Associate / Monitoring and Evaluation Director

Associate / Monitoring and Evaluation Director
Associate / Monitoring and Evaluation Director

Job Title Associate / Monitoring and Evaluation Director
Job ID 2013-7557
Location UG
Posted Date 1/9/2013
Category International Health
Division/Department International Health
More information about this job:
Organization Overview:
The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
MA/MBA (7 – 10) years of experienceORPhD (4 – 6) years of experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.
Job Responsibilities:
Abt Associates is preparing the upcoming USAID-funded Private Health Support program in Uganda and seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation Director. The program will support the professional development of private health providers/private for profit (PHP/PFP) providers, selected private sector run company clinics, private health sector regulatory entities and commercial pharmaceuticals firms. To achieve this goal, it will focus on the expanded availability of health services by private service providers, increased affordability of private health services and products, and improved quality of private health sector facilities and services.
The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Director, reporting directly to the Chief of Party, is the M&E Team Leader for an International Health Division project, and is responsible for creating systems to measure and document program process, output and impact data results by routinely and systematically collecting, analyzing and presenting program data for project staff, partners, and donors.
Specific responsibilities include:
* Supporting daily oversight of the project research and M&E agenda bycollecting and entering the data from current studies and pilot sites.
* Contributing to development of project indicators and reporting procedures.
* Collaborating with the other project members to plan, budget, schedule, and implement training activities for data collection and management in the pilot sites.
* Supporting the M&E team with drafting research analysis, M&E, and other project reports.
Skills Prerequisites:
* Master''s or Ph.D. in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, or other relevant field.
* 8 years of relevant professional experience in designing and implementing M&E activities and special studies for complex health systems strengthening and/or service delivery programs.
* Experience with M&E work in HIV/AIDS, malaria, family planning, and/or maternal, newborn and child health desired
* Demonstrated expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methods; firm command of M&E issues with respect to improvements in service delivery.
* Demonstrable analytical skills to measure the health impact of the project’s activities.
* Experience with capacity building.
* Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills, initiative, good judgment, and problem-solving abilities.
* Computer literacy (MS Word, Statistical Software)
* Experience working with the private health sector
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