M&E Officer - Public Health Background

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• Ensure that Al Midan’s project has a robust monitoring plan in place, developing monitoring and evaluation guidelines, frameworks and indicator trackers for the project, in close collaboration with the Health Project Manager;
• Support the Project Manager and M&E Assistant with the planning and implementation of baseline surveys, needs assessments, mid-term and end of project reviews/evaluations including preparation of Terms of References and designing and implementing appropriate evaluation methodologies;
• Manage project monitoring information system/databases to ensure efficient and effective collection, entry, and analysis of all project data (both quantitative and qualitative) and proper reporting of the outcomes of all projects;
• Provide support to the program team in compiling reports, stressing the importance of data quality, indicator-based reporting and analysis of trends and the achievement of program objectives/outcomes;
• Conduct field visits to the health facilities to mentor and coach facility staff on data collection, reporting and data cleaning;
• Adapt M&E systems with flexible solutions to more accurately collect, monitor and verify program activities and ensure they are aligned with the program indicators and the country strategic and annual plan;
• Review reports to ensure accuracy and quality before submission to technical manager;
• Facilitate training of health program staff and partners on monitoring and evaluation;
• Ensure knowledge management (KM), emphasizing on the staff access to a library of M&E knowledge to help them better design-implement-evaluate the program;
• Conduct Project Data Quality Audits of the project where and when needed (i.e. suspicious data corruption with failure to fix it quickly);
• Participate in the development of the program implementation strategy, annual work plans and other project tools;
• Inform the health manager on the availability and short fall of data collection tools at the health facilities and community programming;
• Support the operation of feedback channels (logbook, client satisfaction and engagement surveys);
• Ensure program staff and partner capacity building strategy is implemented to promote a culture of learning through systematic analysis and reflection;
• Provide training and mentoring in survey design, methodology, data collection and analysis and other skills as required for assessing the impact of programs including ODK Collect, and MS Office products;
• Contribute to the knowledge management repository with best practices in MEL and Information Communication Technology and ensure that it is accessible to all staff and partners.

OTHERS

• Ensure all activities are gender sensitive and follow Al Midan Gender Equity Policy;
• Apply Do No Harm standards to ensure activities do not have detrimental effects on vulnerable communities;
• Participate in internal office coordination and planning meetings and workshops;
• Other duties as assigned by the Project Manager.

EDUCATION

A Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Economics, public health or other field relevant to Data Management or Monitoring and Evaluation or Bachelor’s degree with more years of experience may also be considered;

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 3 years field experience in project and program monitoring and evaluation, including: Project Monitoring and Evaluation System Design, Management of Monitoring Systems, Project Evaluation
• Practical experience in data analysis software and data collection and management tools such as DHIS2, SPSS, Excel and Access;
• Experience in managing M&E program and managing & capacitating people;
• Proven experience of creating data collection tools;
• Proven training/capacity building skills in M&E;
• Excellent facilitation skills, and strong understanding of how to safely and accurately collect feedback from all members of a community regardless of their age, gender, or other diversity factors;
• Ability to handle multiple tasks; proven self-initiative and problem-solving abilities;
• Proven track record of quality performance in highly pressured environments;
• Computer skills, including Word, Excel, Power-Point, and Access;
• Fluent in Arabic and English with excellent writing skills