Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Biostatistican)

Vacancy Announcement: December 7, 2018

ORGANISATION DESCRIPTION:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home. The IRC has been working in Uganda since 1998 supporting nationals and refugees and various institutions in the country notably the government, community based organizations, the civil society and the private sector.The current program portfolio in Uganda includes health, peace building, gender-based violence, economic recovery and agribusiness, and children & youth. https://www.rescue.org/country/uganda. IRC has a country office headquartered in Kampala, regional offices in Kitgum, West Nile (Yumbe/Imvepi) and Moroto. Given the recent conflict outbreak in South Sudan, IRC begun implementing Health and Nutrition activities to support refugees being settled in Palabek refugee settlement in Lamwo District.

IRC is currently looking for enthusiastic, hardworking and self-motivated persons to join our team to support the effective delivery of the organization’s mission.

TITLE:

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Biostatistician),(1 Position)

LOCATION

Kitgum/Lamwo

DEPARTMENT

Health

DURATION

12 months, contingent on donor funding

JOB OVERVIEW/SUMMARY

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be based in Kitgum, supporting Lamwo, Palabek refugee settlement with overall responsibility of providing guidance, supervision and analyzing project data to gauze project progress & informed decision making, proposal writing, donor reporting. The position reports to the Country M & E manager and indirect reporting to Health Manager

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the Country M & E Manager, the Monitoring and Evaluation officer will:

Technical

• Work with the program team to develop a detailed M & E plan for the program based on the project log frame to track progress against agreed indicators.
• Track the M & E plan and frequently provide the program with trend analysis of tracked indicators while identifying the outliers.
• Mentor and coach facility staffs on data collection, reporting and data cleaning to inform program and HMIS reports.
• Supports health facilities and program staff to frequently use data for program improvement.
• Support the health facilities to engage in continuous quality improvement.
• Participate in quality of care/intervention monitoring together with the DHT and IRC project staff while ensuring availability of data at the facilities for assessing program quality.
• Provide accurate information that informs the program review meetings.
• Maintain an accurate and up to date database for the health program.

• Maintain a good record keeping system and undertake continuous monitoring and regular evaluation of program activities.

• Informs the health manager on the availability and short fall of data collection tools at the health facilities and community programming.

Liaison

• Liaise with the district M&E team including Biostatistician while ensuring that accurate and timely data on the program is fed into the district HMIS and program reports.
• Attend relevant meetings to present IRC’s program activities in the district.

Communication/reporting

• Provide regular feedback to the Country Manager/Health Managers on project implementation.
• Provide the program staffs and DHT with monthly reports on performance against indicators and trends.
• Assist in preparation of donor program reports.
• Facilitate health facility/VHT reporting requirements for program reporting and to feed into the HMIS and program reports.

Miscellaneous

• Assist with any duties as requested by the direct supervisor.

Confidentiality:

· Ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of IRC acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organization without authority, except in the normal execution of duty.

Note: - The role of the M&E Officer cannot be limited to the specific duties and tasks detailed herein. The success of the IRC’s humanitarian mission is the highest priority and all issues which arise must be addressed. Accordingly. Therefore, s/he will be required to manage all unforeseen issues and circumstances and remain flexible to perform any other duties, as and when required.

REQUIREMENTS/ QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• University degree in Biostatistics/Statistics, Economics, Information technology, Demography, or related discipline from a recognized institution

· Postgraduate in M & E shall an added advantage

Job Qualifications:

· Two to Three years working experience in primary health care settings with proven success in designing, implementing and operating project systems from initiation to close out stages.

· Experience in data quality assessment and oversight

· Experience in working with the district health teams and building the district capacity in data collection, reporting and analysis.

· Experience in data analysis, trend analysis and interpretations.

· Experience in continuous quality improvement.

· Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies.

· Experience in using the MOH data collection tools.

· Experience in working the health facilities and community based groups such as VHTs.

· Previous experience with an NGO in similar program.

· Good experience of monitoring and evaluation of programs.

· Proven interpersonal , good analytical, communication, managerial skills

· Computer literate in MS, internet, power point, etc…

Please send filled IRC application form, cover letter, CV and academic documents in one PDF attachment clearly indicating the position that you have applied for “*M & E Officer-Biostatistician”* to:UA-IRCJobs@rescue.orgor hand deliver to the Human Resource department in Kitgum/Lamwo.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. DeadlineMonday 31^st December, 2018. Please note that if you do not follow the above instructions your application will be automatically disqualified.**

All applications will be assessed strictly on individual merit.