Job Title: Â Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor
Organisation: Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)
Duty Station: Kabale, Uganda
Reports to: Director Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
About Organisation:
The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) is an indigenous medical organization that was established in 1991 as a limited liability not-for-profit Joint-venture between the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Defense and Makerere University Medical School (now Makerere University College of Health Sciences). JCRC is located on plot 101 Lubowa Hill Off Entebbe Road P.O. Box 10005 Kampala.
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About the JCRC USAID/LPHS- Kigezi & Lango:
USAID’s Local Partner Health Services – Kigezi & Lango is a five-year Activity implemented by Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) to increase access to and utilization of quality HIV and TB services in the Kigezi and Lango regions.
Job Summary:   Under the overall direction of the Director Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, the Monitoring Evaluation & Learning Advisor is responsible for supporting the design and implementation of the project’s monitoring, evaluation and learning agenda. He/she will ensure functionality of systems to measure and document program process, outputs and impact results by routinely and systematically collecting and analyzing program data and presenting program results to project staff, and donors.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Project M&E systems
- Coordinate and work with other project staff (Technical advisors and officers) to design, implement and manage a robust project M&E system.
- Participate in the development and review process of the project’s Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP).
- Conduct frequent and routine data verification and quality assessment exercises as per project requirements.
- Participate in PEPFAR reporting to ensure timely submission of PEPFAR specific project data.
- Ensure project specific reporting platforms are updated i.e. Project database, HIBRID, PIRS, DIS, KP tracker.
- On a regular basis, prepare and ensure timely submission of project performance monitoring plans, including developing and defining program indicators and sources of data, as well as contributing to annual work plans, quarterly and annual reports and other project documents.
- Track project monitoring indicators for all (or specified) project health component activities and periodically provide data to the project’s Senior Management Team.
- Document progress on outcome level indicators attributable to project interventions at appropriate geographical levels including community level indicators.
- Conduct routine and frequent data analyses, including designing of various innovative data presentation and visualization tools (including maps), and share results with supervisors and the project technical team.
- Working with the Database manager in development and management of project databases.
- Participate in the planning for dissemination and lessons learned and present results of program achievements and outputs in written reports and at conferences and meetings.
- Provide technical and coordination support to M&E officers to effectively and routinely support the cluster teams.
Government HMIS strengthening
- Support the Cluster M&E Officers to provide technical and coordination support to district, facility and community teams to effectively and routinely collect, analyze, and report service delivery and program data.
- Support to all district stakeholders during the collection and management of the data.
- Work with District Biostatisticians to prioritize and plan jointly interventions to strengthen HMIS systems in the supported Districts.
- Using Quality improvement methods, support HIAs and health workers to initiate quality improvement projects to improve data quality and enhance data use.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Advanced degree in Statistics, Public Health, Demography, Population Studies, M&E or related field.
- Extensive experience in monitoring & evaluation, including data analysis and data use for decision making with USAID projects is required; PEPFAR is most preferred.
- Appropriate software skills necessary to conduct, analysis of project data.
- Strong written and oral communication skills for high-level audiences.
- Excellent coordination, and information management skills.
- Experience analyzing big datasets using excel, STATA and Power BI.
- Experience using GIS software.
- Excellent coordination, and information management skills.
- The ability to work well under minimum pressure.
- Ability and willingness to travel frequently within Kigezi region and work under field conditions.
How to Apply:
All applications should be addressed to Head Human Resources via jobs
jcrc.org.ug. Applicants are STRICTLY advised to apply with a cover letter and CV combined in one PDF document not exceeding six pages.
Deadline: 28th November 2024
Note: JCRC is an equal opportunity employer. Any attempts of influencing the recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification. The public is further strongly advised to be vigilant about fraudsters masquerading to be recruiting on JCRC’s behalf using Whatsapp and other unofficial means of communication.
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