Organization Overview
The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.
Job Summary
Provide M&E technical assistance for the Ministry of Health STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (PNC ITS/HIV/SIDA) to ensure institutional capacity for monitoring and evaluation of strategies and activities planned and implemented in the areas of STI, C&T, PEP/GBV/ICP, CM/CMC/Condoms, and MARP.
Key Responsibilities
- Build the technical capacity of counterparts in efficient and effective data collection, reporting, analysis, quality control, and dissemination/feedback processes.
- Collaborate with Project team to design, pilot, evaluate and implement new primary and M&E data collection tools (forms, record books, etc.).
- Design methodologies and procedures for calculating targets of prevention related activities.
- Participate in the quantification of inputs required for planned activities.
- Provide support to the Project team to create a research plan focusing on HIV prevention studies.
- Provide technical assistance in operational research including protocol development, data collection and analysis, as well as reporting and research paper development.
- Contribute to building staff monitoring and evaluation capacity (e.g. conduct trainings on M&E basics for National Health System staff and/or participate as a lecturer in the Masters of Public Health program at the University of Eduardo Mondlane).
- Collaborate with other MOH departments/programs so that information flows are consistent and ensure there is no double counting and reporting of information on parallel systems.
Skills Prerequisites
- Knowledgeable of M&E systems in Mozambique (both paper-based and electronic systems), especially Health and HIV/AIDS related systems.
- Computer literate in Microsoft Excel, including usage of formula and graphs.
- Knowledge of statistical analysis and interpretation using Excel and SPSS (or other statistical software like R, Stata, SAS, etc.).
- Participation in scientific research and/or operational research including protocol development, field work, and data analysis and dissemination.
- Language skills (Portuguese, and preferably English), public communication and team work skills.
- Ability to work without supervision, with a sense of accountability and integrity.
- Bachelor's degree, or preferably a Master's degree, in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics or other related areas preferred.
- Over 5-7 years of field work directly related to the position preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience.
This position is located in Mozambique. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
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