APIN Public Health Initiatives is a non-governmental donor-funded organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, care and support of diseases of public health importance in Nigeria, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, among others.
APIN Public Health Initiatives has been awarded a 5 year Grant by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement “Improving Comprehensive AIDS Response Enhanced for Sustainability” (iCARES) project, - a hybrid of facility and community based interventions, that will expand access to comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment services in 8 states of Benue, Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Plateau in Nigeria. The program, funded by US PEPFAR through CDC, aims to contribute to the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goal of HIV epidemic control in Nigeria.
We are seeking qualified and suitable candidates to assume the position below:
Job Title: Senior Technical Officer - Monitoring & Evaluation
Location: Plateau
Directorate: Strategic Information
Job Description
- The job holder will be a member of the Strategic Information team and will contribute to program monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
Job Tasks
- Provide guidance on program/project monitoring and evaluation and on US Government and Government of Nigeria reporting requirements.
- Provide technical assistance to program sites in the collection, analysis, reporting and use of output data for program improvement
- Manage the program’s reporting cycle to ensure high quality and complete data are sent to the program office on a periodic basis, or when required
- Conduct routine monitoring visits to project sites and provide supportive supervision
- Share program output data with the program team
- Monitor the progress of the program towards achieving targets
- Work in collaboration with other members of the team to follow up on Monitoring & Evaluation Committees at the program sites to ensure the promotion of data utilization by relevant end users
- Facilitate the provision of technical support to strengthen M&E
- Contribute to the development and review of appropriate data collection tools and procedures for all monitoring and reporting needs
- Contribute to the periodic review of the organization’s quality improvement protocol, in line with national protocol
- Ensure documentation and dissemination of the quality improvement and best practices at both central office and programme sites
- Identify training needs, develop and implement training of relevant QI staff at both the central office and programme sites
- Collaborate with HealthQual international on the QI strengthening project
- Support and monitor the implementation of the QI coaching strategy
Qualifications and Experience
- A Medical degree (MBBS or equivalent), a Master's degree in Public Health (MPH) and a minimum of 7 years’ relevant experience supporting the implementation of M&E systems, and planning and executing program evaluation.
Application Closing Date
25th October, 2017.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications to:
[email protected] stating how their skills, knowledge and experience make them suitable, and addressing the person specifications highlighted above.
Note
- The suitability statement should not exceed a page and must appear on the first page of the CV, which must be saved in Microsoft Word and as applicant’s full name.
- The subject of the mail should be the job position and location being applied for, e.g. Job Title - Location.
- Late applications will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.