Monitoring & Evaluation Officer NGO Job Careers – EngenderHealth
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Organisation: EngenderHealth
Project Name: Fistula Care Plus-Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Program Associate – Monitoring and Evaluation
About US:
EngenderHealth is a leading global women’s health organization committed to ensuring that every pregnancy is planned, every child is wanted, and every mother has the best chance at survival. In 20 countries around the world, we train health care professionals and partner with governments and communities to make high-quality family planning and sexual and reproductive health services available—today and for generations to come.
Job Summary: The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer supports the Program Associate-M&E to implement monitoring, evaluation and research activities of all EngenderHealth projects. The primary supervisor is the Program Associate–Monitoring & Evaluation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for routine verification and gathering of performance data from different Fistula Care Plus project supported health facilities, village health teams and other implementing partners. This includes data on family planning, partograph use in labour monitoring, training, community engagement, fistula detection, prevention, treatment and reintegration activities implemented by EngenderHealth.
- Support the entry, analysis and dissemination of key performance indicator data every quarter and maintain an up to date project database.
- Participate in periodic data quality assessment activities at supported health facilities to identify any underlying data quality issues and work closely with district HMIS focal persons and health facility staff to address them.
- Participate in planning and implementing training, mentoring and coaching activities meant to strengthen the capacity of supported health facilities to collect, manage, analyze, report and utilize routine data according to Ministry of Health HMIS standards and guidelines. This will include supporting quarterly CDDM at supported health facilities.
- Participate in planning and implementation of operations research and program evaluation studies specifically focusing on developing data collection tools, training of research assistants, supervision of data collection, entry and analysis.
- Participate in documentation of success stories, lessons learnt, best practices and writing of abstracts for sharing with different stakeholders.
- Participate and support the development of End of FC+ Project final report.
- Perform any other responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Population Studies, Public Health or any other related field
- A Postgraduate diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation or Project Planning and Management is an added advantage
- At least three years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of health programs with a special focus on family planning, maternal and child health
- Experience working with USAID, UKAID or Bill and Melinda Gates supported projects is an added advantage
- Previous experience in training, mentoring and coaching of medical records personnel and other health workers on data management and use
- Familiarity with the Ministry of Health HMIS tools, procedures and guidelines
- Skills in data processing and analysis using at least one of the following statistical software packages: SPSS, Epidata, Stata and MS Access
- Results-oriented, team player, and with excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Fluency in English required.
How to Apply:
All interested job applicants should visit our website’s career page at the web link below to submit your details online.
Deadline: 6th April 2018
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