"Sometimes in life there is that moment when it's possible to make
a change for the better. This is one of those moments. -Elizabeth Glaser
The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation [EGPAF] supports Tanzania’s Ministry
of Health and Social Welfare and other stakeholders in the roll out and
strengthening of a broad scale up of HIV programs through a District approach. The Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is a global leader in the fight
against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15 countries and at over 5,500 sites
around the world to prevent the transmission of HIV to children, and to help those
already infected. The Foundation’s
global mission is to implement HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs;
further advance innovative research; and to execute strategic and targeted
global advocacy activities to bring dramatic change to the lives of millions of
women, children, and families worldwide.
Position Details
Job title: Monitoring
& Evaluation Coordinator
Location: Tanzania,
Dar es Salaam
Job grade: 6
Primary manager: Senior Manager
Strategic Information and Evaluation
Duration: Six
Month
Job Summar
The Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator will work as a key member of
EGPAF’s Technical team, under the leadership of the Senior Manager strategic
information and Evaluation (Snr. SI&E). The MEM will work in close
collaboration with other Program coordinators and other program managers to
ensure that the data management system captures all data relevant for the
monitoring, evaluating and reporting of the Foundations programs. The MEC will
provide leadership and technical support to the Country office and Field office
M&E program officers and will collaborate with Data management coordinator
to support data management staff. The MEC will also play a central role in QI /
QA of EGPAF’s program in collaboration with PCQI.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
M&E Leadership and capacity
building for the Foundation:
- The MEC is responsible for
the leadership, management, training and development of M&E program
staff in the Country office and the Field offices (currently 9) and the
M&E data assistant.
- Provide technical assistant
to all the M&E staffs which should include, but is not limited to:
M&E techniques, data collection, data analysis, data use in
decision-making and data reporting;
- building EGPAF staff
capacity to train sites in M&E techniques, data collection, data
analysis, data use in decision-making and data reporting;
- Provide technical supervisory to all field office M&E officers to be able to perform their duties accordingly.
Coordinating process of reporting
and create an awareness of the rationale and importance of data collection and
reporting for staff at EGPAF office and at its sites
- Oversee and assure all
programmatic reporting required by EGPAF-Tanzania, including CDC and USAID
quarterly reports, MOH reports, PEPFAR semiannual reports, success stories
and any request for information from CDC, USAID or other stakeholders; in
doing so working closely with CDC and USAID Strategic Information Officer
and EGPAF HQ to assure appropriate reporting;
- Create an awareness of the
rationale and importance of data collection and reporting for staff at
EGPAF office and at its sites;
- Coordinate and assure
timely, accurate and complete data entry into the global web based
database of EGPAF (called GLASER).
- Work with EGPAF HQ M&E to manage
GLASER data base and to provide reports for EGPAF Tanzania, donors and
other stakeholder from GLASER on program achievements.
- Coordinate and support the
process of critical review of data and data collection tools used at EGPAF
health facility sites against the required reports that EGPAF has to
produce; provide advice and assistance in improving these tools;
streamline the process from data collection to the production of reports;
Monitoring & Evaluation of
EGPAF programs to ensure proper and timely implementation of activities toward
achieving the program goals:
- The MEC is responsible for
all monitoring and evaluation activities that need to be performed in
EGPAF Tanzania’s programs including, but not limited to: data collection,
data cleaning, data analysis, reporting and the provision of constructive
feedback (to sub-grantees, EGPAF staff and other stakeholders);
- Coordinating the process of
tracking all planned activities and make sure that they are implemented
according to the work plan.
- Ensure proper documentation
of the program achievements and dissemination of information to relevant
stakeholders.
- Work with technical staff in
setting, monitoring and achieving program goals and targets in each
program year;
- Assist sub grantees in
setting, monitoring and achieving program goals and targets in each
program year;
Ensuring that the data produced
by EGPAF supported facilities is of required quality and that the information
from these data is used to influence decision making:
- Develop SOP on data quality
assurance and enhance the use of these SOP at all level of information
flow;
- Develop SOP and guideline
for data use at different level of information use.
- Create awareness of using
data generated at different level and coordinate the forums for data use
from lower level to higher level.
- Coordinate the dissemination
of the information, lesson learnt and best practices to relevant
stakeholders.
- Work closely with PCQI to ensure that
EGPAF’s efforts for QI / QA in its program, including the use of M&E
data for strategic decision making and
programmatic improvement is implemented well at EGPAF and
sub-grantee level;
Support and provide technical
assistant on research activities within the foundation;
- Work closely with technical
staff to support research and targeted evaluations including the Program
Officer Public Health Evaluations;
- Support technical staff to
design and implement qualitative or formative research to compliment
quantitative data collected;
Taking representative role to
represent EGPAF in different meeting and workshop;
- Participate actively in
internal or external meetings concerning M&E, QI and other project
activities as delegated by the Snr. Manager SIE or Technical Director with
various stakeholders, including the MOH, CDC, USAID and other
stakeholders; assume representational responsibilities when asked;
- Participate in programmatic
workshop internal and external, national or international as delegated by
the Snr. Manager SIE or Technical Director.
Any other responsibilities as
assigned by the Snr Manager SIE/Technical Director
Required Qualifications
- A
degree in Statistics, Health Sciences or any field providing the essential
skills and experience for this position, master degree in the same
mentioned area is an added advantage;
- Computer
literacy, with comfortable working experience with the basic Microsoft
packages (Outlook, Internet, Word, Excel & power point) and preferably
knowledge of statistical packages;
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills;
- Ability
and willingness to travel up to 30% in-country.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Training
and experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and the development of M&E
tools; preferably of HIV& AIDS interventions or a related field, or
otherwise the capacity and motivation to acquire an in-depth knowledge of
this field in a short time;
- Experience
in developing and conducting training;
- Previous
experience in program management; preferably under US Government
regulations;
- Previous reporting experience to US Government an added advantage;
HOW TO APPLY
EGPAF is an equal opportunities employer and the position is open to
all. Qualified candidates should submit a CV, cover letter and relevant Certificates
explaining how the experience detailed in the CV will contribute to the
requirements of the position and references to EGPAF.
Submissions to be sent to:
The Senior Human Resource Manager,
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation,
P.O. BOX 1628,
Oysterbay, Haile Selasie Road Plot # 8 & 10,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Or e-mail: recruitment.tanzania@pedaids.org
Closing date: March 22nd , 2016.
Only
Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.
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