Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, and
Quality Improvement Manager
Location: Malawi
Organizational
Profile:
Partners In Health
(PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to
improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local
governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished
communities to deliver high-qu
ality health care, address the root causes of
illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy
change.
PIH currently has implementation
programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia,
Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical
School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of
programs in dozens of other countries around the world.
Responsibilities:
Under the direct
supervision of the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Improvement
(MEQ), and as guided by the PIH Boston MEQ team, the MEQ Manager’s key
responsibilities will include:
- Supervising
and mentoring our 15-member MEQ team, including work plan development and
weekly check-ins with direct reports (MEQ Officers). - Assisting
the director of MEQ in preparing and tracking performance/expenditure
against the annual MEQ work plan and budget. - Creating
and implementing robust monitoring, evaluation, and quality improvement
systems, in coordination with relevant MOH/PIH managers and coordinators. - Supporting
MEQ research and grant responsibilities, including protocol/proposal
development, implementation and reporting. - Representing
the MEQ team at APZU management meetings and at local/national meetings. - Ensuring
high-quality data and timely results dissemination from MEQ activities,
which will include drafting reports, abstracts, posters, manuscripts and
presentations. The MEQ manager may need to work outside normal business
hours to meet deadlines. - Working
closely with MEQ Director and HMIS Officer to improve HMIS reporting and
data use. - Ensuring
confidentiality of clients is respected and protected at all times. - Performing
any other duties requested by the M&E director. - Maintaining
a thorough understanding of PIH’s mission, strategy and approach to
addressing health issues in settings of poverty, and serve as an advocate
for its work both within the organization and externally.
Qualifications:
- Candidates
with an MPH or MSc Public Health are strongly preferred. Bachelors Degree,
together with course work in epidemiology, statistics and qualitative
research methods, is required. - At
least three years of direct management experience required. - At
least three years of MEQ experience in the health sector required, with
some experience in designing and conducting impact evaluations - Proven
ability to manage budgets, achieve results, ensure quality, and build
teams and capacity. - Strong
computer skills required, including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
(Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint) and statistical software. Proficiency
in NVivo will be an advantage. - Ideal
candidate will have teaching experience, particularly in hosting
trainings/skill development sessions for staff or students, and be an
enthusiastic MEQ mentor. - High
level of maturity, attention to detail, and professionalism required. - Strong
written and presentation skills required. Recent publications or
conference presentations are an added advantage. - Flexibility
is a must for this position activities and priorities may change over
time, and demonstrated. - Excellent
interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and
negotiating skills. - Fluency
in both Chichewa and English (reading, writing and speaking skills) is
required. - Willingness
to live in Neno boma and travel to remote health centers regularly.
Online applications
only, please apply through our website.