Jhpiego seeks a Senior Strategic Information Manager for an anticipated five-year, USAID-funded malaria and HIV project in Angola. The position will provide technical leadership and strategic direction for project Strategic Information and M&E activities, frameworks, plans and indicators to capture project performance results and provide effective, accurate and timely monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all project activities. The position will work closely with the M&E team to design, implement and supervise project M&E activities, ensuring that lessons learned are integrated into program implementation to continuously improve quality of interventions and outcomes. The position is responsible for documenting and disseminating program successes and challenges to USAID. The position will also be responsible for designing and conducting operations research. **This position is contingent upon award. Angolan nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Leadership •The Senior Strategic Information Manager will work on the following subsystems that must work in an integrated way and will have to be implemented progressively: ◦Routine information system ◦Epidemiological surveillance ◦Information system mapping of health services ◦Information system for health facilities to review, analyze, and use their data ◦Mortality recording system •Oversee the development and implementation of the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) to capture project performance and results, including routine service delivery data reporting, baseline and endline assessments, and all monitoring for process and outcome evaluations •Develop and oversee data flow pattern for the project that will ensure timely data collection and reporting •Lead results reporting to USAID by providing written documentation on M&E activities and indicator results for progress and annual reports, as appropriate •Provide leadership and direction on M&E to ensure technical and financial integrity to achieve project goals and corresponding objectives and targets •Ensure high-quality implementation, consistent with Angolan national health guidelines, protocols, information and reporting systems •Lead efforts to monitor and evaluate project interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making •Lead efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and recordkeeping; utilize the training data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning •Conduct targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management and analysis •Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits •Cultivate strategic M&E relationships and alliances with other USAID and donor-funded projects and represent M&E activities in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
Management •Ensure relevant data is entered into Jhpiego’s organization-wide performance management system designed to capture, analyze, and disseminate project data •Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the project team •Ensure that resources for project implementation are available •Work with project and financial staff to prepare and track progress of project and activity budgets •Supervise a team of M&E professionals •Coordinate all M&E capacity-building activities with project staff, implementing partners and facility staff
- Master’s degree in public health, demography, statistics, social sciences or related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum five years of work experience in monitoring and evaluating health and/or development projects, especially in the areas of malaria and HIV
- Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, operations research, health management information systems, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation
- Familiarity with Angolan health management information system and other national M&E systems
- Experience and understanding of US government reporting systems
- Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, Epi-Info, Stata, MS Access
- Fluency in written and spoken Portuguese and English
- Demonstrated expertise working in a leadership capacity with international donors, senior government officials and policymakers
- Demonstrated strong management, coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple host-country counterparts in both the public and NGO sectors
- Excellent writing and communications skills, including demonstrated technical writing skills for publication
- Ability to work effectively with diverse international teams
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office
- Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally 30% of time
Angolan nationals strongly encouraged to apply
