Job Vacancies at Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation September 2020
Job title: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer
Immediate supervisor: Associate manager (M&E)
Location: Arusha
Job grade: 5
Job Summary
The M&E Officer works under the Associate Manager Monitoring and Evaluation to ensure that all data management activities essential to routine program data monitoring, reporting and use are accomplished. This includes databases design and functionalities, tool design, data quality assessments, responding to data queries from program team and donors (through management), basic data analysis and data visualization.
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience
- University degree in information technology, Public Health, (Bio)statistics, computer science or related field.
- Three or more years work experience in monitoring and evaluation, including experience with M&E tool development at field and reporting levels, the DHIS, data capture and data management programs (Excel, Access, Power BI, etc.), and database design and management.
- Previous experience in HIV program monitoring and reporting (e.g. indicator and systems knowledge, etc.); preferably under US Government (PEPFAR) funding.
Essential Skills and Knowledge
- Capacity and motivation to acquire new knowledge and skills in a short time.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills (English and Kiswahili); strong critical thinking, problem solving and attentiveness to detail.
- Ability to make critical decisions independently, take initiative, manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- High level of computer literacy defined by proficiency in the basic Microsoft packages, and experience with data management and visualization software (excel, access, Power BI, Tableau). Ability to code in SQL or similar language an advantage, as is experience or proficiency in statistical analysis software (STATA, R, etc.).
- Ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 30-40% in-country.
- University degree in medical related degrees ( medicine, nursing), information technology, Public Health, (Bio)statistics, computer science or related field
- Two or more years work experience in monitoring and evaluation, including experience with M&E tool development at field and reporting levels, the DHIS, data capture and data management programs (Excel, Access, Power BI, etc.), and database design and management ( added advantage)
- Previous experience in HIV program monitoring and reporting (e.g. indicator and systems knowledge, etc.); preferably under US Government (PEPFAR) funding.(added advantage)
- Capacity and motivation to acquire new knowledge and skills in a short time.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills (English and Kiswahili); strong critical thinking, problem solving and attentiveness to detail.
- Ability to make critical decisions independently, take initiative, manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- High level of computer literacy defined by proficiency in the basic Microsoft packages, and experience with data management and visualization software (excel, access, Power BI, Tableau). Ability to code in SQL or similar language an advantage, as is experience or proficiency in statistical analysis software (STATA, R, etc.).
- Ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams.