Job Title: Country MEL Manager
Location: Abuja,Nigeria
Job Description:
- Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the
- comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia.
- Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies,
- academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports
- delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of
- programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The
- organisation works to improve not only the health of the individual but also the capacity of
- national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
Job purpose
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- The post holder shall take leadership in development and oversight for a country MEL system
- which includes design, coordination, database management, data analysis, and interpretation,
- quality assurance and quality improvement. The post holder will be responsible for managing PReS
- and reporting on the organizational strategic objectives as well as providing MEL technical
- oversight for all programs and projects in the Nigeria Office portfolio.
- Scope of work
- The position holder will lead the development and institutionalization of a country MEL framework
- and support project MEAL Specialists to ensure all core MEL requirements (e.g. log frame, M&E
- Plan) is in place at the start of each project. He/she will be responsible for generating quarterly
- bulletins from PReS, summarizing project-specific progress (against targets) as well as reporting
- overall country progress against global strategic objectives. S/he will also provide technical support
- to and build the capacity of project MEAL Specialists to ensure data quality as well as guide the
- harmonization of MEL approaches across the country portfolio. The position holder shall also
- contribute to Malaria Consortium’s knowledge management activities through participation in
- MEL working groups and communities of practice; provide expert technical inputs in data
- management, analysis, interpretation of findings and writing of progress and scientific reports.
- Key relationships
- The Country MEL Manager will report to the SCTC and work closely with other members of
- the CO technical and management teams.
- Project MEAL Specialists/Managers will have dotted lines to this role to determine
- MEL needs, develop support plans and build its capacity
- Others include Malaria Consortium Global M&E, Research, and business development
- teams.
Key accountabilities
- Strategic contributions (30%)
- Identify and implement approaches and methodologies to strengthen internal MEAL capacity
- Champion the tracking and reporting of country office progress against strategic objectives
- and targets on Malaria Consortium’s Projects Results in System (PReS) and be the country
- the focal point for PReS
- Serve as the country focal point for data integrity and other national data compliance
- regulations
- Lead the development and improvements in the value-for-money approach, as well as the
- regular use of the information for project management
- Lead quality improvement and quality assurance processes for country projects and
- programmes MEL frameworks.
- Work closely with the National Malaria Elimination Programme and other relevant
- counterparts in the FMoH to ensure that the country MEL system is compliant with
- government data ownership and management issues
- Lead the writing or the review of the MEL sections in technical proposals
- M&E Technical leadership and oversight (50%)
- Work with the senior CTC to provide technical support to Malaria Consortium portfolio of
- projects in the area of design, implementation and interpretation of MEL frameworks.
- Support the projects in the development of M&E plans and standard operating procedures
- for project M&E
- Contribute to the design of data collection tools and database systems for the entry,
- storage and retrieval of epidemiological data
- Provide technical guidance for monitoring of data quality and supervision activities for
- projects
- Work with SCTC and project MEAL leads to provide capacity building for relevant technical
- staff across the portfolio of projects in the area of monitoring and evaluation, and learning
- to strengthen the adaptive management capabilities of the country team
- The post holder should provide technical assistance to projects in terms of MEL, working
- closely with the organizational M&E team
- Develop relevant databases and ensure they are maintained and comply with
- organizational policies and standards as well as host the project portfolio and support
- donor reporting and reporting into PReS
- Provide technical assistance in the analysis and interpretation of results from surveys
- conducted and surveillance systems
- Act as one of the M&E CoP core members and ensure participation and engagement with
- the monthly M&E CoP calls
- Foster data-to-action culture and upskilling data analytical, visualization, interpretational
- skills among the project team.
- Learning and Knowledge Management (20%)
- Lead cross-project learning initiatives and facilitate the knowledge transfer/cross-pollination
- Document cross-project/programme achievements and proactively share through various
- channels such as written country program updates, learning papers and peer-reviewed
- journals.
