Head of Department- Strategic Information at Equitable Health Access Initative (EHAI)

Our organizations is a fully indigenous NGO, implementing public health intervention programs for the control of HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis (including MDR TB). Our offices are in Lagos and Akure and we require competent and result oriented candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Department- Strategic Information

Location: Lagos

The Director SI is responsible for the overall coordination of Monitoring and Evaluation of EHAI projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinates the design of and incorporation of the PMM and PME tools in an overall framework for Monitoring & Evaluation for EHAI that will allow EHAI to meet corporate requirement with respect to planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, as well as focus on EHAI-specific issues, notably special monitoring needs arising when working on the field.
• Lead the EHAI SI team to identify clear targets and indicators for outcomes and outputs as well as with project staff to adapt project targets, indicators, monitoring tools, and reporting mechanisms to capture the elements necessary in current context.
• Ensure capacity building of SI team and project staff at sites for results oriented monitoring by coaching individuals on specific issues and/or developing and/or leading training courses (on subjects such as, but not limited to, establishing targets, selecting indicators, log frames)
• Provide lead support in the development of sub-recipient work-plans as well as the overall annual work plans.
• Provide support in the adoption of the EHAI HIV Database.
• Ensure that the HIV Database is regularly updated with data from all sub-recipients and relevant reports are prepared and disseminated to all stakeholders.
• Ensure all sub-recipients adhere to the laid down procedures in the tracking and recording of information and data; and timely submit reports
• Coordinates, and supervise the development, provision, and interpretation of data sets required to meet the operating and/or programmatic
• Assigns other miscellaneous job-related duties to members of SI team. Provision of SI technical support to Technical Working Groups (TWGs)
• Collaboration with implementing partners and Government of Nigeria.

 
Qualification and Experience:
A University degree in any of the following or related fields: Medicine, Pharmacy, natural sciences, statistics and epidemiology. A master's degree will be an added advantage with a minimum of five years working experience in relevant field and an experience in data collection, processing and use.

Technical and Behavioral Competencies

• Report writing and oral/written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of programme monitoring and evaluation and programme management.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
• Knowledge of statistics & good knowledge of statistical methods.
• Working knowledge of current HIV/AIDS guidelines and standards with respect to monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to organize and coordinate training programme.

 
Application Closing date
December 25, 2012. EHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Method of application:
EHAI has a competitive compensation package. Interested candidates may go to EHAI Career Center at www.ehaing.org for more details and submit their CV/resume and cover letter  to [email protected]

Only completed applications sent electronically (i.e. by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Disclaimer:
EHAI does not charge candidates a fee for a test or interview.