State MEL Officer, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNTD), REACH Malaria

State MEL Officer, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNTD), REACH Malaria at PATH | Fuzu

Nigeria / Abuja / Project, program management

PATH Non-profit + 1 more

State MEL Officer, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNTD), REACH Malaria

Abuja

• Nigeria

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• Nigeria

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Description Required Qualifications and Experience

A first degree in any field of study and at least 5 years of progressive experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of health programs; or a postgraduate degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Epidemiology or related field with at least 3 years field experience in monitoring and evaluation of health programs is required.

Experience in developing monitoring plans and/or management information systems, generating, triangulating and using health data to inform State health systems strengthening is required.

A minimum of 3 years’ experience working in malaria programs in Nigeria

NGO experience is an added advantage

Familiarity with Department of State or any donor M&E and reporting systems is highly desirable

Excellent data quality assurance, analysis, presentation and reporting skills.

Experience in data quality audits and data review meetings, preferably for malaria programming.

Knowledge and experience of the MOH health information system and DHIS2 is a requirement.

Responsibilities Provide technical guidance in the planning and implementation of all state and LGA level M&E/HSS activities.

Develop and implement an M&E/HSS plan for the program in the state, in collaboration with the State Coordinator.

Take lead in the implementation of PMI REACH Malaria M&E plans and state work plan and reporting on Department of State indicators and targets in collaboration with the State Coordinator.

Establish system for flow of information from service delivery points to the DHIS2 central database and ensure timely M&E/HSS technical support to all implementing health facilities.

Build capacity of SMEP and LGA M&E officers in monitoring and evaluation, data management, and data use.

Support the SMEP team to analyze and use data to inform decisions and guide malaria interventions.

Participate in data quality review meetings at the state and LGA levels. Support data quality audits as needed.

Work with SMEP and LGAs to train health workers in the use of HMIS reporting forms and registers.

Support monitoring of quality of service at health facilities.

Take lead in implementation of selected health systems interventions including for example evidence-based state malaria annual planning to fit into state planning and budgeting cycle

Support state malaria partners to build an evidence base to monitor state malaria program performance towards elimination goals.

Provide HRH analytics to inform state HRH deployment and management practices.

Engage with the State DHPRS, SPHCDA, State Health Insurance Scheme to mainstream state malaria budgets in state government budget.

Tags Project, program management Non-profit, social work Mid-level Nigeria

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• Country : Nigeria

• City : Abuja

• Contract Type : CDI

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