URC Director Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Jobs in Uganda
URC Director Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Jobs in Uganda
University Research Co., LLC (URC) URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems.
Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.
URC’s mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based solutions to health and social challenges worldwide. Please join us in carrying out our mission (http://www.urc-chs.com/).
Project Overview:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is implementing the USAID’s Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in East Central Uganda Activity (USAID’s RHITES EC). The purpose of this project is to support the implementation of a comprehensive, integrated investment in regional health, HIV/AIDS and nutrition assistance.
This five-year activity targets 12 districts in East-Central Uganda with an estimated total population of 4.1 million through a district-based integrated package of quality health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and child development services. URC is seeking qualified candidates to fill the following positions.
Roles and Responsibilities:
The Director Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning is responsible for supporting the design and implementation of the project’s monitoring, evaluation and learning agenda. This position oversees RHITES-EC’s development and management of systems to measure and document program process, learning, outputs and impact results by routinely and systematically collecting and analyzing program data and presenting program results to project staff, and donors.
Project M&E Systems:
Coordinate and work with other project staff to manage a robust M&E system, identify and monitor key program activities to document results and what interventions contributed to the results, and ensure the integration of those results into Uganda’s health system’s decision-management processes.
Lead in the development and review of the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (MELP).
Support the supervised teams to conduct frequent and routine data verification and quality assessment exercises as per project MELP.
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.
Direct and ensure coordination and linking of data reporting with technical strategy discussions
Direct knowledge management and documentation for project with emphasis on 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 team to effectively and routinely support the Cluster project and different service delivery points i.e. health facilities and community centers.
Advise project COP and senior management team on trends for various performance indicators, as well schedules for project deliverables as per prescribed timelines
Track district-level and facility-level performance through focal technical staff, Cluster teams, and M&E team
Government HMIS Strengthening:
Support the M&E team to provide technical and coordination support to district, facility and community teams to effectively and routinely collect, analyse, and report service delivery and program data and improve the accuracy and completeness of their records and data.
Ensure that all stakeholders in the collection and management of the data to be used by the project have a clear understanding of the results framework, indicators and the data collection tools.
Required Experience and Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Medicine Statistics, Public Health, Epidemiology, or a relevant field.
At least ten (10) years of relevant professional experience in leading M&E processes, quality improvement and Knowledge Management.
Experience with improving performance in Health Systems Strengthening, HIV/AIDS, malaria, family planning, maternal, newborn and child health, or nutrition is desirable.
Demonstrated expertise in performance management and linking data to improvement
Experience with managing complex data sets, including supervising data analysis and reporting, and design of creative data visualization tools.
Experience in working with USAID-funded programs.
Ability to travel in country.
Demonstrated team player and experience with staff supervision.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; URC Director Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Jobs in Uganda
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