Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager

February 15, 2024

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    February 15, 2024
  • Expiration date
    February 28, 2024
  • Experience
    4 Years
  • Gender
    Both
  • Qualification
    Bachelor Degree
  • Organization
    World Vision Internationsl
  • Required Languages
    English

Job Description

Job Description:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

Establish and operationalize a robust monitoring, evaluation accountability and learning system: 35% of time.

  • Develop and update a costed M&E work plan using appropriate template. The workplan should cover at-least one or two years. This should include the cost of the impact/outcome measurement framework including costs for each activity regardless of frequency (one time or routine).
  • Work with GF and MOH staff to finalize indicator definitions and measurements by ensuring that M&E plan include a table presenting all indicators for which data are collected by national disease program or by Principal Recipient, depending on the performance framework approved by Global Fund.
  • Put in place a system/plan to collect data for measuring impact/outcome indicators and programmatic indicators.
  • Design and roll out a data management system that promotes interoperability and/or triangulation of programmatic data to facilitate monitoring across disease programs
  • Ensure that data management (data collection, storage, processing and analysis) is appropriately done in order to generate the reports at national and district level
  • Develop and operationalize information dissemination strategy that ensures exchange of feedback and information to the community and facility level as well as national and international stakeholders
  • Ensure that data is collected, analysed and used to inform decision-making and increase efficiency and effectiveness of the program through a periodic report according to the Global Fund requirements.
  • Lead the roll out of Commcare application to support routine data collection
  • Ensure that the M&E plan demonstrate coordinated governance arrangements, data flow and data sharing and harmonized supervision.
  • Establish and roll out programme accountability mechanisms that promote provision of information, consultation and participation of participants including KPs and collection and acting on complaints and feedback.
  • Engage MOH DPPI unit, disease programs and sub national units to ensure that data sharing and learning practices are harmonized
  • Network with external and internal partners to promote a culture of learning and achieve M&E excellence
  • Support the Sub Grantees to conduct routine learning forums
  • M&E plan and costed work plan that is linked to national plan is available and used by the GF program
  • A plan is in place to collect data for measuring impact/outcome indicators and programmatic indicators
  • A robust data management system that promotes interoperability and triangulation of programmatic data is in place
  • An information dissemination strategy is in place
  • Data and information are available for decision making
  • A robust accountability system is in place
  • Staff, Sub Recipients and implementing partners have capacity to use digital health tools such as Commcare.
  • Beneficiary tracking system in place that does not allow for double counting and bias

Data Quality Assurance: 15% of time

  • Develop data quality assessment protocols
  • Develop and operationalize data quality assurance mechanisms that ensure quality of data during data collection, transfer, compilation, analysis and storage. This mechanism should include how late, missing and incomplete data is accounted for.
  • Carry out routine data quality assurance to prevent M&E fraud in relation to program targets and service delivery. This may include organizing internal data quality audits.
  • Develop improvement plans for data quality, reporting completeness and/or timeliness (people, systems, processes, tools to review and suggest improvements)
  • Put in place mechanisms to ensure data security including cybersecurity, storage, transmission and use
  • Data quality assessment protocols is in place
  • Data submitted to Global Fund meets expected quality standards
  • Routine data quality assurance is conducted to prevent M&E fraud
  • Improvement plans are in available and used to improve quality
  • Data protection protocols are in place

Capacity building: 15% of time

  • Assess M&E capacity of grant, Sub Recipient and implementing staff and develop capacity building plan so as to improve the M&E human resource capacity over the plan’s life span
  • Plan and roll out training for Global Fund grants staff, Sub Recipients and implementing partners to strengthen MEAL capacity.
  • Provide appropriate mentoring, coaching and supervision in order to equip, motivate and empower grant M&E staff, sub recipients and implementing partners.
  • Guide staff and sub-grantees to identify and resolve issues and challenges in monitoring systems, using ongoing mentorship and coaching approach
  • Assessment report and capacity building plan is documented
  • Global Fund, Sub Recipient and implementing partners have MEAL capacity
  • Program Review, Evaluation, and Surveys: 20% of time
  • Supervise program’s overall performance, cost effectiveness and impact by doing program reviews, evaluations and surveys according to norms and requirements of Global Fund and provide data for decision making
  • Coordinate planning and execution of national HIV, TB, Malaria surveys and studies according as per internationally agreed guidelines/standard protocols (Stigma Index Surveys, Drug Resistance Studies, TB prevalence surveys and Malaria Indicator Survey)
  • Consolidate national and sub-national population size estimates to be used to inform programming (obtain reliable coverage estimates, identify population in need of routine services or targeted programs for key populations)
  • Support execution of regular national analyses of sub-national, disaggregated data as well as regular analyses at the provincial and district levels to inform planning and/or programmatic decisions
  • Conduct or contribute to relevant analyses to inform resource mapping, stratification, optimization, intervention targeting and efficient deployment of resources
  • Ensure ethical collection and protection of data including privacy, confidentiality, access to health information and data protection.
  • Programme reviews periodically and results used to support decision making
  • National surveys completed on time
  • Population size estimates are available to inform programme decision making
  • Regular analyses done at sub national and national level and results used to inform planning and programmatic decisions
  • Ethical protocols are observed in the GF program
  • Strong collaboration established with MOH DPPI unit and other M&E programs

Reporting: 15% of time

  • Compile periodic reports for each Global Fund component (Malaria, HIV, TB, RSSH), facilitate review and submission to GF
  • Review reports from sub recipients and implementing partners and provide feedback
  • Build capacity of the PR2 staff, Sub Recipients and implementing staff on quality reporting
  • Prepare MMRs and submit to Chief of Party
  • Lead integration of HMIS data systems used by World Vision (Commcare) and MOH (disease specific HMIS, community data systems, private health sector data) to facilitate seamless reporting
  • Quality reports produced and submitted on time
  • Sub Recipients and implementing partners have capacity to produce quality reports that meet or exceed GF standards
  • HMIS systems are fully integrated to facilitate seamless reporting.

 

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience          

  • Must have 4 to 7 years of progressive relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation in public health sector, epidemiological literacy and surveillance.
  • 5 years of progressive relevant experience in program management.
  • Experience developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for public health programs (designing questionnaires, conducting surveys/research).
  • Experience in digital health systems such as DHIS2.
  • Experience working in developing country and maintaining good relations with international organizations.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification      

  • University degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, International Development and Rural Development. Certification in monitoring and evaluation will be an added advantage.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

  • Proficiency in written and spoken English. Excellent analytical skills using platforms such as SPSS, STATA, ENA SMART, NVIVO. Excellent research skills. Good interpersonal, organizational and management skills. Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts and physical hardship conditions. Ability to solve complex problems and exercise independent judgement. Knowledge of the Global Fund and World Vision policies and procedures. Experience working with national disease programs in the area of monitoring and evaluation.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

  • Work environment:  Office-based with frequent travel to the field.
  • Travel:  10% Domestic/international travel is required.
  • On call:  As required.

Physical Requirements 

  • Physically fit