HIV/AIDS M&E Technical Advisor

Taking advantage of the improved prospects for peace and stability under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), USAID has been moving over the past years from a relief mode of emergency service delivery in South Sudan to a development assistance model. During the formative years of South Sudan’s health system it has made sense for USAID to focus its technical assistance support to strengthening multiple programs at the national level. At the request of MoH and SSAC, USAID has agreed to embed an HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor into the ministry. The Advisor will be placed within the MOH, working within the Community and Primary Health Care Directorate and supervised by the Director of HIV/AIDS Division. The Director General will designate key officers to be mentored by the Advisor and will ensure that the terms of reference of these officials provide time for them to be mentored by the Advisor to have their capacity enhanced. Specific mentoring and technical activities will be detailed in the workplan between the MOH and the Advisor. The Advisor will mentor and build technical capacity of designated counterparts at central and state levels to strengthen and update their technical knowledge. The Advisor shall not assume the duties or "inherently governmental" responsibilities of a Sudan GOSS direct-hire position. The advisor shall not supervise MOH employees or officially represent the Government of Southern Sudan. The Advisor position will be under the jurisdiction of the MoH and work in close collaboration and coordination with SSAC. The Advisor will report to the Director of the MoH HIV/AIDS Division and USAID’s PEPFAR representative. The M&E Advisor will provide direct technical assistance in M&E to the MoH, coordinating closely with SSAC. The GoSS MoH has embarked on significant M&E system building efforts over the past two years. An M&E Framework was developed, national indicators were selected, data collection tools were developed, an M&E working group was organized, and the foundations of a health information system (HMIS) are being laid. HIV/AIDS related data are collected and reported as part of the national HMIS, and additional indicators are tracked separately by the HIV/AIDS Division within the MoH as well.

Responsibilities:

Provide leadership, management, and technical support to the implementation of the M&E program area within the HIV/AIDS/STI Division’s Strategic plan, in close coordination with the Department of M&E in the MoH and SSAC; Provide technical support on the MIS for the Division, aiming to assist with the implementation of the ‘Three Ones’ Principle of ‘One Agreed Country-Level M&E System’; Review and analyze existing national systems for monitoring HIV and AIDS interventions; support the Division and SSAC to set up effective and well-coordinated evaluation systems (between national coordination bodies and multi-sectoral stakeholders); Conduct periodic M&E visits with HIV/AIDS Division and SSAC M&E Officers to health facilities; facilitate linkages to training opportunities for relevant health facility, county and state MoH staff in M&E; In coordination with SSAC, develop quality assurance systems for M&E (to include data collection tool/register revision as needed) at national, state and county levels; Assist with the compilation of relevant HIV/AIDS Division and SSAC reports (quarterly, annual reports, etc.); Coordination and facilitation of training in M&E for MoH and SSAC staff at the national, state and county levels; Produce analyses of HIV/AIDS data for national level planning and reporting; Provide general technical guidance, supportive leadership, mentoring and skill transfer in day to day M&E tasks led by the MoH, in coordination with SSAC, such as HMIS roll out, target setting, protocol review, study design, data analysis and report development; Provide coordination support for monthly M&E working group meetings; Identify and articulate appropriate approaches to achieve the HIV/AIDS Division’s and SSAC’s objectives in M&E and HMIS; Perform any other M&E assignments instructed by the Director General of Community and Primary Health Care MOH-GOSS and Director for HIV/AIDS Division.

Required Qualifications:

Masters Degree in Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health or related discipline; Mid-senior level experience advising governments or large projects on M&E, including M&E/HMIS leadership and management; Ideally from East Africa (Sudanese or expatriate), with substantial experience working in East Africa; Have extensive experience in the following areas: Project and program evaluations, Experience with working in an environment where multiple institutions implement programs, Quantitative and qualitative research methods; In addition the Advisor must be proficient in data management, report writing and the use of statistical software packages, especially SPSS; The consultant will be expected have a good understanding of health sector policies and strategies, and their implementation in developing countries.

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