EngenderHealth is a leading international reproductive health organization working to improve the quality of health care in the world's poorest communities.EngenderHealth empowers people to make informed choices about contraception, trains health providers to make motherhood safer, promotes gender equity, enhances the quality of HIV and AIDS services, and advocates for positive policy change
Senior Program Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research
Location: Nigeria
Job Code: 203
# of openings: 1
Description JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Senior Program Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research
PROGRAM/OF JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Senior Technical Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research (M, E & R)
PROGRAM/OFFICE: Fistula Care/Nigeria
REPORTS TO: Country Project Manager, Fistula Care/Nigeria JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Country Project Manager, Fistula Care/Nigeria, the Senior Technical Advisor for M, E & R will be responsible for managing monitoring, evaluation and research activities for Fistula Care/Nigeria. RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provide overall technical leadership and oversight of monitoring, evaluation and research work in Fistula Care /Nigeria.
2. Work with Fistula Care/Nigeria medical and program teams to develop the Project's Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP).
3. Oversee implementation of the PMP including production and use of quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports.
4. Technically review all information produced by Fistula Care /Nigeria and maximize its use in strategy and program planning, refinement and execution.
5. In consultation with the New York-based team, oversee all local management and implementation of special studies such as the community fistula screening surveys, costing tool pilot, evaluation of community mobilization strategy, the presentation and dissemination of findings from the determinants of post-operative outcomes prospective study, and the duration of catheterization RCT.
6. Review and provide feedback on study protocols carried out in Nigeria, in compliance with EngenderHealth's Evaluation and Research Standard Operating Procedures (E&R SOPs).
7. Oversee data use capacity building across Fistula Care /Nigeria project and partner staff through use of the FC data for decision making curriculum.
8. Assure that evaluation and documentation of Fistula Care /Nigeria activities are built into project expansion and all capacity- building efforts the project undertakes.
9. Initiate and maintain strong ties with all Fistula Care/Nigeria M,E &R partners including the MoH, National Health Research/Ethics Council (NHREC) state and LGA leadership/management, and site-level staff.
10. Represent Fistula Care/Nigeria in National Technical Working Groups responsible for developing research related protocols and guidelines.
11. Supervise M&E Advisor, Data Officer, as well as monitoring, evaluation and research consultants and interns.
12. Travel 30% of time for field based technical assistance.
13. Other duties, as assigned. EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS:
• Master's degree in a field related to epidemiology, biostatistics, monitoring and evaluation of international health and development programs.
• A minimum of 10 years of work experience in M,E&R working on international health projects.
• Experience designing and conducting operations/applied research.
• Experience providing technical assistance on the use of data for planning and decision making.
• Familiarity with working in USAID-funded contracts or cooperative agreements preferred KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
? Strong analytical skills;
? Excellent computer skills, with particular knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Word in addition to statistical applications (e.g. SPSS, Stata, Epi Info); knowledge of qualitative software packages desirable.
? Exceptional interpersonal and teamwork skills.
? Excellent organizational skills.
? English fluency required. TO APPLY
Please visit the careers page at www.engenderhealth.org for a detailed JD and to submit your details online from January 17- January 31, 2011. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
EngenderHealth is an equal opportunity employer EngenderHealth provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a Vietnam era or special disabled veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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