Proposed Position - Hillcrest, South Africa - THINK

THINK

Verified Company

Hillcrest, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

THINK is seeking a suitably qualified Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor for the anticipated USAID Accelerate Tuberculosis Elimination and Program Resilience Activity (ACCELERATE 1 & 2) project to be based in KwaZulu-Natal, to oversee the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal/Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, and Western Cape region.

Duties and Responsibilities include but not limited to:

The M&E Advisor will be responsible for leading all M&E-related activities, including performance monitoring, data analysis, and strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems and program learning.

The M&E Advisor is responsible for liaising with relevant partners to monitor, collect, and analyse the performance of TB programs and activities to build the capacity of local partners in data management and use, and ensure data quality.

Specific responsibilities include the following:

Establish and maintain systems to measure, compile, analyse and report activity data at all levels, ensuring that all activity interventions are designed with M&E plans and activities;
Provide technical guidance and support to subawardees in the design, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of the effectiveness of TB interventions;
Work closely with project field staff, health providers, community groups, and other stakeholders to provide technical assistance to monitor and evaluate the project;
Provide regular activity reports to USAID and other reports as needed;
Produce analysis of program data, identify methods, and together with program staff, use results to provide recommendations for program improvement;
Review, adapt or design standardised tools and performance indicators to measure health facility and communitybased interventions that capture TBrelated outcomes;
Assist with designing interventions that build the capacity to improve data collection, statistical analysis, and use of data to guide TB program implementation at the institution, facility, and community level
Alignment of project objectives with THINK Strategic intent.
Ensure overall implementation of data quality activities within the project.
Ensure compliance with all THINK rules and regulations and policies and procedures.
Be passionate about making a difference and add value to THINK.
Perform other duties as required.
Manage a team of direct reports

Requirements:

Master's degree or higher in public health, epidemiology, monitoring & evaluation, demography, biostatistics, statistics, or a related field.
Minimum of 7 years of work experience in establishing/designing M&E systems and tools and managing dataintensive health programs in TB and HIV.
Experience working with USAID, CDC, PEPFAR or other major health donors/programs.
Demonstrated experience and knowledge in health programs to provide support and guidance to project staff, Department of Health (DOH) officials, health providers, community organizations and other stakeholders in designing, monitoring and evaluating the quality of health program management.
Demonstrated experience with qualitative and quantitative M&E data collection and analysis methods, including tracking outcome indicators.
Demonstrated ability to obtain, analyze, organize and interpret relevant data and use them to design or critique TB interventions and improve program implementation.
Demonstrated capacity to coordinate and execute evaluations and implementation/operations research, including experience developing terms of reference, recruiting, training, and managing a diverse team and analyzing and preparing data and final reports.
Excellent reporting writing, analytical and communication skills, including oral presentation skills.