Advisor, Monitoring & Evaluation, ZAMNACS Program, Zambia

Summary

The Zambia Nutrition Assessment, Counseling and Support (ZAMNACS) Program will be responsible for the promotion of good nutrition and to prevent malnutrition in adults and children enrolled in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs and at-risk OVC clients. The secondary focus is to improve the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and palliative care clients’ outcomes by providing NACS in these target populations including prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) and OVC clients at clinical and community levels. This program with approximately $10M to $15M in funding over five years will provide overall training and show “proof of concept” for new interventions utilizing the NACS approach along with locally available commodities. It is expected that other programs will then use these concepts to improve coverage and will assure the capacity and delivery of both the constellation of nutrition services and nutrition product interventions in Zambia.

Responsibilities

The Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor will guide and oversee the implementation of the project’s monitoring and evaluation strategies and requirements. S/he will ensure consistency in and quantitative analyses among the objectives and indicators in the project. S/he will develop data collection software and build NGO capacity to utilize it. The M&E Advisor will also work closely with partners to design M&E plans for program activities; ensure quality reporting; and monitor program implementation. This individual also will play a lead role in developing the project’s evaluation agenda, and oversee the work of contractors who conduct research studies relevant to this project, and a KAP survey that will serve as the program’s end-line evaluation. S/he will also ensure evaluation and research is disseminated and understood by key stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Demography, Health Management, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Statistics or related field is required

• Minimum of three years of professional-level experience working in monitoring and evaluation of a public health or developmental program that includes the application of statistics, epidemiology

• Strong knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology data analysis

• Knowledge of USAID funded project’s reporting and analysis is an asset

• Extensive experience working in Africa preferred

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the demonstrated ability to work in a team setting

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; pro-activeness and creative problem solving

• Fluency in written and spoken English (minimum, Foreign Service Institute, level 3) is required

Employee Type

Full-Time Regular

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Advisor, Monitoring & Evaluation, ZAMNACS Program, Zambia