple data sources.
- Design strategies for engaging with provincial, district, and community levels stakeholders in data collection, interpretation and analysis.
- Work with project countries to analyze routine monitoring data to provide evidence to develop Integrated Malaria interventions and ensure continuous improvement, with a particular focus on the use of programmatic dashboards for decision making.
- Support project team on data interpretation and promote regular use of data for program improvement.
- Disseminate best practices throughout the project using various capacity building and communication channels (e.g. trainings, toolkits, teleconferences, etc.).
- Contribute to the performance monitoring evidence base by authoring articles and publishing in peer-reviewed journals; providing support to country-level teams for publication.
- Presenting at conferences and meetings, and documenting lessons learned for internal and external stakeholders.
What are we looking for? The basics**
- You have a Master's degree in public health, social sciences, or related degree.
- Significant study in fields relevant to malaria care and support project, international development and/or program monitoring and evaluation.
- Strong background or formal training in evaluating international development malaria programs.
- At least five years of experience related to monitoring, evaluating and reporting on programs related to malaria or international development in developing countries.
- Demonstrated statistical analysis skills and use of relevant software.
- Fluency in English and Portuguese
What would get us excited?
- Experience in design and implementation of M&E systems in malaria control programs in Africa.
- Demonstrated knowledge of host country management information systems.
- Proven leadership to support the strengthening of the M&E systems within a host country's National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and other International Organizations to improve the availability and use of data for decision making.
STATUS
- Exempt
- Level 6
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.
The basics
- You have a Master's degree in public health, social sciences, or related degree.
- Significant study in fields relevant to malaria care and support project, international development and/or program monitoring and evaluation.
- Strong background or formal training in evaluating international development malaria programs.
- At least five years of experience related to monitoring, evaluating and reporting on programs related to malaria or international development in developing countries.
- Demonstrated statistical analysis skills and use of relevant software.
- Fluency in English and Portuguese
What would get us excited?
- Experience in design and implementation of M&E systems in malaria control programs in Africa.
- Demonstrated knowledge of host country management information systems.
- Proven leadership to support the strengthening of the M&E systems within a host country's National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and other International Organizations to improve the availability and use of data for decision making.
STATUS
- Exempt
- Level 6
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.
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