Provide M&E technical assistance to the Ministry of Health (MOH)/National Directorate of Public Health (NDPH) with the goal of strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of the HIV Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) program. This position is located in the Ministry of Health within the NDHP in Maputo, Mozambique. The Technical Advisor for M&E works in close collaboration with the PMTCT team including Technical Advisor for PMTCT.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop systems/procedures for timely, accurate and complete data reporting in line with the acceleration plan
- Plan and coordinate the implementation of M&E activities
- Strengthen systems for data quality, data analyses and interpretation, dissemination and use
- Harmonize the conceptualization of indicator, data sources and flow for programs lacking technical support within DNSP
- Design methodologies and procedures for calculating targets of for the program
- Provide training/capacity building and technical support as needed
- Contribute for the documentation of M&E and program related best practices or lessons learned
- Provide technical assistance for the identifications of research topics, protocol development and implementation of research activities
- Coordinate the National M&E strategies/approaches with stakeholders
Required Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology statistics, economics, health/ biomedical sciences or health related areas
- At least 5 years of working experience with M&E of public health programs especially HIV
- Work experience with national health systems in developing countries
- Demonstrated abilities in the leadership, communication and planning in M&E
- Experience with research (protocol development, research coordination)
- Advanced knowledge in data base management including Excel, SPSS, STATA or EPINFO
- Proactive, responsible and capable of working and producing results independently
- Fluency in Portuguese; Spanish or French fluency with willingness to learn Portuguese quickly would be considered.