- Contribute to Malaria Consortium cross-project knowledge management content and
- strategy at national, regional and global levels
- Contribute to on-going cross project operational research and preparation of dissemination
- products across the portfolio of projects
- Represent MC in relevant malaria technical sub-committees, relevant workshops,
- conferences and other meetings, as agreed with senior CTC.
Person Specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential:
- A post-graduate degree in statistics, epidemiology, or similar.
- Extensive post-qualification experience at a professional level
- Extensive experience in project/ programme monitoring and evaluation and learning
- Research experience in malaria epidemiology and control.
- Field experience in communicable disease control in a Sub-Saharan African country.
- Experience in design, implementation and analysis of household surveys.
- Advanced knowledge of statistical and data management software, especially Stata, SPSS,
- CSpro and EpiData.
- Experience in qualitative study design, data collection methods and data analysis using
- relevant data analysis software like AtlasTi, Nvivo etc.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of mathematical modelling of infectious diseases.
- Familiar with the Nigeria Health system
- Work-based skills
Essential:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to prepare reports using results data
- Ability to develop lessons learning outputs from programmatic results
- Working knowledge of DHIS2
- Advanced skills in the use of Microsoft Office software.
- Advanced statistical analytical skills
Desirable:
- Skills in database programming for field surveys, especially using PDAs.
- Demonstrable skills in manuscript writing for peer-reviewed journals
- Skills in GIS mapping
Core competencies:
Delivering results:
LEVEL C – Supports others to achieve results:
- Displays a positive and enthusiastic approach and is not deterred by setbacks, finding alternative ways to reach goals or targets
- Supports others to plan and deliver results
- Supports others to manage and cope with setbacks
Analysis and use of information:
LEVEL C – Works confidently with complex data to support work:
- Interprets complex written information
- Works confidently with data before making decisions, for example; interpreting trends, issues and risks
- Acquainted with the validity, relevance, and limitations of different sources of evidence
Interpersonal and communications:
LEVEL C – Adapts communications effectively:
- Tailors communication (content, style, and medium) to diverse audiences
- Communicates equally effectively at all organizational levels
- Understands others’ underlying needs, concerns, and motivations and communicates effectively in sensitive situations
- Resolves intra-team and inter-team conflicts effectively
Collaboration and partnering:
LEVEL C – Builds strong networks internally and participates actively in external networks and think tanks:
- Builds strong networks internally
- Participates actively in external networks and/or think tanks
- Engages with relevant experts to gather and evaluate evidence
- Shares and implements good practice with internal and external peers
Leading and motivating people:
LEVEL C – Effectively leads and motivates others or direct reports:
- Gives regular, timely and appropriate feedback
- Acknowledges good performance and deals with issues concerning poor performance
- Carries out staff assessment and development activities conscientiously and effectively
- Develop the skills and competence of others through the development and application of skills
- Coaches and supports team members when they have difficulties
Flexibility/ adaptability:
LEVEL C – Supports others to cope with pressure Clarifies priorities and ensures learning from
experience:
- Responds positively to change, embracing and using new practices or values to accomplish
- goals and solve problems and supports others to do the same
- Adapts team approach, goals, and methods to achieve solutions and results in dynamic situations
- Sets realistic deadlines and goals for self or team
Living the values:
LEVEL C – Supports others to live Malaria Consortium’s values:
- Demonstrates personal integrity by using role position responsibly and fairly
- Cultivates an open culture within the wider team, promoting accountability, responsibility, and respect for individual differences
Strategic planning and thinking and sector awareness:
LEVEL C – Keeps up to date with the internal and external environment:
- Takes into account economic, political and other business factors when drawing up medium
- and long-term plans, covering both public and private sectors
- Looks beyond the immediate operations to prospects for new business
- Engages with appropriate internal and external sources to establish major influences on future plans.
Benefits / Salary
- Competitive
- National benefits
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Deadline: July 16, 2021
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