Tiyatien Health is seeking a one-year M&E Research Support Officer to be based at Tiyatien Health’s Konobo pilot project for 9-12 months with possible renewal.
Compensation is negotiable, but Tiyatien Health will certainly provide housing and basic living stipend, in addition to covering travel, visa, and medication costs.
Tiyatien Health is seeking a one-year M&E Research Support Officer to be based at Tiyatien Health’s Konobo pilot project for 9-12 months with possible renewal. Compensation is negotiable, but Tiyatien Health will certainly provide housing and basic living stipend, in addition to covering travel, visa, and medication costs.
About Tiyatien Health
Africa faces a shortage of 1.5 million health workers. The continent suffers 33% of the world’s maternal and child disease, yet has only 3% of the global health workforce. Nowhere is the crisis worse than in rural areas of Liberia, which was left with just 51 doctors after its 14-year civil war. Today, people in remote villages of southeastern Liberia have to walk up to 17 hours to reach a clinic.
Founded by survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Tiyatien Health is a start-up NGO that is redefining how post-conflict nations rebuild rural public health services. Filling the massive health worker shortage in rural post-conflict areas, we recruit and train villagers to serve as frontline health workers, delivering comprehensive home-based medical and social services in villages previously thought unreachable.
We are growing quickly. Our initial cadre of frontline health workers delivers more than 2,000 home patients a month and has made HIV, epilepsy, and depression treatment available for a rural population of 23,000 people. This year, TH will be expanding our services to a population of 34,000 people in Liberia’s remote Konobo District.
Tiyatien Health closely partners with the Liberian Ministry of Health, Partners In Health, Clinton Global Initiative, and Harvard Medical School, amongst others. Our frontline health worker model has been recognized by Echoing Green, PopTech, and the Mulago Foundation.
Overview – M&E/Research Support Officer
In July 2012, Tiyatien will launch an innovative pilot project in Konobo, one of the poorest, most remote districts in Liberia, aimed at significantly reducing maternal and child mortality through the use of a Frontline Health Worker (FHW) program and a set of clinical quality improvement initiatives at the Konobo Health Center. The M&E/Research Support Officer will be responsible for designing and implementing M&E monitoring and evaluations tools, systems, and research studies to support the Konobo project, with the ultimate goal of quantitatively demonstrating the success and effectiveness of the program. The work of the M&E/Research Support Officer will be critical to the success of the Konobo pilot as a whole.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
1. Design and implement tools for data collection, summarization and reporting for Tiyatien’s Konobo programs that are in line with both donor and Tiyatien needs
2. Conduct data analyses and use data to make suggestions for program improvement
3. Design and conduct one or more research studies to answer key questions about Konobo programs
4. Help to develop and support quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) systems
5. Plan and conduct trainings for Liberian staff on MS Access use, data entry procedures, and QA systems
6. Participate in monthly conference calls with our US-based M&E support team
7. Collaborate with US M&E team to design new Access database functions as needed
8. Participate in strategic planning and proposal writing processes to help improve and expand monitoring, evaluation, and research systems
Qualifications:
• Preferred Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, evaluation, statistics, or related field
• Strong academic undergraduate academic background necessary
• Preferred experience and knowledge in research study design and implementation, including statistical methods and analysis
• Previous experience working in global social justice work
• Previous experience with monitoring and evaluations systems preferred
• Excellent organizational skills, time management, ability to take initiative
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to coach and mentor
• Strong computer skills (MS Excel required, MS Access preferred)
• Previous experience living in developing world is a plus
Personal Attributes:
• A deep commitment to serving the poor
• Ability to live comfortably in austere, challenging environments
• Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to advance projects under own initiative
• Patience, humor, and compassion
• Passion for gardening, cooking, or running are a plus
How to apply
Application process:
Please submit a curriculum vitae (C.V.) and cover letter on Jobscore
What happens after submission?
Your submission will be responded to within 4 days, and if the application is advanced, we will ask for two references and an interview in-person or over skype.
