Senior Strategic Information Advisor (MERL) at Jhpiego

About Jhpiego – John Hopkins University

“What are we aiming at?” That’s the question our first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, asked at his inauguration in 1876. What is this place all about, exactly? His answer: “The encouragement of research . . . and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and the society where they dwell.” Gilman believed that teaching and research go hand in hand-that success in one depends on success in the other-and that a modern university must do both well. He also believed that sharing our knowledge and discoveries would help make the world a better place. After 140 years, we haven’t strayed from that vision. This is still a destination for excellent, ambitious scholars and a world leader in teaching and research. Distinguished professors mentor students in the arts and music, humanities, social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions. Those same faculty members, and their colleagues at the university’s Applied Physics Laboratory, have made us the nation’s leader in federal research and development funding every year since 1979. That’s a fitting distinction for America’s first research university, a place that revolutionized higher education in America.

Experience: 10 years
Location: Abuja

Job title: Senior Strategic Information Advisor (MERL)

Overview

• The Senior Strategic Information Advisor (MERL) will lead the Momentum Country and Global Leadership (MCGL), Quality of Care (QoC) project extension and any other RMNCH project as appropriate – on all SI related implementation, research and data management.
• S/he will provide technical assistance and capacity building to the PRS department of the FMoH,  the Governmnet SWAp office and counterparts at the State level and its stakeholders in the development of and implementation of RMNCAEH+N data analysis, use, and dissemination strategy.
• S/he will additionally design strategy and activities to improve capacity on triangulating data from multiple data sources to inform policy and decision-making.
• S/he will contribute to the design of robust, user-friendly, high-quality interfaces for data visualization and data dissemination to enhance state-led and nationally supported evidence-based programming for improved understanding of RMNCH quality of care interventions.
• S/he will additionally provide technical assistance to design of implementation research and implement strategy to build capacity of M&E systems to oversee data quality and data use for decision making (including capacity building of M&E staff). S/he will also contribute to the Jhpiego MERL efforts linking to HQs MERL systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical support for the collection, analysis, triangulation and interpretation of RMNCH and MPDSR data and the calculation of programmatic, surveillance, demographic and epidemiological indicators;
• Oversee real-time data use including weekly, monthly and quarterly data review meetings; implement remediation efforts that address identified gaps and challenges for project overall and at national and state level.
• Lead the development of learning questions for research implementation including protocol development and IRB process in partnership with stakeholders.
• Lead the development of indicators, baseline and targets for the MCGL Extension and other RMNCH projects as appropriate.
• Lead on development of Project MEL plans with agreed indicators and targets
• Strengthen the use of data at the national and state level for program monitoring and improvement.
• Support the process of validation and triangulation of data between multiple data sources.
• Manage and mentor M&E officers as appropriate.
• Participates in the organization and facilitation of national M&E subcommittee, MPDSR committee and other appropriate national M&E committees.
• Support the provision of training, supervision and mentorship to strengthen for M&E/SI and data quality improvement at national and State level in partnership with the FMoH, PRS department.
• Participate in the organization and facilitation of seminars, brainstorming workshops and workshops within their field of competence, whenever this is required;
• Prepares quarterly and periodic reports of activities including progress on agreed indicators, donor reports, etc.; and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology and other related fields with 10 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation in international development.
• Familiarity with US Government and UN RMNCH programs, Nigerian public sector health system and RMNCH response programs.
• Core Strategic Information experience, conversant with MER indicators, data collection, analysis and data visualization using DHIS, NDR, LAMIS, PowerBI etc.
• Demonstrated ability to be the technical specialist and as the lead subject matter expert in monitoring and evaluation.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analytics utilizing Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA, Epi Info and/or other analytic software and to provide evidence-based recommendations accordingly.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the use of GIS and other tools to support geo-spatial display of data to target program interventions and resources.

Required Abilities/Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to perform robust data extraction from internal and external information systems and involvement in research implementation.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public health sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to portray complex data sets in easy to understand formats including visualizations.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Nigerian health and social service information systems and monitoring and evaluation processes as it relates to data collection for performance-based reporting and use of data.
• Previous experience in building capacity for generation and use of SI.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage meetings with International partners (NGOs), consultants and Government partners etc.
• Demonstrated written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English
• Ability and willingness to travel within Nigeria.

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