Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 01, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Strategic Information Technical Support (SITES) Project is a five-year project (2018-2023) that was awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Social & Scientific Systems Inc. (SSS). The purpose of the SITES Project is to facilitate, promote and enhance evidence-based programming and reporting in Uganda’s health system, particularly its response against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As part of its work, SITES conducts various activities that aim to strengthen the evidence base for PEPFAR programming and PEPFAR programme performance improvement, as well as data quality improvement in national performance monitoring systems.
In order to achieve the project objectives SITES has identified the need for Monitoring & Evaluation Associates to work under supervision of technical officers at SITES to conduct various activities. The various activities that support is sought will include:
• Field assessment / studies involving field data collection of primary qualitative and quantitative data, abstraction of data from facility held paper and electronic information systems, manual recounts of reported data from primary data collection tools in facilities to verify periodic reports etc.
• Regional and national data review, cleaning and mining data collected in the National and PEPFAR specific M&E Systems including OVC MIS and DHIS 2 systems.
• Routine data management support to relevant stakeholders including USG Implementing partners.
• Mine data and conduct analysis to generate outputs for tracking performance and for programming.
• Support field Data Quality Assessments for USG implementing partners. The M&E Associate should be available for training and deployment at short notice..

  Specific Tasks
Some of the M&E Associates may be assigned supervisory roles based on demonstrated competence during training or field work.
The specific tasks will comprise of:
• Participate in relevant training activities involving field methods and tools to be used for the various studies / assessments
• Participate in pilot testing of draft data collection teams prior to deployment for the main data collection
• Collect all materials needed for fieldwork including questionnaires or data
• collection forms, SOPs, electronic devices such as tablet computers, etc.
• Must be able to complete quality interviews / data abstraction or manual recounts with accuracy and reasonable speed.
• Conduct quick summaries of field findings using relevant formats and provide relevant feedback to facilities or individuals at the conclusion of the field data collection.
• Store and transmit the collected data electronically as indicated by survey procedures
• Support regional performance review and data analysis
• Provide technical support to teams during the national performance review and data analysis meetings
• Work under SITES guidance to support PEPFAR data management processes
• Develop relevant analytic products
• Compile and mine data to generate summary statistics, dashboards and
• analytic papers
• Support Site Improvement through Monitoring Systems (SIMS) for USG implementing partners.
• Support continuous learning activities
• Produce activity reports timely upon completion of an activity

  Qualifications and Experience
• A minimum of a relevant university degree or diploma and experience with health information systems especially HIV/AIDS information systems, OVCMIS and DHIS2
• Must be able to read and speak fluently in English and at least one main local language.
• Able to work with computers and tablets with basic analytic skills.
• Past experience working in HIV/AIDS information systems at national, district, regional or facility level
• Experience working on Family Health information systems including; Maternal, Newborn, Child Health & Family Planning
• Experience working on OVC management information systems
• Must have good organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Should be available for training and deployment at short notice.

Other Attributes and Competencies
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to work collaboratively as part of a team,
• Ability to work under tight deadlines, self-driven with minimum
• supervision to meet defined objectives
• Able to work on the program continuously for at least two years.
• Attend all technical trainings as outlined in the concept notes / proposals.
• Willing and commitment to work away from home and travel continuously.
• Must be able to organize oneself and work independent of close supervision.
• Ability to adapt to local field conditions.
• Must be able to start work immediately and should be available for training and deployment at short notice.
Supervision
The various activities will be conducted under supervision of the relevant SITES Team Leads and over all leadership of the Chief of Party..

Job Education Requirements: Degree or Diploma

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
To apply please send your CV and cover letter by email to: sitesprojectconsultants@s-3.com  no later than July 8th, 2019. Only preselected applicants will be contacted

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