Main purpose of the job

The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Monitoring & Evaluation Manager in coordinating the implementation of Monitoring & Evaluation support in the Deloitte East Africa’s Mastercard Foundation Saving Lives and Livelihood (SLL) funded Programme. He/she will provide technical support in implementation and management of comprehensive data quality processes, program evaluations and review of progress narrative reports in specific regional hubs in Africa.

Job Description

• Develop and review SLL implementing partners progress report templates for the specific countries within the assigned regional African hub.
• Perform technical and competent reviews of monthly SLL implementing partners progress narrative reports to develop synthesized/ highly summarized reports for use and consumption by the SLL Africa member state country leadership within the regional African hub.
• Develop standard data collection and reporting tools / templates for use that capture the aspiration of SLL programme goals and objectives within the regional hub.
• Develop robust performance dashboards that visualizes SLL programme performance data including pulling data from the Saving Lives and Livelihood District Health Information System (SLL DHIS2) platform / system.
• Develop standardized data tools for conducting data quality audits using the systems assessment and data verification approaches including DQA Standard Operating Procedures) (SOPs).
• Coordinate data quality assessments / audits (DQAs) for the SLL COVID – 19 programme within the assigned specific African regional hub member states.
• Coordinate development of DQA reports highlighting DQA findings, strengths, weakness, and recommendations to improve data quality for the SLL programme.
• Develop and customize a mechanism for tracking implementation of DQA improvement plans and corrective actions by the SLL implementing partners within the assigned specific African regional hub countries.
• Develop and customize evaluation design and evaluation questions that meet the goals and objectives of SLL COVID – 19 programme within the specific assigned African regional hub.
• Actively participate in the technical evaluation reference groups (ERGs) including incorporation of ERG inputs / suggestions in the evaluation technical write materials.
• Conduct evaluability assessment for the SLL implementing partners and key stakeholders including developing evaluability assessment tools and generation of the evaluability assessment report within African countries in the assigned hub.
• Develop and review program evaluation data collection tools / instruments such as key informant interviews, interview schedules, questionnaires, desk reviews and focus groups discussions (FDGs) among others.
• Coordinate and conduct program evaluation including process and outcome evaluations activities within the assigned specific African regional hub countries.
• Coordinate preparation and review of program evaluation reports highlighting key evaluation findings that answers SLL programme evaluation key questions.
• Take an active role in the supervision of external evaluation consultants including managing the external consultants’ deliverables within the assigned specific African regional hub countries.
• Coordinate DQA and evaluation activities for in – country visits for the assigned specific African regional hub countries.
• Disseminate and present performance dashboards, DQA and evaluation findings to SLL key stakeholders.
• Manage, supervise and build capacity of a team of M&E technical staff and temporary hires within the assigned specific African regional hub countries.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Epidemiology, Public health, Demography, or a related field.  A Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• At least 6 years’ experience in M&E, preferably in a large scale multi – country donor funded programme.
• Strong hands-on experience in managing and conducting Data Quality Audits/ Assessments (DQAs) including data verification and implementation of DQA improvement plans and corrective actions.
• Demonstratable experience and knowledge in conducting competent program process and outcome evaluations.
• Strong ability to review program narrative reports with good technical acumen in generation of synthesized summarized report.
• Demonstrated experience with National Health Management Information Systems such as DHIS2.
• Good experience in developing, review and presenting performance dashboards.
• Experience working in SLL programs / projects including COVID – 19 response initiatives will be an added advantage.
• Willingness to travel across African Countries within the assigned Africa regional hub.
• Ability to work productively in a multi-cultural team environment with diverse background.

Main purpose of the job

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer. He/she will provide support in the implementation of Monitoring & Evaluation activities in the Deloitte East Africa’s Mastercard Foundation Saving Lives and Livelihood (SLL) funded Programme. He/she will provide technical support in implementation and management of comprehensive data quality processes, program evaluations and review of progress narrative reports in specific regional hubs in Africa.

Job Description

• Draft SLL implementing partner progress report templates for the specific countries within the assigned regional African hub.
• Assist in development of standard data collection and reporting tools / templates for use that captures the aspiration of SLL programme goals and objectives for countries in the assigned regional hub. This will also include conducting data quality audits using the systems assessment and data verification approaches including DQA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Coordinate development of DQA reports highlighting DQA findings, strengths, weakness, and recommendations to improve data quality for the SLL programme.
• Perform technical and competent review of monthly SLL implementing partners progress narrative reports to develop synthesized/ highly summarized reports for use and consumption by the SLL Africa member country leadership for the assigned countries in the regional African hub.
• Present robust performance dashboards that visualize SLL programme performance data including pulling data from the Saving Lives and Livelihood District Health Information System (SLL DHIS2) platform / system.
• Actively track implementation of DQA improvement plans and corrective actions by the SLL implementing partners within the assigned specific African regional hub countries.
• Actively participate in the technical evaluation reference groups (ERGs) including incorporation of ERG inputs / suggestions in the evaluation technical write materials for assigned countries within the hub.
• Actively participate in the SLL M&E activity trainings organized for the assigned specific African regional hub countries.
• Administer the designed program evaluation data collection tools / instruments such as key informant interviews, interview schedules, questionnaires, desk reviews and focus groups discussions (FDGs) among others.
• Assist in dissemination and presentation of performance dashboards, DQA and evaluation findings to SLL key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Epidemiology, Public health, Demography or a related field.
• At least 4 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for a large scale multi – country donor funded programme.
• Good hands-on experience in managing and conducting Data Quality Audits/ Assessments (DQAs) including data verification and implementation of DQA improvement plans and corrective actions.
• Demonstratable experience and knowledge in conducting competent program process and outcome evaluations.
• Strong ability to review program narrative reports with good technical acumen in generation of synthesized summarized report.
• Demonstrated experience with National Health Management Information Systems such as DHIS2.
• Good experience in review and presenting performance dashboards.
• Experience working in Saving Lives and Livelihood (SLL) programs / projects including COVID – 19 response initiatives will be an added advantage.
• Willingness to travel across African Countries within the assigned Africa regional hub.
• Ability to work productively in a multi-cultural team environment with diverse background.