Deadline: Not specified
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
PATH is seeking to fill the position of Programme Specialist – Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning – Malaria and Neglected Tropical Disease.
PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with the NMEP, partners, and other key stakeholders to coordinate surveillance investment priorities in-line with the new costed and prioritised malaria surveillance roadmap
- Participate in TWG surveillance meetings to coordinate surveillance priorities under the guidance of the NMEP
- Support the development of malaria surveillance tools, including a data quality audit toolkit, in close collaboration with the NMEP
- Assist with reviewing progress on the MDR and support streamlining data pipelines needed for SNT analyses.
- Support improvements to current malaria and intervention delivery dashboards available from the MDR to improve data used for decision-making in partnership with the NMEP and other key stakeholders and partners
- Provide technical assistance to the NMEP to improve malaria surveillance systems based on identified priorities
- Identify issues/challenges and develop strategies for effective implementation
- Support senior technical programme manager to develop and update country work plans to reflect updated progress of key surveillance activities
- Represent OIPH and project on technical working groups and maintain contacts with other organisations engaged in project activities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, Demography, Social Sciences or Equivalent
- Three years, minimum, of professional experience in a similar position, governance and programme management and coordination
- Experience with the design and use of e-data/survey tools (ODK, Kobocollect, etc.), familiarity with DHIS an added advantage
- Skills in data quality assurance methods and data analysis and use
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Word or comparable professional software package—specific competence in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and working knowledge of Excel
- Public speaking ability, good presentation skills and ability to facilitate training is highly desired
- Ability to travel domestically up to 25 percent of the time
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