Recruitment at Management Sciences for Health

Overall Responsibilities

The success of the OVC project depends largely on accurate, complete and timely reporting of achievements to PEPFAR/USAID. Achievement of set targets is of utmost importance to the OVC project. Hence, the objective of the Associate Director, M&E position is to provide technical leadership aimed at improving the lives of children and families affected by HIV and AIDS. The emphasis of the M&E Associate Director is to be in charge of all programmatic issues dealing with Monitoring and Evaluation for the CUBS Project.

Specific Responsibilities

Lead in the overall design and implementation of the project Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP); Lead the development of appropriate project tools to monitor project progress.Facilitate the design of studies and assessment in all areas of project engagementDevelop internal systems to collect data consistent with key performance targets.Document and disseminate successful innovative approaches, sustainable models, evidence-based best practices, and lessons learned for the project.Develop specific M&E methodologies in OVC and gender programming,Facilitate and lead the capacity building of CSOs and state offices in M&E.Engage OVC and children and their families in project cycle of planning, implementing, M&ESupport the Ministry of Women Affairs at Federal and State levels with implementation of national OVC M&E plansAny other deities as assigned by the Chief of Party

Qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Public health, statistics or related fieldExpertise in OVC program design and implementation, monitoring and evaluationExperience in working with and leading M&E designs in large donor funded projectsExperience developing relationships with provincial and district level government officialsMinimum of 6 years’ experience in HIV/AIDS, TB, STI and/or Child Survival/IMCI projects in African countries, preferably NigeriaKnowledge and understanding of the pediatric home base care, gender, stigma and discriminationAbility to work independentlyWillingness to travel extensively

Background Information

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health, especially among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.Our mission is to save lives and improve health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.