Vacancy title:
Strategic Information & Evaluation Officer

Jobs at:
Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation ( EGPAF )

Deadline of this Job:
February 13th 2017

Duty Station:
Uganda

Job details:
The USAID Regional Health integration To Enhance Services in South West Uganda project aims at increasing utilization of health services, by strengthening systems, improving quality of services, increasing availability of, access to and demand for quality services. It is an integrated health project focusing on comprehensive TB and HIV/AIDS, Family Planning (FP), malaria, nutrition, and maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) services, youth and adolescent health, gender and SGBV, community and demand generation in 15 districts in the South-West Uganda,

Strategic Information & Evaluation Officer
Location: Mbarara

Reporting Relationships: The Strategic Information Officer reports to the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Job Summary
The Strategic Information Officer performs under the leadership of the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager. Working closely with the DBTs, and technical advisers for the under clinical services, quality improvement, health systems strengthening and community linkages and demand generation, the incumbent will work towards coordinated and efficient efforts in designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement to improve measure progress towards attainment of site, district and project targets and goals,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Master's degree in Public health or demography or statistics, population studies, epidemiology .Minimum of at least five (5) years of experience in design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation Thorough familiarity with the Uganda MOH HMlS system using the Di-lSl2 Understanding of USAID and PEPFAR expectations and trends for monitoring and evaluation. Experience oi working with international NGOs, MOH, district administration, public health facilities will be an advantage Ability to work independently with minimal supervision Practical experience in working with routine health information systems at the facility, district and national level. Willingness to work and travel in rural settings in Uganda. Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English, including the capacity to prepare and deliver formal presentations on programs and results Excellent data analysis skills and ability to think concisely, critically as well as distill information to lay audience Good analytical thinking and ability to interpret public health and epidemiological data. Familiarity with computer programming, routine management of information systems, and maintenance of electronic databases

Excellent working knowledge of major databases and analytical programs including MS access, MS excel, STATA, SPSS and Epi Data, and GIS

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Job application procedure
The Senior Human Resources Manager
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Plot 18A Kyadondo Road, Nakasero
P.O. Box 21127
Kampala, Uganda
Application should be sent to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org.
Deadline for submission of applications is February 13th 2017.
NO HAND DELIVERED APPLlCATl0NS WILL BE ACCEPTED.