Organization: Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Malawi
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Eligible Citizenship: Malawi
Application Code: M02-Nat
Job Function: Database Management / Data Analysis / Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation / Quality Improvement, Research
Issue Area: Community Health Workers, Health Systems Strengthening / Healthcare Access, HIV / AIDS
About
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Malawi (Baylor-Malawi) is a not-for-profit organization partnering with the Government of Malawi in the health sector. The mission is to improve the health and lives of HIV-infected children and families through high quality, high impact, ethical, state-of-the-art, comprehensive care and treatment, training of health professionals, and clinical research. Baylor-Malawi has an international reputation for innovative, evidence-based HIV service delivery programming.
Tingathe is an Outreach Program implemented by Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation - Malawi (BCM-CFM) that employs Community Health Workers (CHW) to improve HIV care in Malawi. The project provides support for HIV testing, clinical and health systems strengthening, mentorship, community education, training of clinical staff, and patient case management.
USAID has awarded a grant to Baylor-Malawi for the Technical Support to PEPFAR Programs in the Southern Africa Region (TSP) program to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS in ten countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Focal countries will be supported to reach ambitious UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals: 90% of HIV-infected individuals know their status; 90% of patients who know their status adhere to anti-retroviral therapy (ART); and 90% of patients on ART are virally suppressed by 2020. Through TSP, Baylor-Malawi and its partners will provide technical assistance to regional HIV/AIDS programs and build the capacity of country teams to eventually take full ownership of the programs.
Position Overview
The Program, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Research Fellow will work hand-in-hand with the program, M&E, and research teams to achieve Baylor-Malawi’s mission and objectives. The fellow will provide technical support to both the TSP and Tingathe programs by assisting in M&E reporting, data quality assurance measures, research project support, contribution to study reports, USAID reporting, analysis on program data, and other programmatic support. The fellow will play an integral role in the Baylor-Malawi team by providing support and technical experience to the Tingathe and TSP programs.
Responsibilities
- Assist with development of M&E tools, data collection methods, and data quality assurance measures
- Assist with the implementation of the performance monitoring plan
- Assist with providing reviews of regional M&E status and feedback on needs, trends, best practices, and priorities to help establish regional and global support
- Assist with the completion of USAID M&E reporting requirements
- Assist with implementation of study protocols around recruitment, data collection, and data quality audits
- Assist with development of study tools
- Perform literature reviews
- Assist with data management and analysis
- Assist with program activities including training and QI activities
- Contribute to programmatic and study reports, publications, and presentations
- Other duties as assigned
Desired Skills and Experience
Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are required- Bachelor’s degree in epidemiology, statistics, public health or related field*
- Preferred: Master’s degree in epidemiology, statistics, public health or related field
- Experience with data management, including ability to manage, gather, clean, and analyze data and report findings*
- Experience with Microsoft Excel (moderate to advanced)*
- Experience with referring software (e.g. Endnote, Papers, Mendeley)*
- Excellent written and oral communication, time management, and interpersonal skills*
- Experience with STATA, SPSS, SAS, R, JMP, or other statistical software highly desirable
- Prior experience performing literature reviews and with scientific writing
- Ability to create monitoring and research tools
- Ability to create M&E protocols and prior experience with research
- Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, PEFPAR indicators, and reporting
- Methodical, good attention to detail, and proven ability to meet deadlines with strong attention to consistency and quality
- Ability to manage and complete numerous tasks with a high degree of organization
- Ability to proactively identify and address issues and appropriately communicate these to project leadership
- Ability to travel within country and internationally; willingness to travel up to 50% of the time
- Hard-working and committed
Fellowship Logistics
During the fellowship year, all fellows are provided with:
- A living stipend of $650/month
- Housing and utilities
- Health insurance
- A professional development grant of $600
- An award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year
- Travel costs covered to and from placement site, training and retreats
*Note: The living stipend and the completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the placement organization.
Living and Working in Malawi: Fellows are provided with basic housing and a utilities stipend during the fellowship year. GHC coordinates housing for fellows in shared apartments or houses that meet GHC's safety standards. Fellows at Baylor-Malawi will be housed in Lilongwe, an urban city and capital of Malawi. National fellows have the option to remain in their own housing and receive a supplemental housing stipend.