Major
Responsibilities
The M&E Advisor will assume the following responsibilities:
• Provides high-level technical oversight for project activities, including
ensuring high quality, technically sound outputs
• Conceives of, manages and provides TA to strengthen national and sub-national
capacity for strategic, data driven planning of the national HIV/AIDS response;
and implementation of contextually relevant surveillance systems, robust
routine M&E systems, and HMIS
• Recruits, supervises, mentors and motivates project technical team.
• Oversee M&E capacity buildi
ng activities and TA to Public Health
Institutions (PHIs) in Tanzania in the areas of M&E, SI, and HMIS
• Provide technical guidance to PHIs and other stakeholders in Tanzania for
high quality data collection, dissemination, analysis, and use
• Provide TA on the development and strengthening of data-related guidance
documents, access to data by all stakeholders including making data publicly
available in various formats and through various mechanisms, and capacity for
data analysis and use for decision-making
• Provide TA on the development and strengthening of electronic systems (e.g.
DHIS) systems including ensuring users at different levels have access for
submission and use of data, systems capture needed data, and support data
quality
• Support the Tanzania PHI M&E system to develop indicators, develop data
collection tools, and conduct related mentoring and training
• Provide TA on the development and implementation and routine data quality
assessment procedures to address data completeness, timeliness, and accuracy
• Facilitate and provide leadership to ensure effective design, review, and
implementation of the project’s M&E plan, including the development of
project outputs, performance indicators, and targets
• Design and oversee the implementation of M&E systems to collect, manage,
and disseminate data for reporting progress towards the project’s objectives
• In coordination with the Chief of Party and technical staff, prepare
consolidated reports that include concise narratives and relevant tables and/or
graphs to meet reporting requirements for all donors and stakeholders
• Manage other project staff and consultants including the HMIS Advisor
• Ensure regular coordination with ICAP-NY SI unit
• Undertake overall coordination of project knowledge management activities to
document, share and archive data to build institutional memory as well as to
inform programmatic direction
• Carry out other duties and special assignments, as requested
Education
• Advanced degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, international
health, or related discipline
Experience, Skills,
And Minimum Qualifications
• 8 + years of experience in the design and implementation of M&E in
international public health projects with HIV/AIDS M&E experience being
highly desirable
• High-level computer including strong data management and analysis skills with
ability to rapidly process and analyze data using the following: MS Excel, MS
Access, SPSS and/or SAS, and Epi-Info Windows.
• Experience in HMIS including electronic medical record and aggregate data
systems
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Experience in supervising staff with a demonstrated ability to motivate staff
and build effective teams
• Experience working with U.S. Government or other bi-lateral donors preferred,
strong familiarity with CDC reporting requirements
• Ability to build strong working relationships with local Government
officials, international donors, and technical and administrative staff
• Good written and verbal communications skills in English; ability to interact
professionally in English
• 3 + years of experience working in the HIV/AIDS field in in sub-Saharan
Africa with previous experience working in Tanzania strongly preferred
Travel Requirements
• The M&E Advisor will be based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and will be
expected to regularly travel in-country including Zanzibar. In addition, there
is the possibility of one or more international trips per year.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested applicants should send their resumes named after their names by
email with a subject line referring the position you are applying for to
icap-tz-hr@columbia.edu Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Please
do not attach any certificates when submitting online.
