Vacancy Announcement
Strengthening Ethiopia’s Urban Health Program (SEUHP)
John Snow, Inc.
The John Snow, Inc. (JSI) implemented, USAID- supported Strengthening Ethiopia’s Urban Health Program (SEUHP) is seeking a highly qualified Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for its Addis Ababa Regional Office
The goal of SEUHP is to improve the health status of the urban population in Ethiopia by reducing HIV/TB-related and maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality and the incidence of communicable/non-communicable diseases. This will be achieved by supporting the Government of Ethiopia’s Urban Health Extension Program (UHEP) through improving the quality of community–level health services, strengthening referral linkages, building the institutional and technical capacity of Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs) and promoting inter-sectoral collaboration to address urban health challenges.
The Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is a full time position based in Addis Ababa. Reporting directly to the Regional Manger, the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is responsible for developing and monitoring the regional SEUHP program performance monitoring and evaluation plan, planning and execution of M&E activities ,ensure data quality, maintain data storage and data security systems, tracking and reporting regional program performance. The M&E Officer will work closely with Regional Manger and Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Unit at the central office in developing the monitoring, evaluation and reporting plan, conducting supportive supervision and undertaking data quality assessments.
Specific Responsibilities:
· Develop the regional monitoring, evaluation and reporting plan (MERP) and annual regional performance monitoring plan (PMP);
· Monitor the progress of the regional planned activities towards the desired goal of the program;
· Ensure accurate and timely collection of data, analysis and reporting based on the requirements;
· Manage/ maintain the regional electronic data management systems; ensure the regional data base are updated, data are entered and analyzed timely in order to inform programmatic decision and to track progress;
· Conduct supportive supervision to SEUHP partners, Urban Health Extension professionals (UHE-ps) and supervisors in collaboration with regional technical teams;
· Support the regional technical team in annual, bi-annual and quarterly work plan development;
· Conduct routine data quality assessments at all levels in each respective region in order to crosscheck the consistency, accuracy, completeness and validity of data reported and archived;
· Document best practices including success stories and lesson learned;
· Identify and provide ongoing capacity building and M&E support to partners and government UHEP technical staff;
· Provide trainings to SEUHP regional program staff, partners, and Urban Health Extension professionals (UHE-ps) on data collection, record keeping, data quality, and reporting and provide coaching and mentoring on M&E requirements;
· Support the central office Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Unit in the development of tools such as the monitoring and evaluation guide, supportive supervision checklist, data quality assessment tools, etc.;
· Facilitate and coordinate baseline surveys, operational researches, and assessments in the region;
· Adapt and implement tools and techniques to improve the quality and use of data for decision making at the community level such as community based information for action (CBIA);
· Review annual, bi-annual and quarterly progress program reports;
· Spot check regional trainings for quality;
· Work closely with the Finance and Admin Officer to link the work plan to the budget and track expenditures according to PEPFAR indicators; and
· Carry out other duties assigned by the Regional Manger.
QUALIFICATIONS
· Masters Degree in Statistics, Health Informatics, Demography, Public Health or related field and at least 3 years of experience (or a Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience).
PERSONAL QUALITIES
· Willingness to travel to field sites
· Ability to work in a team setting; patient with colleagues in and out of SEUHP
· Good communication skills
· Good organization and electronic file management skills
· Able to take initiative and work independently; results oriented
· Highly motivated and dedicated to humanitarian ethics
· Good training and facilitation skills
· Strong oral and written communication skills in English and Amharic required