Abt Associates Inc Database Manager Job Vacancy in Kigali, Rwanda

The USAID-funded Indoor Residual Spraying 2 Task Order 4 (IRS2 TO4) Project
supports the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), as well as USAID Missions
and Bureaus with malaria programs outside the PMI focus countries, in planning
and implementing IRS programs with the overall goal of reducing the burden of
malaria in Africa by enhancing USAID’s ability to implement IRS programs on the
ground through cost-effective commodities procurement and logistics systems,
access to technical expertise, and implementation of IRS in countries affected
by malaria.

Under the supervision of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Manager, the
Administrative Assistant 7 / Database Manager supports the implementation of
the M&E system of the IRS2 TO4 Rwanda Project.

Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Participates in the collection,
  analysis, and reporting of baseline M&E data and ongoing M&E data
  collection, analysis and reporting according to the project M&E plan.
• Assists in the regular monitoring
  of project implementation against established targets and objectives.
• Supports periodic internal Data
  Quality Assessments and prepares the project for possible external Data
  Quality Audits to ensure validity, integrity, precision, reliability and
  timeliness of all performance data, identifying gaps and suggesting
  corrective actions on time.
• Collects, analyzes, and presents
  program data for project staff, partners, counterparts, and donors.
• Contributes to the project’s work
  in HMIS, and in linking country-level HMIS to project monitoring and
  evaluation, as appropriate.
• Supports the preparation of
  performance monitoring plans, including developing and defining program
  indicators and sources of data, as well as annual reports and other
  project documents.
• Assists in the preparation of
  performance monitoring plans, including developing and defining program
  indicators and sources of data, as well as annual reports and other
  project documents.

• Secondary School (minimum), or a
  Bachelor Degree (desirable) in Statistics, Community Health, Sociology, or
  other relevant field.
• 3 years of relevant experience in
  database management, monitoring & evaluation, or other relevant social
  science activities.
• Familiarity with quantitative and
  qualitative research methods.
• Computer literacy, including
  knowledge of analysis software (Excel, SPSS, EPiInfo, Arc GIS, etc).
• Knowledge of health project
  implementation in general, with knowledge about malaria prevention
  programs very desirable.
• Knowledge of material logistics
  systems is desirable.
• Fluency in French, and English
  language capability.