Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Advisor, Nigeria

Closing Date: Wednesday, 09 November 2011

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PSI, who is partnering with the Society for Family Health (SFH) – Nigeria, under the "Enhancing Nigeria's Response to HIV/AIDS" (ENR) Program, seeks candidates for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Advisor. ENR is a six year, Integrated Institutional Strengthening, Governance and HIV Prevention Program, funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) with the objective of strengthening the Nigeria HIV & AIDS response and improving its capacity to increase access to universal HIV prevention, care and impact mitigation services to the poor and excluded. The position is based in Abuja Nigeria and report to ENR's Managing Director and PSI's Regional Director of West and Central Africa.
RESPONSIBILITIES The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Advisor will be responsible for providing performance monitoring oversight of ENR Program, as well as strengthening the capacity of the ENR consortium partners and the Society for Family Health's Research Department in the areas of performance monitoring and research. Specific duties include, but are not limited to assisting ENR and SFH in:

• Monitoring sub-contractor progress in various program areas;
• Developing ENR monitoring and evaluation work plans. Monitoring overall program progress and achievement of activities and outputs;
• Developing research designs for HIV/AIDS studies and operations research including study designs, questionnaire development, analysis and dissemination;
• Training country-level researchers and strengthening capacity to design studies, oversee data collection, and analyze results;
• Establishing networks of information collection and sharing, and strengthening overall M&E capacity within the country and supporting the development of the country HIV Center of Excellence;
• Designing quantitative studies to segment populations, monitor social marketing activities and to evaluate intervention effectiveness;
• Designing qualitative studies using methodologies to develop communication concepts, pretest communication strategies, and evaluation programs;
• Documenting and disseminating research findings through peer reviewed publications, policy briefs, leaflets and other methods;
• Providing technical assistance to the research team on using mapping activities to measure coverage and access to ENR products, as well as helping to enhance reporting of ENR field activities through mapping;
• Providing technical assistance to local government bodies and agencies in undertaking joint national assessments of HIV programs or systems;
• Providing the evidence base for HIV programming and specific interventions within the ENR program and using appropriate means to train country researchers in communicating research results to policy makers
• Increasing the capacity of, and providing technical support to ENR, CSO and local government staff to build their skills in interpreting research results and using a research-to-action approach to guide programmatic decisions and activities; and
• Developing and implementing a training curriculum to strengthen identified gaps, along with a benchmarked calendar of implementation.
  
  QUALIFICATIONS:
• Masters Degree required or equivalent experience in social, medical, or biological sciences. Ph.D. preferred,
• Minimum five years of relevant developing country work experience;
• Experience in the design, management, analysis, and dissemination of behavioral research in public health, especially HIV/AIDS;
• Experience in performance monitoring of large public health programs as well as joint AIDS reviews in developing countries;
• Excellent organizational and multitasking capabilities;
• Fluency in English required; and
• Demonstrated ability to produce results.
  
  The successful candidate will exhibit creative, innovative, and strategic thinking ability; excellent oral and written communication, analytical, organizational interpersonal and cross-cultural skills; extensive knowledge of a statistical analysis program; experience in designing different types of qualitative studies and the ability to train, manage and develop capacity within country-level staff; the ability to work closely with program staff to deliver actionable and insightful research outputs; strong attention to detail; ability to work efficiently and quickly under pressure; and a strong interest in private sector approaches to development; and a proven ability to produce results and meet objectives under difficult circumstances.
  APPLY ONLINE at http://www.psi.org. No calls or emails, please. PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.