June 8th, 2020 at 08:50 am
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer
Job Description
The Global Programs Department of Jhpiego Corporation is currently seeking dynamic individuals to fill to support its operations in Ghana: Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer . Ghanaian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply
- Duration for all the positions: Six months. Immediate Start.
- Job locations: Accra
Job Overview
Jhpiego is seeking a M&E Officer to provide technical guidance and support for several newly awarded COVID-19 projects. In Ghana, Jhpiego will support the Government of Ghana (GOG) to control and mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. A significant area of focus for our work is accelerating and strengthening the technical and operational capacity of local healthcare workers to reduce the spread of infection, provide quality case management and allow for the safe maintenance routine essential services.
The M&E Officer will be responsible for ensuring technical and monitoring rigor in the planning and scaled execution of COVID-19 response projects being implemented at the national, regional, district and primary health care level. Additionally, liaising with GoG staff, other partners and donors regarding technical strategy, monitoring and evaluation of project milestones and targets.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with program teams to implement monitoring strategies and action plans to ensure continued monitoring of program achievement against targets
- Support teams to implement appropriate systems and tools to conduct monitoring activities
- In collaboration with program staff and counterparts, support implementation of M&E
- strategies and framework
- Ensure data collection and evaluation tools are implemented with fidelity and consistency
- Implement data quality improvement protocol, systems and tools as required by the project
- Support the implementation of data management systems for each project with clear tools, processes and roles and responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to IRB and ethics guidance in all evaluation and research
- Participate in analysis of data (e.g. routine data, evaluation results or learning activities) and regular review process against indictors and performance monitoring plan
- Contribute to program reporting and related documentation needs for assigned technical areas
- Other duties as assigned which contribute to realization of the program deliverables.
Required Skills or Experience
- Bachelor’s degree (masters or other advanced degree preferred) in public health, operational research, epidemiology, statistics or related social science, with four years of applied skills in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation activities
- Previous experience in assessment and support to strategic information/HMIS
- Previous experience providing M&E expertise on donor-funded programs is advantageous
Required Abilities/Skills
- Familiarity with Ghana health systems and reporting structure and demonstrated ability to collaborate with government level officials to strengthen program implementation
- Demonstrated ability in working and collaborating with a wide range of local and international partner organizations
- Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
- Excellent writing and communications skills including analytical skills and experience to identify, evaluate and document best practices
- Ability to work effectively with diverse international teams and willingness to learn and empower others
- Be cooperative, hardworking, flexible and dependable
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Ability and willingness to travel frequently to implementation districts, regions and health facilities including COVID-19 treatment centers
HOW TO APPLY
Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to: work2savelives@gmail.com
- Deadline for the submission of applications: June 12, 2020
- Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.