Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families. In collaboration with some it’s partners, Save the Children International (SCI), Pediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), Nigeria Society of Neonatal Medicine (NISONM), Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) and National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), will be implementing a USAID funded global cooperative agreement called the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).The program’s goal is to contribute significantly to ending preventable maternal and child deaths (EPMCD) in Nigeria. The five year project which started in October 2014 will end in September 2019 and will be implemented in Kogi and Ebonyi States of Nigeria.
Overview:
The Data Analyst will oversee data collection, verification, and analysis for an upcoming UNITAID project to expand access to preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women in Nigeria. This project aims to scale up an innovative, community-based approach to expand coverage of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) for pregnant women. The Data Analyst will provide key support for deployment of tablet-based data collection, supporting adherence to standard operating procedures in data collection, verification and quality improvement. Provide routine reports to the M&E Advisor on status of data collection, successes and challenges, and recommendations for overcoming them. Support and build capacity of health workers and managers in quality data recording, analysis and interpretation, and use of data for improvement. Collect and report provincial/district service delivery data against the indicators. Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures. Generate data analysis for reporting.
Job Title: Data Analyst
This position is contingent upon award from UNITAID. Nigerian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities:
Oversee day-to-day data collection of provincial/district service delivery dat
Coordinate all M&E data collection capacity-building activities with facility staff
Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits
Conduct initial analysis of dat
Contribute to results reporting to UNITAID by providing written documentation on M&E activities and indicator results for progress and annual reports, as appropriate.
Utilize the data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project plannin
Ensure relevant data is entered into JADE, Jhpiego’s organization-wide performance management system, designed to capture, analyze, and disseminate project data
Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the project team
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in international public health, demography, statistics, social sciences or related field or equivalent experienc
5+ years of work experience in monitoring and evaluating large, multi-year international health sector development programs (approximately $10M per year)
Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, operations research, health management information systems, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation
M&E experience in maternal and child health care
Familiarity with Democratic Republic of Congo health management information system and other national M&E systems
Proven expertise in providing technical assistance
Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff
Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple projects/tasks, short deadlines, competing deadlines and intense pressure to perform
Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners
Appreciation for socio-cultural differences in countries, preferably having lived and worked in one or more low resource settings
Awareness of, sensitivity to, and experience in working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural staff and groups
Ability to develop productive working relationships with counterparts in other agencies and organizations worldwide
Excellent writing and communications skills
Ability to work effectively with diverse international teams
Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, Epi-Info, Stata, MS Access
Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office
Fluent in written and spoken English
Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills
Ability to travel nationally
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education assistance plan and more.
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
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