Program Specialist - Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning - Malaria & Neglected Tropical Disease at PATH

OIPH is currently recruiting a Program Specialist, MEL to support its growing malaria portfolio in Nigeria. The Program Specialist, MEL will support the monitoring and evaluation of activities to strengthen country health information systems. The successful candidate will also support the project team and the Ministry of Health to set up monitoring, evaluation and learning system and processes including monitoring of health system performance. S/he will collaborate with other key in-country partners to support quality assurance activities and compile malaria-related data. The position requires database management skills as well as skills in data cleaning and quality assurance and strong report writing abilities. The role will report to the Senior Technical Program Manager in Nigeria.  

Responsibilities:   

• Partner closely with the NMEP, partners, and other key stakeholders to coordinate surveillance investment priorities in-line with the new costed and prioritized 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 Program Manager to develop and update country work plans to reflect updated progress of key surveillance activities. 
• Represent OIPH and the project on technical working groups and maintain contacts with other organizations engaged in project activities. 

Required Skills and experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, Statistics, Demography, Social Sciences or Equivalent. 
• Professional experience of at least (03) three years in a similar position, in governance and program 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 
• Demonstrate 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% of the time.