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 care services. The project is implemented in 15 districts in the South-West Uganda.
Job Summary: The Strategic Information and Evaluation Officer will work in liaison with the DBTs, and technical advisors for the under clinical services, quality improvement, health systems strengthening and community linkages and demand generation, the incumbent will work towards coordinated and efficient efforts in designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement to improve measure progress towards attainment of site, district and project targets and goals.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensure M&E technical assistance is available and provided at all times to all the program areas.
The incumbent implements the M&E strategy in line with the USAID and MOH for supporting the various districts
Take lead in analyzing and writing of monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual programmatic district performance reports and their submission in stipulated deadlines
Support HMIS/ District Biostatisticians to ensure timely and accurate entry of reports into the electronic data bases
Facilitate the interpretation and use of M&E data, through the quarterly district level and facility level review meetings between the project, the district health team and health care workers.
The incumbent facilitates data auditing and verification to assure internal consistency and validity of project activity monitoring data reported by all districts, through quarterly data verification and auditing visits.
Facilitate review of progress on a quarterly basis; problem solving and development of remedial actions ensuring any disparity between planned and actual outputs are addressed at district and facility level
Facilitate implementation of capacity building courses through workshops and on the job trainings on monitoring, evaluation and reporting as required for districts HMIS/ District Biostatisticians, data clerks and the health workers
Offer guidance and support to the DBTs in the implementation of monitoring tools, which will include, but not be limited to, data collection, analysis and reporting on program indicators;
Support the coordination and execution of events in the department such as, organizational project learning by developing, collecting and disseminating relevant information on monitoring, evaluation and research.
Ensures that the quarterly, semi-annual and annual data collection mechanisms on additional indicators reported through routine HMIS as supported required, functioning as appropriate
Assist in the implementation of community surveys such as LQAS, PLACE and other studies as required
Leads and supports data quality assessment and assurance activities at the Foundation, district and health facilities in close collaboration with the DBTs as required.
Provide technical support to the data clerks in ensuring implementation of electronic data management systems at site level. The electronic patient management systems include, but not limited to Open-Medical Records System
The strategic information & evaluation officer will coordinate with the QI advisor to provide technical support to the DBTs, the data clerks and health care workers in data utilization to inform continuous quality improvement. Through a functional working relations with the Quality Improvement Advisors the SI&E officer will ensure the following:
Ensuring that the district and sites have annual plan for monitoring and evaluating QI interventions
Ensures the district and facilities maintains a database for QI by ensuring the tracking of progress on performance of the QI indicators
Support the DBTs to ensure that the Foundation supported facilities have QI tools (for example documentation journals), and all procedures necessary for the implementation of the QI interventions
Coordinate the collection, aggregation and analysis of analyze project QI qualitative and quantitative data
Supports the district focal persons for HMIS and other health data to collect, analyze and report programmatic indicators in a timely manner and ensuring that the project’s technical staff especially the DBTs are provided with timely, accurate and reliable information generated through the project’s M&E system
Supervise the data clerks working at the health facilities
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant for the USAID Project Strategic Information and Evaluation Officer career opportunity should hold a Master’s degree in Public health or demography or statistics, population studies, epidemiology
A minimum of five (5) years of experience in design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation
Thorough familiarity with the Uganda MOH HMIS system using the DHSI2.
Broad knowledge and understanding of USAID and PEPFAR expectations and trends for monitoring and evaluation.
Previous experience of working with international NGOs, MOH, district administration, public health facilities will be an advantage.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Practical experience in working with routine health information systems at the facility, district and national level.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English, including the capacity to prepare and deliver formal presentations on programs and results
Excellent data analysis skills and ability to think concisely, critically as well as distill information to lay audience
Good analytical thinking and ability to interpret public health and epidemiological data.
Familiarity with computer programming, routine management of information systems, and maintenance of electronic databases
Excellent working knowledge of major databases and analytical programs including MS access, MS excel, STATA, SPSS and Epi Data, and GIS
Good training skills
Able to work under pressure
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 Senior Human Resource Manage, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Plot 18A Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 13th February 2017