Clinton Health Access Initiative Monitoring and Evaluation Associate - Global Essential Medicines Jobs in Uganda

Clinton Health Access Initiative Monitoring and Evaluation Associate - Global Essential Medicines Jobs in Uganda

Overview

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI’s Essential Medicines team is leading efforts to address pneumonia and diarrhea - the top 2 causes of deaths in children – with a focus on driving scale-up of zinc and oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat diarrhea and amoxicillin and supportive oxygen therapy to treat pneumonia.

Working with the governments of high-burden countries and leading global institutions, CHAI will support intensified efforts at both global and country levels to plan, resource, and implement effective interventions for scaling-up access and use of these products.

The Essential Medicines global team is responsible for program strategy development and execution in five CHAI focal countries (Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda).

CHAI’s Essential Medicines global team is seeking a Monitoring & Evaluation Associate to lead the development and implementation of country Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) strategies.

S/he will be responsible for collaborating with country teams and governments to gather accurate and reliable data, conduct rigorous and robust statistical analyses, and support country teams and governments to use the results to optimize country program strategies.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding organizational, analytical, and communication skills. The candidate must be able to function independently and be flexible, have a deep personal commitment to producing results, and have a demonstrated ability to lead challenging and complex projects.

CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism, tenacity, independence, humility, passion for the mission, and work ethic. The expected amount of travel for this position is 50%.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with country teams to develop and implement M&E plans, including designing data collection and management systems to ensure rigorous data collection, validation, and analysis for improving program performance
Synthesize program performance and promote its use in decision making for program service delivery and resource allocation through leading analyses, discussions and other measures

Support the implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans through reviewing work plans, reports, organizing and participating in field visits, and initiating data reviews
Contribute to research development and execution, including the design of study protocols and management of data collection and analysis

Other responsibilities as needed

Qualifications

Master’s degree, preferably MPH, MBA, or MPP; or bachelor’s degree with equitable experience

4+ years experience working in a results-oriented environment

Advanced user of Stata and extensive theoretical understanding of epidemiology and statistics

Experience designing and managing field research studies

Experience working in Africa and Asia

Meticulous work ethic and strong attention to detail

Excellent organizational and problem solving skills

Strong communication and writing skills

Ability to work independently and be flexible

Tendency to overachieve and go above and beyond the required expectations

High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Plusses:

Proficient with other statistical software such as R

Experience using/developing electronic data collection software such as Open Data Kit (ODK) or SurveyCTO

Experience conducting GIS analyses

Experience writing/editing/submitting publications for academic journals

Clinton Health Access Initiative Monitoring and Evaluation Associate - Global Essential Medicines Jobs in Uganda