CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: International Rescue Committee
Country: Liberia
Closing date: 23 Dec 2014

IRC has been operational in various counties throughout Liberia since 1996 and has developed a good reputation as a key partner of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH&SW) in Liberia. The main focus of IRC's program in Liberia at present is supporting the MoH&SW) with the provision of Ebola outbreak response and restoration of essential package of health care services (EPHS). In the course of implementing its activities in Liberia, IRC supports 136 MoH&SW workers through incentives payments, and over 200 with training and supplies. IRC actively collaborates with the MoH&SW, UN agencies, local partner NGOs, and other INGOs.

IRC's activities include technical, capacity building and logistical support to the County Health and Social Welfare Teams (CH&SWTs) as well as capacity building health facility staff through training, mentoring and/or supervision to ensure improved quality of care in the supported facilities. In 2014 IRC is supporting 82 primary health care facilities in Grand Gedeh, Lofa and Maryland counties. IRC also has health; women's protection and empowerment; child, youth and program development teams which have mainstreamed Ebola outbreak response into all IRC projects as a cross-cutting theme. IRC is also working with local partners on various health issues such as Pentecostal Mission Unlimited in Lofa County.

IRC Liberia is working with the MoH&SW and CH&SWTs is each supported county to create a more coordinated strategy in line with the MoH&SW approaches in restoration of Essential Package for Health Services as well as Ebola response. IRC developed an ECHO funded proposal in collaboration with MDM and Save the Children for a more efficient and effective collaboration with the CH&SWTs in the delivery of health services and Ebola outbreak response in Grand Gedeh, Lofa, Maryland, and Monsterrado Counties.

Main purpose of the role

To coordinate and lead the development and implementation of standardised monitoring and evaluation systems which bring epidemiological information together. This would involve working with a number of different partners and sites from across the ECHO funded program and other IRC health intervention. The Health Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (HMEM) will help to review current system and design, effectively monitor project outputs to assist in project management, and also identify and monitor quality indicators to determine the impact of the projects on the livelihoods of the targeted populations in Liberia during outbreak and we move into restoration of EPHS. To train, supervise field health staff in the adopting appropriate indicators and support on designing monitoring and evaluation plans, oversee database monitoring by health coordinators. The HMEM will provide assistance to field staff (health managers and coordinators) in preparation of reports to donors. As an independent monitoring and evaluation role, HMEM will provide independent expert opinion on monitoring and evaluation activities in various counties for ECHO consortium partners including Save the Children and MDM and provide necessary recommendations to the Senior Health Coordinator consortium partners and IRC management.

Scope of work

Under the umbrella of IRC's global strategy, IRC Liberia's country strategies support Ebola response and restoration of EPHS, the main objectives of the HMEM will be to:

• Design and implement standard monitoring and evaluation systems in coordination with IRC's program teams and ECHO consortium stakeholders in counties and districts
• Provide guidance on approaches and methods for monitoring and evaluation of outcome and impacts of services delivered by IRC, Save the Children and MDM under ECHO funding
• Support program teams in effective analysis of the evidence emerging from program monitoring and evaluation
• Strengthen the quality and efficacy of the IRC and other ECHO consortium health programs by carrying out regular reviews of performance, documenting the impacts of the programs on the quality of health care provided in government health facilities
• Review and strengthen existing health data collection tools and systems analysis in the timely manner for internal and donor reports
• Supervise staff and build their capacity on monitoring and evaluation function

Specific responsibilities of HMEM include

• Data collection and management: support ECHO consortium facility assessments, IRC surveys, health facility data management and integration into national database
• Training and supervision of IRC and partners staff: Hold workshops for all ECHO consortium staff in all sites to train on monitoring evaluation tools, HMIS for project, give feedback on findings and make recommendations for program improvement
• Data analysis and use: work with field staff to collate data, analyse periodically, provide feedback on performance through reviews and use of information for decision making
• Report writing: support field teams in preparation of timely reports

Person specification (qualifications, experience and competences) Essential

• Masters' degree in public health or health services research or equivalent experience
• Knowledge and experience of using qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods, including knowledge of statistical packages
• Extensive experience in development, design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems (guidelines, methodologies including tools) in public health programs
• Experience working in a multi-cultural setting and in pereference in Africa
• Consistent experience of collating and writing reports to donors
• Strong strategic planning and organizational skills, ability of be innovative
• Excellent interpretational, influencing and diplomatic skills
• Strong communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English
• Confident and proficient in the use of Microsoft office and data management

Desirable

• Understanding of health programming and issues of organizational accountability towards various stakeholders
• Excellent facilitation skills and experience in the use of participatory methodologies
• Excellent skills in facilitation skills, information management, including recording, analysis, reporting and review methods, gained in an international organization

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