Organization: Emmanuel International Malawi
Location: Malawi
Eligible Citizenship: Malawi
Application Code: M07-Int
Job Function: Database Management / Data Analysis / Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation / Quality Improvement
Issue Area: Economic Development, Food Security / Nutrition, HIV / AIDS
About
Emmanuel International (EI) Malawi is a faith based non-profit organization that started working in Malawi in 1987 through a partnership with the Evangelical Baptist Church (EBCM). EI operates under the mission of: “encouraging, strengthening, and assisting worldwide churches in meeting the physical and spiritual needs of the poor in accordance with the Holy Scriptures.” To realize this mission, EI works with partner churches, the government, and relevant stakeholders to address our current priority areas, which are: food security, climate change, economic development, community-based health care and nutrition, child protection, emergency relief, and water and sanitation.
Since 2001, EI’s community development programs have expanded to include large scale, integrated projects funded by bilateral and multilateral donors like the World Bank, USAID, DFID and Rotary International. EI is currently working on building its capacity to ensure successful implementation of new projects that are being executed under the set priority areas.
Position Overview
The Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow will be based in Zomba while working within the USAID funded NJIRA program, a five year food, nutrition and livelihood security program. The NJIRA program is now in the second year of implementation. The fellow will contribute in the lively and innovative monitoring and evaluation department, which seeks to use current technology to support the M&E structures of the project implementation. The M&E structure of the NJIRA program is active at all levels of program staff, Malawi government offices, and with community members who are participants in the NJIRA program. The gathering and feedback of information within the program relies on technology for both collection as well as narrative. Information is gathered and disseminated in a way that assists community members to use the information in a purposeful way. Fellows with a strong understanding of current technology, assessment research and data quality analysis will be strong contenders. The fellow will assist the M&E staff in a variety of levels of information gathering and dissemination and will have an opportunity to strengthen the capacity of the EI Malawi NJIRA M&E staff members, with roll-over effect to the rest of the NJIRA staff.
Responsibilities
Primary Goals:
- Augment the EI Malawi M&E team’s understanding and use of current technology in data gathering and dissemination within the NJIRA program
- Ensure that the data being fed into the system is cleaned and verified
- Assist with data quality analysis and any research aspects of the NJIRA project
Key Deliverables:
- Ongoing oversight of a functional computer-based M&E system
- Capacity building of EI Malawi M&E staff and support to the NJIRA M&E advisory staff
- Work with NJIRA staff and communities to facilitate use of M&E generated information that will be used at the community-level
Expectations:
- Work diligently towards attaining the goals and deliverables that have been set
- Work with and report to different supervisors
- Frequent travel to rural communities
- Work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment
- Function well in a cross-cultural work environment
Required Skills and Experience
- Degree in public health, epidemiology, informatics, statistics, demography, or computer science
- Demonstrated experience with M&E software like: CS PRO, STATA, SPSS, Excel or Access
- Demonstrated experience with data management systems like MIS & G-PATH
- Ability to manage, gather, clean and analyze data, and report findings
- Ability to collect and share information concerning multiple programs internally
- Knowledge of health and development sector and M&E gained through academic and/or professional experience
- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to learn new concepts at a steady rate
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Ability to create monitoring and research tools
- Ability to create and design M&E checklists and protocols
- Demonstrated knowledge of computer networking and programing
- Knowledge of Malawi’s development sector and the Millennium Development Goals
Fellowship Logistics
During the fellowship year, all fellows are provided with:
- A living stipend of $650/month
- Housing and utilities
- Health insurance
- A professional development grant of $600
- An award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year
- Travel costs covered to and from placement site, training and retreats
*Note: The living stipend and the completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the placement organization.
Living and Working in Malawi: Fellows are provided with housing and utilities during the fellowship year. Housing arrangements vary based on the placement organization and location within the country. Fellows at EI will be provided with housing near the office based in Zomba, a peri-urban center in the southern region of Malawi.
