Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country: Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS. Our areas of focus include: Technical support for malaria control Capacity building, harmonisation and training of health workers Heath systems strengthening Behaviour Change Communications and community outreach activities Operational research, policy and advocacy.
The M&E Officer will serve as the main focal person for all Research, MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) activity which include data validation, data quality assessment (DQA), lot quality assessment surveys (LQAS), coordination meetings, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen health management information system in SMC project in Borno state. S/he will assist and report to the Zonal Programme Manager (ZPM) regarding the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of project activities.
Key accountabilities
- Plan and implement M&E activities related to SMC implementation in the approved work plan under the guidance of the Data Analysis Specialist (DAS).
- Serve as the focal person for all monitoring and evaluation (M&E) related work for the project within the state.
- Ensure high quality data are available on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making.
- Manage the data collection and management processes before, during and after each round of mass SMC drug administration.
- Ensure that state M&E and project teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
- Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyze data for programmatic use for the state and to document and incorporate lessons learned into program design and implementation.
- Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to state for project improvement and for updates to national level (Malaria Consortium and government)
Qualifications and Experience:
- Degree in Statistics, Demography, Mathematics or any other relevant quantitative relevant discipline.
- Demonstrable contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities related to community assessment, project design, evaluation and implementation.
- Cognate experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of community-based interventions is highly desirable.
- Experience in managing HMIS and CLMS as well as familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems will be added advantages.
- Experience in survey design and implementation, development of data bases and analysis and write up of survey results.
- Demonstrated skills in data management and quantitative data analysis.
- Previous experience and willingness working in a complex operational environment (COE).
Interested and qualified candidate who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should send their updates CVs to: [email protected] and also fill the recruitment form using the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6KJf258WNXa5Br1JmdcD2MH0IcVuMZWxYkDwA54qNm9hbzQ/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.1858084779=4+–+6+years
Interested applicants should kindly take note of the following:
- Contract duration for all positions is 7months
- For your application to be considered, it is mandatory to fill the recruitment form and send your application to the specified email address.
- Your email application should have the position being applied for as the subject title e.g when applying for Senior Security Manager, the subject should read ‘’Senior Security
Manager’’
- Include your state of Origin on your CV
- Send your cover letter and CV as a single document
- Considering the emergency situation of these positions, applications will be reviewed on rolling a basis and hence, early applications from qualified applicants are highly encouraged.
- The organisation reserves the right to close the application as soon as suitable candidate is identified for any of the advertised positions. ü Successful candidates should be ready to resume immediately
- Applications who do not follow this specification, will be disqualified.
Please note that the applications will be reviewed on rolling basis and hence early application is highly encouraged. Selection process will commence from Wednesday, July 14 and hence the application portal will be closed once successful candidates are identified.
