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Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with the John Hopkin University for 40 years in East and Southern Africa,Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, Low-cost, hand-on solutions that strengthen the delivery of health care service, following the household –to-hospital continuum of care.Jhpiego partners with organizations from the community to the national levels, building sustainable, local capacity through advocacy, policy development, human resources for health and quality performance improvement approaches. For further information about Jhpiego, please visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Monitor Evaluation, and Research Director

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Research(M,E &R) Director will lead, coordinate and guide monitoring,evalution and research activities across all of Jhpiego Zambia’s programs.S/she will lead the unit in providing programs and donors with quality data monitoring, program evaluation and research, reviewing deliverables and reports, and ensuring high quality outputs. This position will directly support support Jhpiego’s priority to increase technical outputs (reports and publications), better analyse outcomes and impacts of Jhpiego technical innovations and programs, report on Jhpiego performance indicators(JPIs),and respond to new program development needs.The position will also support the organizational goal of enhancing capacity to demonstrate and communication higher level quality programming successes,both to foster new markets for Jhpiego programs and to enhance the role of Jhpiego as a technical leader worldwide.

• Provide leadership to jhpiego Zambia’s M E & R Unit, coordinating activities and guiding staff members in the Unit to produce high quality programing and evaluation and research identify opportunities for publication, reporting or presentation for Jhpiego Zambia programs, and link program staff with opportunities. Mentor writing of abstracts among programs staff, assist in the production of manuscripts for peer- reviewed publications with a variety of authors from Jhpiego Zambia office, assist in writing and reviewing technical reports.
• Provide technical input into all stages of research and program evaluation conducted by Jhpiego Zambia
• Together with M,E & R Unit, ensure successful implementation of program M,E & R strategies and frame works and prompt and high quality reporting of programs results
• In collaboration with the Country Director,programs staff and the M, E&R Unit, support development of proposals or other business development opportunities
• Collaborate with the Technical Advisor strategic information and ensure program monitoring data for reporting is available in a timely fashion for all programs within Jhpiego Zambia. Actively engage with and advise Ministry of health(MOH), Ministry of Community Development Mother and Child Health (MCDMCH), and other Implementing Partners on health information systems as a systems strengthening approach
• Together with Deputy Project Director M&E Advisors and other Technical Advisors in Baltimore. Support the implementation of Jhpiego’s Institutional Review Board ORB) policy, including training for staff in research ethics/GCP.
• Lead, coordinate and support program staff and M. E&R officers to design and implement viable operations research and programs evaluations.
• Identify programmatic successes challenges and lessons learned, and ensure appropriate flow of information across the organization
• Identify programmatic successes, challenges and lessons learned and ensure appropriate flow of information across the organization
• Identify and communicate potential opportunities for new or leveraged funding sources
• Participate in the review of technical and programmatic portions of business development proposals as assigned
• Write and review M&E section of submitted proposals to ensure technical quality and fit with national and Jhpiego wide programs and program approaches

• Master’s degree in public health or a social science with specialization in international health or equivalent, PhD preferred
• Ten years of experience in public health programs
• Strong technical skills across a range of research and monitoring approaches, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, SAS, Strata, MS Access
• In-depth understanding of evolving international health priorities and donor expectation for program results, outcomes, impact and reporting
• Technical and experiential knowledge of the range of applied research and monitoring and evaluation techniques, including the relationship of information systems to program, field, and global initiative
• Understanding of performance improvement and training techniques
• Technical skills in monitoring, evaluation and research, including atleast 4-5 years of the following; applied evaluation or research; training design and implementation; data analyses, synthesis, and communication of results, design and implementation of evaluation protocols; design and implemen1ton of program monitoring systems; development and field testing of data collection instruments; data collection planning and implementation (routine or survey); qualitative data analysis and use; translation of complex data systems arid resus to understandable lessons leamed and action prorities for programmatic and other technical staff
• Knowledge of and experience in the international health program development field especially with international and U.S. donor agencies and private sector foundations. .

To apply, please send your application letter and curriculum vitae to archivesearchjobs@jhpiego.org

Closing date is on 22nd May,2015