Job Description
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Technical Lead
Location: TZ
Job ID: 2022-4556
Category: International Positions
Overview
Jhpiego seeks a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Technical Lead to provide technical leadership, oversight and strategic
direction for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities for an upcoming
5-year USAID malaria project in Tanzania. The project will work closely with
the Government of Tanzania (GOT) and Government of Zanzibar (GoZ) to reduce the
burden of malaria in high-burden areas of the Mainland and Zanzibar through
quality improvements to malaria case management and treatment of malaria in
pregnancy (MIP) with a particular focus on malaria surveillance, entomological
monitoring, and monitoring of drug-based interventions. The project will also
promote use of surveillance data to refine outbreak response and vector control
activities.
The Technical Lead will provide technical leadership to
develop project framework, M&E systems and indicators to capture
performance results and provide effective, accurate and timely monitoring,
evaluation and reporting of all project activities. The Technical Lead will
supervise and manage the project’s M&E team and oversee the collection,
management, analysis and use of project data, ensuring that lessons learned are
integrated into project implementation to continuously improve quality of
interventions and outcomes. The Technical Lead will also be responsible for
designing and conducting assessments, operations research and evaluations to
address project needs. The Technical Lead will liaise with and support
consortium partners and the Ministry of Health to implement monitoring and
evaluation (and learning) activities.
This position is contingent upon award from USAID. Tanzania
nationals are strongly encouraged to apply. Women are strongly encouraged to
apply.
Responsibilities
- Provide
leadership and direction on M&E to ensure the project achieves its
goals and corresponding objectives and targets
- Oversee
the development and implementation of the Performance Monitoring Plan
(PMP) to efficiently track, use and disseminate performance indicators and
results over the life of the project, including routine service delivery
data reporting, baseline and end line assessments, and all monitoring for
process and outcome evaluations
- Work
closely with technical and programmatic staff to ensure high-quality MEL
activities
- Supervise
a team of M&E professionals, ensuring high-quality implementation of
all monitoring, evaluation and learning activities
- Develop
and oversee implementation of robust context-appropriate systems for data
collection, quality assurance, analysis and reporting on activity
outputs/outcomes and program quality
- Lead
results reporting to USAID by providing written documentation on M&E
activities and indicator results for progress and annual reports, as
appropriate
- Ensure
alignment of project systems and approaches with Tanzania’s national
monitoring and evaluation guidelines, protocols, information and reporting
systems
- Cultivate
strategic M&E relationships and alliances with monitoring, evaluation
and learning counterparts in other USAID projects national institutions,
and key stakeholders, leading initiatives to learn from project data and
adapt intervention strategies as appropriate
- Lead
efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor
trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and
recordkeeping
- Ensure
data is used to contribute towards strategic decision-making and project
planning with project leadership
- Support
project leadership to champion holistic approaches to collaboration,
learning and adapting (CLA), including design and implementation of an
action-oriented project research and learning agenda, routine analysis of
available health sector data sources, and application of best practices in
knowledge management
- Oversee
and/or conduct targeted assessment, evaluations and operations research,
ensuring compliance with Ministry of Health and Johns Hopkins University
institutional review board policies
- Ensure
quality of data through data verification procedures including routine
data quality audits and that these are routinely carried out during the
project lifecycle
- Represent
M&E activities in public and professional circles through meetings,
conferences, and presentations
- Ensure
relevant data is entered into Jhpiego’s organization-wide performance
management system designed to capture, analyze, and disseminate project
data
- Support
the project to provide Ministry of Health technical assistance to
strengthen the country’s HMIS for the optimal use of routine HMIS data
- Ensure
project compliance with USAID monitoring, evaluation, research and open
data policies
- Promote
and support the dissemination of project information among the project
team
- Work
with project and financial staff to prepare and track progress of project
and activity budgets
- Train
and mentor project staff and implementing partners in monitoring and
evaluation methods, tools, and systems
- Ensure
protection of participant data and confidentiality during all monitoring,
evaluation and research implementation and dissemination processes
- Support
the designated Internal Review Board (IRB) focal point in-country
including maintaining current certification from 1) CITI human subjects
ethics course and 2) CITI Good Clinical Practices (GCP) course
- Ensure
that project data is included in regular reporting, success stories,
briefs and other communication materials
Required Qualifications
- Bachellor’s
degree in public health, demography, statistics, social sciences or
related field or equivalent experience required
- Minimum
7-8 years of work experience in monitoring and evaluating large,
multi-year international health sector development projects
- Proven
expertise in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
methodologies, implementation research approaches, health management
information systems, data visualization and reporting
- Demonstrated
strong management, coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven
ability to function effectively with multiple host-country counterparts in
both the public, NGO and private sectors
- M&E
experience in malaria; disease control and prevention; health system
strengthening; and/or integrated health services management
- Familiarity
with the health management information system and other national M&E
systems in Tanzania.
- Experience
and understanding of the USAID Malaria framework and reporting system
- Strong
technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using
DHIS2 and one or more statistical software packages, e.g., SPSS, Epi-Info,
Stata, MS Excel.
- Experience
hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary
training and skills to meet evolving project needs
- Demonstrated
experience leading a capacity-building approach for CSOs, providing
capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels in
data collection, analysis and use for decision making.
- Excellent
diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain
interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID, host-country
counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs,
CSOs, and the private sector
- Demonstrated
outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building,
and representational skills
- Expertise
in research to practice—identifying and adapting best practices to
specific project contexts
- Excellent
skills in facilitation, team building, and coordination
- Excellent
verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English and
Swahili
- Ability
to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in regional and national
projects and technical staff
- Proficiency
in word processing and Microsoft Office
- Ability
to travel nationally and internationally as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s
degree preferred.