Pathfinder
Overview
Pathfinder
International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place
reproductive health care at the center of all that we do—believing that it is
not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life
opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving t
he way
for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population
pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women,
men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception
and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder
strives to strengthen access to family planning, ensure availability of safe
abortion services and post-abortion care, advocate for sound reproductive
health policies, and, through all of our work, improve the rights and lives of
the people we serve.
Program
Overview
Pathfinder is
seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor for the Uganda Expanding
Family Planning Options program. The USAID’s Expanding Family Planning Options
program will focus on increasing FP service options and improving quality of FP
services in the public and private sectors as well as building demand for
modern contraception. This activity will be complemented by linkages to and
coordination with other USAID/Uganda activities including health communications
and systems strengthening activities as well as contraceptive commodity
procurement.
Position
Purpose
The Monitoring,
Evaluation, and Learning Advisor will be responsible for development of
monitoring, evaluation, and operational research plans to inform program
management and strategic direction.
Key
Responsibilities
- Develops
and implements a project M&E system according to Pathfinder standards
and practices. - Consults
with USAID and other stakeholders to establish a transparent, reliable,
and valid M&E system that can easily be tracked and verified. - Ensures
that the M&E system is a cost-effective, results-orientated system
that provides USAID and the program with necessary information to assess
the progress, effectiveness, and outcome of activities. - Collaborates
with partners to develop individual and M&E work and training plans as
appropriate. - Develops/adapts
tools for data collection; designs and implements surveys and other data
collection tasks. - Designs/adapts
project performance monitoring database to report national and global
indicator and performance indicator data quarterly to senior managers,
COP, and Pathfinder headquarters. - Oversees
implementation of the project’s baseline and end-of-project surveys. - Documents
project achievements against targets using monitoring data and works with
project staff to document the factors behind gaps and over achievements. - Institutes
regular use of performance monitoring data among project managers, Country
Offices, and other relevant Pathfinder staff. - Identifies
best practices and state-of-the art approaches to the program activities
and evaluates them. - Disseminates
information on project evaluations through written reports, conference
presentations, and publications, and assists project staff to do likewise. - Uses
data to systematically and consistently document achievements, success
stories, and best practices. - Supervises
M&E team members to: manage production of data to meet all reporting
requirements including quarterly and annual reports, research, technical
reports, presentations, etc.; ensure that all data is up to date and ready
for immediate use; review quarterly reports prior to submission to donors
and headquarters; assist project technical staff with preparation of reports
as appropriate. - Builds
capacity of project staff, on the use of data for decision making and
performance improvement. - Provides
technical assistance and training to program teams and partner
organizations as necessary. - Provides
technical support to strengthening M&E systems at national and
community level. - Provides
overall guidance and manages all the M&E related efforts,
communicating and coordinating as needed with headquarters M&E and
other staff. - Any
other duties as assigned by the Chief of Party.
Basic
Requirements
- A
degree in epidemiology, statistics, or health related field. - Minimum
of 6 years of relevant experience in M&E of large scale health
programs. - Demonstrated
research experience and skills, complemented by experience in
collaborating with various types of partners. - Experience
interacting with host country agencies, including central and local
government, development partners, civil society, and community-based
organizations is essential. - Minimum
of six years of successful supervisory experience. - Excellent
representational and communication skills, written and oral proficiency in
English, and verbal communication skills in one or more local languages. - Demonstrated
ability to lead a project team and achieve results. - Travel
throughout the project area in Uganda will be required.
Please Note: This position is contingent
upon project award and funding.
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