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Program Officer, Monitoring &Evaluation

Position Title: Program Officer, Monitoring &Evaluation
Working Station: Shinyanga

Reports to: Program Coordinator Monitoring &Evaluation

Purpose of the position: Under the guidance of and reporting to RPC; the program officer monitoring and evaluation will provide technical support to health facilities in Shinyanga region; this includes planning and implementation of HIV/AIDS programs supported by AGPAHI. Training of staff and visit to AGPAHI supported sites, participate in data collection and ensure proper patient recording system.

Principal Functions:

Monitor program activities that fall under the Regional Office

in collaboration with Program Officers, Clinical Services.

Monitoring and evaluation capacity building to sub grantees staffs as well as AGPAHI staffs at filed office.

To train (on job and formal training) data clerk and other site staffs on site data management.
Capacity building of site and AGPAHI staff on M&E techniques, and strengthen and encourage the data use for decision making process.
System strengthening at District/Regional level for report collection, aggregation and storage.

Report collection, compilation, and submission to AGPAHI, donors and other stakeholders;

Support the sub-grantees and sites in collaboration with Data Management Officers and Program Officers, Clinical Services to make sure that all quarterly NACP reports are submitted to DACC, RACC and MoHSW (NACP) in time and complete.
Make sure that all program quarterly reports (C&T, PMTCT, TB/HIV, Lab, PITC, supply chain and others) are reported in time and in a required quality in collaboration with PO CS, PO LAB, POCL and other staff.
Work closely and provide technical support to DMO in all matters concerning data management at AGPAHI, sub grantees and site level.

Reviewing of all reporting tool used by AGPAHI or its sub grantees where necessary

Critically review of data collection tools used at AGPAHI health facilities as required or where necessary.
Support or provide advice in improving these tools
Streamline the process of data collection to simplify and fasten the production of reports.

Glaser and other database use for program M&E.

To assure that data entry in the Glaser, site capacity and community assessment databases is done timely, accurate and complete, in collaboration and supporting other field staffs who are involved in this activity.
To produce several standard reports from the Glaser and SCA and other DB for use in decision making and dissemination of lesson learnt as well as program performance to different stakeholders.

Meeting and workshop to represent AGPAHI

Participate actively in internal or external meetings concerning M&E and other project activities as delegated by the SPO M&E or Program Coordinator, M&E.

Evaluation and use of data of the program at field office to inform management of proper decision making process:

Work with technical staff in setting, monitoring and achieving program goals and
targets

Play as key person in preparing and providing constructive performance based feedback to staffs at AGPAHI, sub grantees, sites and other stakeholders.
Reports on quarterly basis the program implementation achievements, challenges and reasons faced implementation of program activities and advised way forward. This should be qualitative way.
Reports on quarterly basis the outcome/effect/impact of using data through standardized template and best practice identified in different sub grantees and sites.

Assist in operation research activities in the organization:

Work closely with technical staff to support research and targeted evaluations; through involvement in proposal development, developing tools for research and research techniques.
Involve in report writing and dissemination of research results (through abstract submission in different conferences) after conducting the research.

Requirements, Qualifications, Skills & Ability:

Applicants should hold a degree in statistics, health sciences, public health, international health, or a related discipline. A background in medicine will be an added advantage.
Training and experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and the development of M&E tools; preferably of HIV& AIDS interventions or a related field, or otherwise the capacity and motivation to acquire an in-depth knowledge of this field in a short time.
Strong data management and analysis skills with experience in using Microsoft Access and Excel. Experience with SAS, SPSS, STATA, SPECTRUMan advantage.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

AGPAHI is an equal opportunities employer and these positions are open to all, but ONLY qualified candidates should submit a CV and a cover letter explaining how the experience detailed in the CV will contribute to the requirements of the position and references to AGPAHI. For those who will send e-copies please send cover letter and CV saved in your names.

Submissions may be sent to:

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

AGPAHI

P.O. BOX 38252

Plot 373, Mtitu Street, East Upanga

Dar es Salaam,

Tanzania.