USAID Medical Care Development International (MCDI) Jobs - Senior Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Advisor
Organisation: Medical Care Development International (MCDI)Duty Station: Kampala, UgandaMedical Care Development International (MCDI) is a division of Medical Care Development Inc., and has been accorded consultative status (Roster) with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. MCDI is a founding member of the CORE Group of PVOs. The mission of MCDI is to enhance the well-being of peoples and communities in developing nations by means of technical assistance in the areas of health and socio-economic development. We develop and disseminate tools, mechanisms and strategies that improve access and management of health care services; we work with a wide spectrum of organizations, from grassroots community groups to multi-lateral donor institutions, to improve the quality and quantity of care.Job Summary: The Senior M&E Advisor steers and manages the provision of technical assistance to the national M&E system for malaria control and the national Health Management Information System (HMIS), and is responsible for building the M&E capacity of the NMCP, Regional Performance Monitoring and reporting Teams (RPMTs), and District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) in the project focus districts.Key Duties and Responsibilities: Working in liaison with the Project Chief of Party to provide technical support to build the capacity of the NMCP to monitor and evaluate program activities, particularly in implementing, revising and updating the current national M&E plan and to provide appropriate training to M&E staff at NMCP and RPMTs.Supervise and support to sustain and improve the existing databases that monitor achievements in all malaria interventions (ITNs promotion, MIP, case management, BCC, capacity building, M&E, partnership, and policy developments) at district, regional, and national levels.Support the NMCP and RPMTs to improve the quality, validity, reliability, timeliness of HMIS and use of HMIS by decision-makers at national, regional, district levels.Manage the Project support to improve the quality, validity, reliability, timeliness of HMIS and use of HMIS at health facility levels, and ensure that the HMIS data reported in target districts also captures PFP data.Support the district collection and analysis of Lot Quality Assessment Sampling (LQAS) data for some districts in the Central region under the guidance of the Strengthening TB and AIDS Response (STAR-E) LQAS activity.Support the Project efforts to strengthen national malaria surveillance by: 1) improving data quality at health facilities, 2) improve timeliness and completeness of reported data, and 3) use data for decision making at health facilities, district, regional performance monitoring team and at national level.Offer technical guidance and direction for the implementation of an MCDI-supported platform to harmonize the multiple malaria databases into an integrated system.Assess and implement innovative technologies (mHealth) supportive of improved health information system reporting.Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The candidate should be a Monitoring and Evaluation Professional with health program M&E work experience in developing countries, preferably in Uganda; Master’s degree in Public Health, epidemiology, bio-statistics, statistics, monitoring and evaluation or another relevant field;At least six years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation of donor funded projects;Excellent track record in monitoring and evaluation of health programs, with extensive experience designing, developing and implementing health data information systems, preferably in Uganda in malaria control or other infectious diseases;Extensive experience in data processing and data management (from data capturing to data analysis for decision making). This should include high level knowledge in the use of database management software (e.g. MS Access, SQL-Server and/or other), SQL, MS Excel, and data analysis software (e.g. STATA, SPSS, EPI Info and/or other). Experience in the use/programming of PDAs will be considered an asset;Significant experience in mentoring counterparts in monitoring and evaluation, database management, data analysis using the software identified above;Prior experience in implementing/managing household surveys an advantage (preferably malaria indicator surveys), including training and supervision of enumerators, processing and cleaning of data, merging datasets, and basic data analysis;Possess a basic understanding of GIS applications such as ESRI, and be able to analyze geo reference data as part of HMIS and M&E protocol;Possess the ability to work independently and manage a high volume work flow;Possess excellent management and English communication skills.All interested and suitably qualified candidates should send a cover letter and a CV/resume by email to: mcdijobs@mcd.org . Please quote the Job Title in the email subject line.
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