Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, Technical Leadership Office
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Summary Scope of Work:
Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor will provide technical leadership and guidance to Headquarters and Country-level staff. This includes designing, adapting, field testing and implementing M&E and computer bases information systems.
Responsibilities:
- Assist Jhpiego staff in the development, implementation, and quality assurance for monitoring and evaluation systems and activities
- Support Jhpiego's program implementation with data-based program decision-making, and prepare results reporting as needed at all levels
- Work collaboratively with key Global Program Operations staff in developing program planning that includes M&E Scopes of Work, budgets, timelines, and level of effort requests
- In collaboration with program and field staff, ensure that necessary M&E planning, budgeting and management activities occur to facilitate smooth and efficient program functioning
- In collaboration with program and financial staff, track M&E budgets related to project and activity budgets
- Identify programmatic success, challenges and lessons learned and ensure appropriate flow of information to Program Directors and field-based staff
- Upload documents onto Jhpiego knowledge management sites , external sites and partners as appropriate
- Identify and communicate potential opportunities for new business and new or leveraged funding sources
- Assist as needed in M&E-related aspects of business development, materials development, and knowledge management.
- Contribute to proposal management, design, writing and editing as needed
- Represent Jhpiego in professional circles through meetings, conferences and presentations
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with colleagues and donors
Required Qualifications:
- Advance degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics or related field
- 5+ years monitoring and evaluation experience in international health programs
- Technical and experiential knowledge of at least 5 of the following applied research and monitoring and evaluation techniques:
- Applied evaluation or research
- Design and implementation of information systems including but not limited to GPS, GIS
- Development, field-testing and implementation of computer-based information systems
- Timely data analysis, synthesis, and communication of results
- Design and implementation of evaluation protocols
- Design and implementation of program monitoring systems
- Development and field-testing of data collection instruments for M&E indicators;
- Data collection planning and implementation (routine or survey)
- Translation of complex data systems and results to understandable lessons learned and action priorities for programmatic and other technical staff
- 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
- In-depth understanding of evolving international health funding priorities, technical state-of-the-art thinking and priorities and program development roles and opportunities
- Superior verbal, written and presentation skills
- Demonstrated management and organizational skills
- Experience in the development of strategic and tactical plans in collaboration with others
- Knowledge of performance improvement and training techniques
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform; ability to manage several major multidimensional activities simultaneously
- Superior skills in facilitation, team building and coordination; field oriented and results oriented
- Ability to interact professionally with established networks of senior-level international health professionals
- Ability to recognize limitations and seek appropriate expert advice as needed from Senior M&E staff, Technical Director, Award Directors other technical staff, or external sources
- Ability to travel independently in new environments
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in French, Spanish or Portuguese
- Experience living and working in one or more developing country
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.
Send resumes to Human Resources. For further information about Jhpiego, visit our Web site
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
JHU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
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