Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Jhpiego : Deadline 05-03-2021

Job Opportunity Announcement/Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Jhpiego is an International, Non-Profit health organization affiliated to Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments, and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems, and improving delivery of care. Jhpiego designs innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to ensure a level of care for women and their families. These practical, evidence-based interventions are breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Website: http://www.jhpiego.org

Project Overview                                                                   

 ENABEL/BARAME MNCH Project is a three- year, funded by ENABEL with the objective of reinforcing capacities of staff with regard to obstetrical, neonatal, and childcare in 7 districts namely Gakenke, Gisagara, Karongi, Nyamasheke, Nyarugenge, Rulindo, and Rusizi Districts.

 Job Description

Position Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Department:  Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

Position Reports to:  MER Senior Advisor

Position Supervised:  None

Location: Based in Kigali, Rwanda with frequent field travels

Duration: Open-ended contract based on availability of funding and good performance

 Position overview:

 The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will support all efforts related to M&E activities under ENABEL Barame Project.  Under the direct supervision of the MER Senor Advisor, s/he will work with the M&E team to monitor program implementation including collecting data from the field, ensuring data quality, documenting program results, and ensuring timely reporting to the donors and partners as required. S/he will work closely with the BARAME MNCH project team including to document project results.

Responsibilities:

In closer collaboration with the M&E team, the M&E officer will have the following responsibilities:

• Contribute in development of M&E strategies, frameworks, plans, and indicators to capture program performance and results in support of the Enabel M&E system.
• Assist program staff in planning and implementing M&E systems and activities, data-based program decision-making, and results reporting;
• Collaborate with project staff and project counterparts at all levels to participate in and lead, as needed, M&E of program activities, and data use for programmatic decision-making;
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E and to identify where adaptations might be needed,
• Write/ develop program reports capturing program results, successes, challenges, and lessons learned in a timely manner to Enabel.
• Support all other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

 Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, or related social sciences;
• At least 2 years of applied skills in designing and implementing M&E activities and special studies for integrated public health programs that include maternal, neonatal, and child health or related programs;
• Expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, operations research, health management, information systems, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis, and presentation;
• Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, including: SPSS, Epi-Info, Stata, MS Access, the health management information system (HMIS), community information system (SIS-com);
• Demonstrated understanding of health facilities and community-based family health services and M&E practices in Rwanda.
• Excellent writing and communications skills, including demonstrated technical writing and editing skills for publication and success stories

Other competencies / Skills:

• Ability of working under pressure and meeting deadlines
• Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals;
• Fluent in English, French, and Kinyarwanda both written and oral.
• Experience in working in a team with a multi-cultural staff.

IMPORTANT – HOW TO APPLY!!

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online http://jrims.org/Job_Application and upload the following documents in PDF format with your names:

a.  Application letter

b.  Updated CV

c.  AcademicDegrees & Certificates

d.  3 referees,   one of whom should be the current employer, previous employer, and academic supervisor/lecturer with their full contacts.

Address the complete application files to Country Representative.  The closing date for the vacancy is March 5^th, 2021 @5pm. 

 Only online applications through the link shall be considered and failure to follow the outlined procedure might result in the application being disqualified.

If you don’t hear from us within three weeks from the submission deadline, consider your application unsuccessful.

Note:

Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in employment because of age, religion, tribe, race, color, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, military status, marital status, family responsibility, station of life, political opinion, health (includes HIV/AIDS, pregnancy) socioeconomic status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Employment and promotion for any position are based on an individual’s qualifications and merit. Jhpiego does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, orientation or any other fees).