PHC/ PMTCT M&E officer
Background;
Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is an INGO currently Implementing Primary Health Care (PHC) services in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and Zambia among other programs supporting up-to 90 health facilities inclusive of Maridi hospital.
AAH-I has been authorized by EED and USAID-ISDP to implement a Regional Primary Healthcare Programme (PHC) in three areas of Ibba, Mundri and Maridi of Western Equatoria State and Central Equatoria States in the Republic of South Sudan. In order to achieve the stated goal, AAH-I south Sudan Programme seeks to recruit qualified and competent South Sudanese nationals to fill the under listed vacant position:
- Negotiation skills to manage diplomatic
and political situations
1.
Position:
PHC/ PMTCT M&E officer
Number of post: 01
Location: Maridi
Duty Station: Maridi with
frequent travels to the other counties.
Job
Summary:
The PHC
Monitoring and Evaluation Supervisor position involves data quality control,
including editing and reviewing data input and output, maintaining proper
source documentation, and data analysis in order to strengthen program
implementation and to ensure accurate reporting across all PHC service programs
in the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
1. Data analysis:
Ensure that
M&E reports provided by M&E Officers of the PHC programmes in the
region are timely, accurate and complete.
2. Data consolidation and reporting
Has an
oversight responsibility to ensure consolidation of data collected from regional
health facilities and full compliance with donor contractual requirements for
M&E reporting.
3. Coordination
Coordinates
activities of all M&E officers at regional level (Ibba, Maridi and Mundri);
and assists in reporting and communications on M&E activities at regional
level.
Specific roles/duties:
- Work with Project Managers and Regional PHC Team
Leader to design and maintain appropriate and easy to use data-collection
and data-entry tools.
- Prepare and facilitate trainings for data collection
staff on tools and data collection techniques in collaboration with
Project Managers and Regional PHC Team Leader.
- Monitor data flow procedures and coordinate
data-cleaning, data-collection, entry, and analysis to ensure timely
reporting and meeting of deadlines.
- Collect, review and file source documentation from
all programs in a centralized location, and on a regular basis including
the design and maintenance of a proper filing system.
- Perform regular data quality audits and quality
assurance processes, provide recommendations on how to improve overall
data quality, and give feedback to field staff and program managers. Work
closely with M&E Officers and Project Managers and Regional PHC Team
Leader to analyze data collected in order to understand how program
implementation is progressing, and to offer suggestions on how to ensure
programs achieve strong results and meet targets.
- Share data-analysis results and finalized donor
reports with relevant staff, including field-based staff, to ensure that
they are regularly updated on program achievements and progress.
- Supervise data-entry staff. This includes monitoring
and coordinating time schedules, developing work-plans with relevant
staff, and building capacity to maximize productivity.
- Provide support to M&E officers in field sites
including travelling to provide supervision of monitoring activities and
assuring timely and accurate reporting.
- Where relevant, work with partners to build capacity
on data collection in the field, data-entry and reporting.
- Help with data entry for relevant programs.
- Present research findings and M&E results to
Project Managers and Regional PHC Team Leader and other stakeholders as
needed.
- Maintain regular communication with identified
counterparts at Ministry of Health (state and county levels) as indicated
by the Regional PHC Team Leader.
- Represent the Research and M&E Department at
stakeholder forums (such as the M&E Technical Working Group) for the
region.
- Work alongside the Research and Project Managers and
Regional PHC Team Leader to deliver the recruitment and training of
M&E field officers.
- Provide administrative support for the M&E
Department in the region.
- Support proposal development for new research and
monitoring initiatives alongside Project Managers and Regional PHC Team
Leader.
- Perform any other related duties that may be
assigned by the Regional PHC Team Leader.
Required Qualification:
·
Bachelor degree/ Diplomla
in health management related field and/or an equivalent qualification is
desired.
·
At least 1-3 years experience
in a similar or higher position,
·
Community mobilization
skills
·
Good facilitation skills
·
Computer skills of MS word,
Excel and Power point
Application letters and resumes that indicate working telephone number,
functional email address, and three referees should be addressed to: recruitke@actionafricahelp.org
clearly indicating the title of the position in the subject line of the
email.
The closing date for this advert is Friday 8th November, 2013
at 5:00 pm and applications will be reviewed as they are received. Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
AAH-I is an equal-opportunity employer.
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