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Position: Associate Director, Operations Research/ Monitoring & Evaluation



Location: Abuja

MSH seeks to fill an opening for Associate Director, Operations Research/Monitoring & Evaluation for its new award for Planning, Leadership and Accountability in Nigeria’s Health Sector (PLAN-Health) program, which will focus on building the capacity of Nigerian civil society organizations (CSOs) and government agencies at the Federal. State and Local level to take ownership and responsibility for programs on HIV/AIDS and other health services. The program will apply lessons learned from the past Capacity Building project and on an ongoing basis.




Specific Responsibilities:

The Associate Director will guide the development, implementing and application of modern techniques in operations research and Monitoring and Evaluation systems for capacity building programs. The Associate Director will working closely with the team at project start-up to translate the results framework into measurable results with their corresponding outcomes and outputs. Once this process is complete the Associate Director guides the process of designing and applying instruments for operations research including data collection, processing, analyses and application as part of the program’s management decision making system.
The Associate Director works closely with the Plan Health management team to prepare the semi-annual monitoring and evaluation exercise in which the whole team pauses to review progress against the plan, identify lessons learned, make adjustments and move forward
The Associate Director also works closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor in the Center for leadership and Management at MSH/HQ in the design and implementation of more collaborate and long term studies of the impact of organizational and health systems strengthening activities which may be financed by non-project resources.
The Associate Director documents the achievements and accomplishments of the implementation plan indicators against set performance targets, including mid-term milestones/ benchmarks, annual and expected end-of-project results targets. He or she aids project staff in the preparation and submission of journal and conference abstracts that contribute to knowledge on health systems strengthening.
The Associate Director provides technical inputs to the technical team in order to assist in developing program goals and objectives as well as M&E tools and strategies and provides monitoring data to strategically inform the decision on project performance and future direction to the project. The Associate Director documents best practices and success stories; prepares documentation for potential program users and public relations purposes; and submits timely, high quality quarterly reports to USAID.







Qualifications:

Master’s degree or higher in health system or social sciences research, program evaluation. or related field relevant to monitoring and evaluation.
A minimum of 5 years senior-level experience in operation research/monitoring and evaluation of large internationally funded health programs, including the use of data to inform decision-making, planning, resource allocation, and other strategic initiatives. Preference given to candidates with USG experience and experience in HIV/AIDS and/or capacity building of civil society organizations.
Proficiency in evaluation design and development of indicators. Good working knowledge of descriptive, inferential and advanced statistics. Ability to obtain, analyze and interpret data and present findings in oral and written form
Experience in quantitative measurement of program impact; experience in communications-based training
Demonstrated competence in assessing priorities and in managing a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment, and in meeting deadlines with attention to detail and quality.
Willingness to travel within and outside Nigeria as required.


Note: There are no relocation allowances available for this position.

Method of Application:




Interested persons may send comprehensive resume with a brief cover letter as ONE MS Word document to lmsnigeria@msh.org on or before 23rd July 2010. If you wish to be considered for a post, please specify the position in the subject line. Note that if the underline instructions are not followed application will not be considered.






Suitable candidates living with HIVAIDS will have an added

Women are encouraged to apply.