Regional MEL Officer - REACH Malaria for Alaotra Mangoro and Haute, Madagascar

Experience

Regional MEL Officer - REACH Malaria pour Alaotra Mangoro et Haute, Madagascar Organization: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) Country: Madagascar City: Antananarivo Office: PATH in Antananarivo, Madagascar PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world's most pressing health challenges.

• We are currently recruiting a consultant for the following locations: Alaotra Mangoro and Haute Matsiatra

Responsibilities

• PATH is seeking a “Regional MEL Officer” for the U.S. Government-funded global project Reaching every at risk community and household with malaria services (REACH Malaria). REACH aims to provide implementation support and technical assistance to countries to accelerate progress in the full delivery of malaria services, both at the health facility and community level. This includes malaria case management, prevention of malaria during pregnancy (MiP), seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SPC), strengthening health systems, collecting and using data to improve service delivery, as well as other malaria prevention interventions. In Madagascar, the project also supports priority interventions of the Ministry of Public Health in maternal, newborn, child and nutrition health that complement the above-mentioned package of interventions. The main task of the "Regional MEL Officer" will be to ensure the operational implementation of the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system of the project at regional and district level by ensuring data quality, performance analysis and the use of results to improve the implementation of the project activities. The incumbent of the position should work with project technical teams, implementing partners, Ministry of Public Health regional and district level teams, technical and financial partners, care providers (public and private) to ensure coordinated and timely implementation of activities. Responsibilities Ensure the collection, consolidation and verification of routine data at regional and district levels. Support the proper use of DHIS2 and other digital tools by districts and health facilities. Check the consistency of the data entered and report anomalies to the MEL Officer. Contribute to the continuous improvement of collection tools and feedback processes. Monitor the completeness, consistency and timeliness of regional data. Organize and support data quality assessments (DQA/RDQA) at the district, health unit and community level. Produce regional periodic reports and transmit them to the national level within the required time frame. Support the preparation of regional contributions to donor/partner reports. Analyze regional data to identify trends, performance gaps and bottlenecks. Support the organization of regional and district performance reviews with technical teams and partners. Document lessons learned and good practices from implementation at the regional level. Follow up on recommendations from data reviews. Identify training needs and support regional teams, districts and partners in data collection and validation, use of DHIS2, interpretation of indicators. Provide local technical support to solve data-related problems. Work closely with regional technical teams, Ministry of Health team at regional and district level and implementing partners. Participate in regional technical meetings (technical committees, coordination). Provide technical liaison between the regional level and the MEL Officer at central level. Contribute to the capitalization of regional experiences. Conduct supervision of field activities Support knowledge sharing and capitalization within the project. Perform any other tasks requested by the supervisor. Qualifications and Experience Required: Graduate Diploma in Public Health, Statistics, or Social Sciences or equivalent in a relevant field Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar position. Experience with U.S. government funded programs (USG) would be an asset. Experience in routine data collection and management. Practical mastery of DHIS2 (use, extraction). Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with field teams. Mastery of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) and management tools (SQL, Kobo, ...) and data analysis (Stata, ...). Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple responsibilities in diverse and dynamic environments. Strong sense of professionalism, initiative, integrity, credibility and commitment to PATH's mission. Availability to travel within districts and the region. Local candidates will be given equal opportunities. Tags dhis2 global health programs meal monitoring evaluation and learning Skills Data Analysis Microsoft Office Suite Data Collection DHIS2 Communication skills The recruiting organization, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), has not specified a closing date for this vacancy or continues to list jobs after their determined date. Because such positions may remain open, they are listed here until removed from the recruiting organization's website.

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