Technical Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) at Malaria Consortium - UNITAID Project

Malaria Consortium (www.malariaconsortium.org) is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations which is dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, Government and non-Governmental agencies, academic institutions, local and international organisations; to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning.

The organisation has been operational in Nigeria since 2008 and recently opened a country office in Nigeria to fully establish itself with long term commitment.

UNITAID Project
Malaria Consortium recently awarded funding by UNITAID to create a private sector market for Quality Assured Malaria RDT's through licensed premises. The 3-years project which will be implemented in three states, namely; Anambra, Cross-River and Ogun now seeks to recruit professionals in its implementing offices:

Job Title: Technical Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation)

Location: Anambra

The Technical Officer (M&E) will coordinate, organise and supervise data collection (both routine and survey); to be used to monitor and evaluate project activities, outcomes and impact. The Job holder will provide support for the implementation of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan and ensure quality control of project activities.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Developing implementation plans and budgets for survey activities as well as prepare locations through sensitization activities within districts and nationally.
• Participating in the design of market surveys, development and field testing of survey tools and sampling as required.
• Providing support for the collection of routine health information from importers, distributors and health providers. Coordinating the design of a routine monitoring and evaluation system to measure progress against project indicators.
• Participating in the design of a routine monitoring and evaluation system to measure progress made against project indicators and management of the related database. Liaising with the respective District and National stakeholders to ensure involvement of the district and continuous flow of information.
• Coordinating the collection of data on a quarterly basis for the monitoring of progress towards key performance indicators and to determine if programmatic targets are being achieved.

Qualifications
Candidates should possess the following:

• Post-Graduate degree in either of Monitoring and Evaluation, Public health or other related discipline is required for this position.
• A minimum of 3-years’ experience working in Public Health with either, the Government, International Organization or a Research Institute and in a developing country is essential.
• S/he must have prior experience and knowledge of communicable disease control (malaria), significant training experience in the designs of M&E, its tools and methodologies as well as an excellent knowledge and use of computer soft-wares, particularly; Excel, EpiData or STATA is desirable.
• Previous experience within a donor funding environment will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
8th March, 2013

Method of Application
Interested candidates should please submit a covering letter addressing your suitability for the post and a CV to include contact numbers and email to:
malaria@gridconsulting.net Please quote the job title in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews