International Medical Corps Emergency Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Job Vacancy in Liberia

Essential
Job Duties/Scope of Work:
International
Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to
saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief
and development programs.
Established
in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a
private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to
improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities
that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering
training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people
at highest risk, and with the flexibility for rapid response to emergencies.
International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and
helps bring them back to self-reliance.

PROGRAM
BACKGROUND
International
Medical Corps is deploying an emergency response team (ERT) to assess the
country after the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak starting in May 2014. The
ERT will assess the provision of direct clinical care. The ERT will expand the
current activities including: health education, health awareness, surveillance
and contact tracing support.
JOB
SUMMARY
The
Emergency Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for efficiently
setting up effective monitoring systems to collect basic information about
activities in the initial phase of emergency response. As the response
continues, the M&E Officer will be responsible for designing and
implementing sustainable monitoring and evaluation systems in coordination with
relevant government UN agencies and headquarter-based M&E staff as well as
analyzing, interpreting and communicating information in a way that promotes
informed decision-making for on-going and future programmatic activity.
ESSENTIAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Identify
    priority data needed for immediate operational and planning means and
    rapidly develop methods of collecting this data
  • Coordinate
    and lead rapid needs assessments as necessary, including coordination with
    other agencies and prompt analysis and dispersal of findings
  • Develop
    M&E processes and related tools that support quality assurance for key
    program areas (women and child health, water and sanitation, mental
    health, emergency response, health capacity building);
  • Design,
    test, implement and review routine project monitoring and report forms,
    databases and data flow mechanisms and oversee the management of data for
    regular reporting on program progress;
  • Establish
    and maintain feedback mechanisms for M&E results with all stakeholders
    to identify and share lessons learned and to encourage use of data for
    decision-making at all levels and effectively communicate this information;
  • Conduct
    operational research activities as appropriate to support effective and
    efficient program implementation;
  • Advise
    in the planning and monitoring of M&E related expenditures and make
    recommendations for required human and financial resources;
  • Perform
    other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed above are
    representative of the nature and levels of work assigned and are not
    necessarily all-inclusive.
Qualifications:
  • Masters
    level or higher degree in epidemiology, public health, social sciences,
    health information management, biostatistics or a related discipline;
  • At
    least five years of applied experience with a humanitarian organization
    designing, implementing and overseeing monitoring and evaluation tasks,
    preferably in health and nutrition sectors;
  • Demonstrated
    experience designing logical frameworks and results based frameworks and
    associated performance monitoring and evaluation plans;
  • Experience
    with M&E approaches for key donors such as USAID, OFDA and PRM
  • Extensive
    experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection including
    survey design, implementation and analysis;
  • Experience
    developing and implementing project management plans (PMPs) or monitoring
    and monitoring and evaluation plans
  • Competent
    in qualitative approaches and participatory assessment;
  • Experience
    with common survey approaches in the health and nutrition sectors (KPC
    surveys, LQAS, and SMART);
  • Experience
    designing and implementing health management information systems at the
    facility and community levels;
  • Familiarity
    with database design and other tools for information management;
  • Competent
    in MS Excel, word processing, Power Point and experience using statistical
    packages such as SPSS, EPI-Info, STATA, etc;
  • Excellent
    oral and written communication skills and ability to effectively
    communicate technical material to both expert and lay audiences;
  • Strong
    organizational and time management skills and capacity to coordinate work
    across multiple departments;
  • Demonstrated
    strategic thinking and analytical skills;
  • Willingness
    and ability to live in a challenging environment
  • Fluency
    in written and spoken English is essential.
How to Apply
Interested
candidates are required to click here to apply
https://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/Careers.aspx?adata=hqIkuYQvY2I90HTc3nfrtAoQaR4ZJqROYdVNRVUOpNWvXGyHFNFiZ0t5ghTvF5isBDIK4I3fyil%2fn1ftCCTnLw%3d%3d
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