About US:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. We are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15 countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of HIV to children, and to help those already infected. Today, because of the highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over the last 25 years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States and new infections in children have declined by 58% worldwide. EGPAF Uganda Country program is currently implementing a number of projects in partnership with various donors.
About USAID RHITES Project:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) implements the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West Uganda Project (RHITES) whose aim is to increase the availability, accessibility and quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment; maternal, neonatal and child health services; family planning; nutrition assessment, counseling support; malaria prevention and treatment and other primary carer services.
Job Summary: The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will provide technical leadership and direction in the area of monitoring and evaluation of Foundation programs. The incumbent will also work closely with the QI Advisors and Research & Evaluation Advisor to ensure linkages and intergradation oversee into the broader perspective of evidence based program implementation. The incumbent will be working in liaison with the team leaders of the other technical areas such as HIV Programming Manager, TB/HIV and Malaria Manager, Health Systems Strengthening, MNCH/FP and Community Linkages and Demand, the M&E manager will work towards coordinated and efficient efforts for improved M&E system by providing high quality routine and non-routine data to inform overall programmatic strategic direction and approaches to improve the quality of care of HIV/AIDS and TB/HIV services for prevention, care and treatment services, and MNCH/FP. The M&E manager’s job scope included development of proposals for and implementation of operations research and impact evaluation research activities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Ensures the technical soundness of EGPAF’s monitoring and evaluation system, quality improvement strategies by updating the Foundation project staff and implementing partners on technical advances and lessons learned around the world.
· Ensures that EGPAF’s implementation strategies and performance goals are in accordance with national and international standards for monitoring and evaluation.
· Provides technical support during the development of EGPAF’s annual work plan and participates in the planning and budgeting activities especially in regard to M&E activities
· Ensures a functional working relations with the Research and Evaluation Advisor in undertaking the following;
o Identify priority program and public health evaluation questions
o Utilize program data to support program assessments and design and implement operational and evaluation research for global program improvement
o Effective implementation of specialized specific survey methodologies such as LQAS, PLACE.
o Conduct the triangulation of data collected through routine HMIS, LQAS and other sources to inform research and evaluation
· Ensures a functional working relations with the Quality Improvement Advisors in undertaking the following;
o Ensuring that the program has annual plan for monitoring and evaluating QI interventions integrated with the broader Foundation M&E plan
o Maintains a database for QI by ensuring the tracking of progress on performance of the QI indicators is maintained.
o Support the SI&E team as members of the DBTs to ensure that the Foundation supported sites have QI tools and procedures necessary for the implementation of the QI interventions
o Coordinate the collection, aggregation and analysis of analyze project QI qualitative and quantitative data for reporting purposes to participating health centers, funders and EGPAF staff
· Responsible for identifying, documenting, disseminating and scaling up best practices in HIV, TB/HIV and Malaria and MNCH/FP
· Assists the Director for M&E in developing and maintain an up-to date performance monitoring plan in collaboration with other in-country USG and other donor agencies
· Provides support to SI and technical staff in setting up and running data management systems and track progress of project’s progress towards the attainment of the set targets at district and site level
· follow up programmatic indicators, analyze and interpret data generated from the supported services to inform program implementation
· Contributes to the development of project’s work plans, district specific work plans and budgets. He will ensure the periodic and routine data generated and analyzed informs project and district work-planning process
· The M&E manager will provide technical leadership in the providing all the necessary data and information required for the development of internal and external program performance progress reports
· Provides overall leadership for ensuring that the Foundation Uganda office attains and maintains the Foundation’s minimum SI&E standards
· Provides technical support to the project’s sub-grantee to collect, analyze and report and utilize program data in a timely manner.
· Coordinates technical reporting according to defined reporting schedule and writes regular monitoring and technical reports as required.
· Represents EGPAF in the supported districts and at national level
· Guides the Country Director and Director for M&E in planning for M&E activities and liaise with the Foundation’s Home office M&E structures to ensure the technical soundness of M&E implementation strategies.
· The incumbent supports the Country Director and Director for M&E with technical guidance on issues related to M&E.
· Maintain a robust and sound working relationship with the in-country donor M&E agencies and MOH
· Mentors and supervises of the Strategic Information Officers
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant should hold a bachelor’s degree in medicine, statistics, demography, epidemiology or other relevant discipline, including social sciences and public health
· Possession of a relevant Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
· A minimum of five years of professional experience working in HIV/AIDS prevention, care & treatment.
· Hands-on experience in working with the national health information systems at the district and national level. Previous experience in electronic health/medical records (EHR/EMR) especially DHIS2 preferred
· Practical experience in conducting population based surveys including LQAS and PLACE
· Broad knowledge and understanding of current M&E issues and developments in the field of HIV/AIDS and especially PMTCT, ART and HCT.
· Excellent working knowledge of major databases and analytical programs including MySQL, Visual Basic, MS access, MS excel, STATA, SPSS and Epi Data, and GIS
· Up-to-date knowledge of technical guidelines and best practices in primary HIV prevention, PMTCT, ART services, counseling and testing, TB/HIV, MCH/RH/FP integration.
· Strong communication and presentation skills, training/meeting facilitation skills a plus
· Evidence of sharing best practices through publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations and conferences
· Relevant training in Quality assurance/quality improvement of health services.
· Excellent data analysis skills and ability to think concisely, critically as well as distill information to lay audience
· Evidence of sharing best practices through publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations and conferences
· Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English, including the capacity to prepare and deliver formal presentations on programs and results.
· Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility in all aspects of working.
· Willingness to work and travel in rural settings in Uganda.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications to this address;
The Country Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Plot 18A Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 14th December 2015