Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ,Director, Strategic Information and Evaluation Jobs in Malawi

e the efficiency and effectiveness of the program’s
interventions. The SI&E Director oversees all data collection, analysis,
and utilization activities within the program. Additionally, he/she will lead
all data quality and service delivery quality improvement initiatives and
manage enhanced monitoring, evaluation, and research activities.

• Leads
  the development and implementation an overall integrated M&E plan for
  EGPAF Malawi program.
• Ensures
  that EGPAF’s minimum standards in SI&E are met or exceeded each year.
• Coordinates
  all donor specific reporting requirements for all projects.
• Oversees
  the quality improvement strategy and implementation and work with other
  program team members to implement recommendations.
• Develops
  log frames for programs and/ or projects as required.
• Builds
  linkages between data reviews, use, and performance improvement.
• Oversees
  collection, validation, and storage of data on progress toward targets, in
  accordance with guidance provided by the donors and the Ministry of
  Health.
• Leads
  EGPAF’s program evaluations in country and dissemination of the promising
  practices /lessons leant.
• Supports
  the conduction of research, including designing and implementation of
  operations research studies.
• Works
  closely with other team leads to develop and implement evaluation
  priorities.
• Works
  with technical unit to identify and evaluate interventions to address key
  programmatic challenges using strong scientific methodology to inform the
  program, MOH, and the broader HIV field.
• Develops
  system for meaningful target setting and tracking of results achieved
  across a group of key indicators.
• Participates
  in country SI&E technical working groups and other interagency groups.
• Contributes
  to the documentation of program successes including the development of
  abstracts and manuscripts.
• Contributes
  to capacity building of EGPAF staff and fellows, partners, and MOH
  personnel in the SI&E through trainings, mentoring, and sharing/review
  of relevant scientific literature.

• Oversees
  a team of six or more individuals, including an M&E manager, a QI
  officer, a program evaluation’s Officer and M&E officers.
• Provides
  overall strategic leadership and vision for M&E team and sets annual
  team priorities.
• Oversee
  the development and implementation of unit’s work plan.
• Develop
  professional networks within and beyond Malawi in the SI&E field.
• Works
  collaboratively across teams in the organization to promote data usage and
  overall evidence based program management.
• Is
  a key member of the program’s Senior Management team

• Advanced
  degree (Master’s degree or above)in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public
  Health, Program Evaluation or health related discipline
• Proven
  experience in health evaluation and/or research in developing countries,
  including protocol writing, survey design, data collection, and data
  analysis. Scientific publication elaboration is an added advantage.

• Minimum
  ten (10) years’ experience working in the design and implementation of
  strategic information and evaluation activities in HIV or a related area.
• Demonstrated
  strong written and verbal communication skills and strong team/capacity
  building experience.
• Proven
  self-starter and ability to work with limited supervision.
• Possesses
  determination to accomplish tasks on time with high degree of quality.
• Skilled
  in both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods.
• Experience
  working with United States Government (USG) donors, preferably PEPFAR
  programs.