Uganda: Monitoring Specialist

Monitoring Specialist

Location: Kampala, Uganda or London, UK preferred but could be based in any location where Malaria Consortium are present

Contract: 2 years with the possibility of renewal

Closing date: 1st June 2014

Malaria Consortium is looking to appoint a Monitoring Specialist . As a member of Malaria Consortium’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) technical support team, the Monitoring Specialist serves a critical role in providing technical guidance on set up, maintenance and utilisation of monitoring systems across the organisation's projects and contributes to M&E capacity building and system strengthening within the organisation and with partners. The Monitoring Specialist also ensures quality monitoring of projects and effective use of routine monitoring data to inform programme decision-making and disseminate lessons learned to stakeholders and external audiences. The Monitoring Specialist serves as a member of the global M&E technical support team and engages actively in the organisation's M&E cluster.

The successful candidate will have:

• Postgraduate degree in public health with significant extensive experience in development and maintenance of routine project/programme monitoring systems.

• Extensive experience of dedicated professional M&E experience in public health projects

• Extensive cross-national working experience

• Significant experience in set up and maintenance of ICT databases and systems. Experience in electronic data collection, mobile health applications and basic programming

• Highly proficient in the use of large scale data entry & statistical analysis packages e.g. STATA, EpiData, CSPro

• Professional experience in the field of malaria control and/or maternal, neo-natal and child health

• Knowledge of M&E reporting requirements of external donors (e.g. DFID, USAID, CIDA, foundations)

How to apply

For more information please visit our website http://www.malariaconsortium.org/ where you will have access to the full job description. Please send your CV, with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and your current salary information, to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org

Malaria Consortium thanks you for your application. However, due to the volume of applications received, only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks of the closing date.