Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) is a public health and development consulting firm established by a team with extensive experience in international development and public health programming. We provide technical assistance for health system reforms towards access to cost-effective and quality health care across Nigeria and the continent of Africa. With a network of over 50 global partners and consultants, we develop programmes and provide sustainable solutions for a broad spectrum of health and development challenges.
HSCL is registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (2009), the Tanzanian Registry of Companies (2014), the Office of Administration and registration in Sierra Leone (2015) and the Office of the Registration of Companies in Zambia (2016). HSCL has established offices in Nigeria, Tanzania and Sierra Leone and has also done work in several African countries including Cameroun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mauritius, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zanzibar. In Nigeria, HSCL with it’s headquarters in Abuja, has offices in Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Borno, FCT, Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara states.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Manager (ANRiN)
Location: Abia
Division/Department: Technical
Reporting: State Team Lead/Project Director
Type: Full-time/Non-exempt
Project Background
- The Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) is one of the two (2) Non-State Actors (NSA’s) providing Basic Package of Nutrition Services (BPNS) on the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) in Abia State. HSCL provides the package to eligible beneficiaries_ Pregnant women, Lactating mothers, and Children 6-59 Months in the following LGAs; Aba North, Aba South, Isiala Ngwa North, Isiala Ngwa South, Obingwa, Osisioma, Ugwunagbo, Ukwa East and Ukwa West, The project aims to improve maternal nutrition and health through the provisions of Iron and Folic Acid (IFA), Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Malaria (IPTp)/Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine, (IPT/SP) and Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) to pregnant and lactating mothers. It seeks to reduce the incidences of wasting and malnutrition in children through the provision of Micronutrient Powder (MNP), Zinc/Oral Rehydration Solutions (Zinc/ORS), Vitamin A and Albendazole to children 6-59 months. This intervention will help address the scales of challenges affecting pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of five (5), improve maternal and child health indices in the State and contribute to improved national statistics of health.
- The intervention creates an opportunity for sustainable platforms of awareness creation and knowledge on Maternal Infant and Young Child Feeding (MIYCF) practices, through community structures to facilitate behavioural change, strengthen the mechanisms for the distribution, and tracking of commodities. It also addresses challenges with data quality to reduce incidences of stock-out and resource accountability.
- The implementation activities also aim to strengthen the existing network of skilled and motivated personnel by building the capacity of community volunteers and health workers to deliver quality and gender-friendly nutrition services across the nine (9) LGAs of Abia State.
Job Summary
- The M&E Manager’s overarching responsibility will be to provide support for the implementation of the organization’s projects. H/She will also provide technical leadership on data-driven decision making, developing M&E frameworks and tools, and collaborating, learning, and adapting methodologies, towards achieving the project’s goal.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide oversight for Strategic Information (SI) processes across the project.
- Provide technical support on SI and evidence-based recommendations to the project team and stakeholders.
- Lead research, evaluation, and data management processes on the project.
- Support partners by providing advice on technical aspects during the project implementation.
- Develop and revise M&E processes and related tools that support quality assurance for key program areas.
- Conduct routine data management including data collection, collation, analysis, and reporting.
- Conduct data quality assurance and control and other data management processes.
- Design of M&E framework and tools for the project.
- Take on an active role in the monitoring and evaluation of clusters and mobile nutrition teams (MNTs) or recruited community volunteers (CVs), provide progress updates of various project components to the team, regularly update relevant monitoring indicators of the projects based on the project data and study outcomes, prepare periodic reports, use data generated by the projects to strengthen the data collection methods.
- Provide support to the STL and other team members on project reviews with state actors.
- Use relevant analyzed project data to guide implementation reviews on the project, subject to the approval of the STL and Country Office technical team.
- Provide on-the-job capacity building, coaching, and facilitation of training for MNTs/CVs.
- Carry out any other tasks assigned in pursuance of the project’s objectives or as assigned by the supervisors.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements
- A Master’s Degree in public health, Biostatistics, Biological Sciences, Sociology, or a related field. Training in M&E will be an advantage.
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience with complex donor-funded health projects, including 5 years in an M&E role.
- Strong knowledge of, and experience with various reporting requirements, and data platforms (DHIS2).
- Experience with evaluation and research design, data collection and analysis, indicator construction, and geospatial applications.
- Excellent grant proposal and technical writing skills.
- Proven experience in stakeholder management including the ability to engage in technical and policy discussions with representatives of government and other development partners.
- Demonstrable strong oral and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to provide on-the-job capacity building, coaching, and facilitation of training.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and one or more of the following statistical software: SPSS, Stata, SAS and/or R.
Desired competencies:
- Excellent time management skills and outstanding work ethic.
- Excellent organization and interpersonal skills.
- Consistently approach work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
- Demonstrate openness to change and an ability to manage complexities in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrable strong ability with project grants management, including project design, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, etc.
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good problem-solving skills
- Good report writing skills.
- Good organization skills
- Good team player
- Good people manager.
Deadline: 31st May, 2023.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter (no more than a page) and an updated CV in one document to: recruitment@hscgroup.org stating the advertised position as the subject of your email.
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