Management Sciences for Health Job Vacancies: Recruitment for Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

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Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, CCM Abuja
Job ID: 12-4259
Center/Office: CLM - General
Project/Program: PLAN-Health

Background Information
Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) are central to the Global Fund’s commitment to local ownership and participatory decision-making. CCM are responsible for mobilising resources at the country by organising and submitting proposals to the Global Fund that reflect a gap analysis of national strategic plans. CCMs embody the Global Fund’s key principles of country ownership and partnership through multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Overall Responsibilities
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, under the supervision of the Executive Secretary will support the functions of the Oversight Committee in their work with the Principal Recipients/Sub-Recipients (PRs/SRs). For the implementation of the Global Fund, build stake holder capacity in Monitoring & Evaluation and then build capacity of PRs/SRs and collaborating organizations in the development, application and use of Global Fund/CCM models for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. These are in addition to facilitating all research-related activities pertaining to the Global Fund and support the Oversight Committee in carrying out its supervision of the procurement Technical and M&E Task teams.

Specific Responsibilities
- Support the Oversight Committee (OC) to develop, cost and implement its annual Oversight Plan and integrate into CCM Work plan & Budget
- Support the OC to develop procedures & templates for Site Visits
- Maintain and Operationalize the CCM Grant Dashboard (DB)
- Serve as primary secretarial support for Oversight Committee
- Receive, archive and hold available final copies of PU/DRs
- Develop Summary analysis reports of Dashboards, PU/Drs to facilitate OC Oversight meetings
- Provide, ad duly document orientation to CCM members and specifically, Oversight Committee members on Global Fund Grant Oversight principles and practices
- Provide CCM and OC members with appropriate reports and other information pertaining to national monitoring & evaluation data verification principles and practices
- Provide technical assistance and capacity building to PRs/SRs in preparation and presentation of PU/DRs and Grant Dashboards
- Provide technical assistance and capacity building to PRs/SRs/SSRs and CCM Secretariat in the analysis and presentation of data for use in grant management advocacy and model application
- Participate in, and contribute actively to gap analysis, harmonization, proposal development and grant implementation activities

Qualifications for Recruitment
- Bachelors degree preferably in social and management sciences
- Knowledge and experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation
- Knowledge of health, reproductive health or HIV/AIDS/TB/Malaria programming in developing countries
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the political and ethical issues surrounding HIV infections
- Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors and recipients of assistance
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications especially Excel and Access
- Well developed written and oral communication skills
- 2-3 years’ experience in Monitoring & Evaluation in reproductive health or HIV/AIDS program in developing countries
- Experience working with local partners, including NGOs and CBOs and knowledge of the local context essential
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities and work independently as well as being a part of a team
- Fluency in English, including speaking, reading and writing with the ability to conduct business in English
- Experience must reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above

Application Deadline: 19th August 2011