Job Title: Provincial Surveillance, M&E Advisor
Department: Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Location: Lubumbashi, DRC
PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges.
PATH works with national malaria control programs in Africa to scale up interventions to reduce the burden of malaria, as well as to generate evidence and support planning for new strategies to accelerate elimination. The focus is on improving the collection, reporting and use of malaria surveillance data to enable rapid, accurate and rational decision-making to maximize the impact of interventions.
As part of its support to the Ministry of Public Health through its growing malaria portfolio in DRC, PATH is currently recruiting a provincial surveillance, M&E Advisor who will be part of the DRC PATH M&E Team. S/He will lead the implementation of surveillance and M&E activities related to the MACEPA Project at Haut-Katanga level. The provincial Surveillance and M&E Advisor will work under the direct supervision of the malaria MEAL Advisor based in Kinshasa.
This position aims to reinforce the provincial coordination of PNLP and HMIS, and the health zones management teams in leadership, management, and malaria surveillance and monitoring & evaluation’s interventions through MACEPA V’s scope.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate MACEPA activities at provincial level,
Develop and implement tools to ensure the integration of the collaboration, learning and adaptative approaches in the project’s technical support to the PNLP and HMIS.
Represent PATH DRC malaria program in strategic and coordination meetings organized by provincial health authorities and ensure that PATH’s monitoring activities assist in decision making,
Represent the PATH-DRC malaria program in technical and strategic malaria control meetings or workshops in Haut-Katanga,
Based on the evidence, strengthen the institutional capacity of the PNLP’s provincial coordination and the central health zone offices,
Support the PNLP’s provincial coordination in strengthening collaboration and synergy of action between malaria technical partners
Participate and provide technical inputs to PNLP and HMIS thematic group meetings related to epidemiological surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, case management and specific interventions (SMC, CCM, cross border entomological surveillance) in collaboration with PNLP partners,
Participate in the coordination mechanism of the malaria control around the provincial PNLP, including strengthening PNLP and health zones capacity to implement a comprehensive Malaria Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation’s activities,
Reinforce the capacities of provincial PNLP and health zones management teams in malaria data life cycle (data collection/capture, quality, analysis, reporting and use).
Support the provincial PNLP and HMIS department to effectively implement the malaria data quality assurance’s activities.
Strengthening the provincial PNLP’s capacity to manage large quantities of data, ensure data quality, undertake analyses, and prepare targeted reports at different audiences, including monthly analyses, quarterly and annual reports.
Coordinate the implementation of the project SME innovative approaches at provincial level
Support and document all malaria data validation and analysis’s process at provincial and health zone levels.
Support the effective use of malaria data at provincial and health zone levels. And, document the lessons learned.
Contribute to the design of new approaches.
Leadership and Management:
Support the provincial MoH
Strengthen the capacities of the staff under his/her supervision.
Ensure timely project reporting and participation in relevant project meetings
Engage with provincial key stakeholders on Surveillance, M&E related aspects: Represent the project in the provincial level as needed, Coordinate with local representations of the MoH and other technical organizations for efficient technical assistance and leveraging limited resources, Develop and maintain trusting, professional and cordial relationships with SME stakeholders to promote a culture of collaboration, coordination, communication, and learning and Contribute to other partner-led activities that advance the province’s malaria strategic goals and objectives
Required Skills & Experience
Bachelor or advanced degree in Public Health, Medicine, Statistics, Information Management, Demography, Social Sciences, or related field.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in health project/program management.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Surveillance, M&E of infectious diseases (especially malaria) or other health programs.
Prior capacity building experiences
Mid-level professional with at least five years of relevant experience in the implementation and management of health projects focused on malaria control, including at least five years on technical assistance, innovation, or high-level consultancy projects in favor of specialized Directorates or programs of the Ministry of Health, preferably the PNLP in the field of epidemiological surveillance and/or monitoring and evaluation. Experience in malaria operational research would be an asset.
Understanding of DRC health information system
Strong experience with DRC HMIS/DHIS2
Strong experience in health data life-cycle management
Strong experience in data quality assurance and assessment
Excellent experience in project performance measurement and management
Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
Fluency in French, and intermediate level in English
Ability to work with minimum supervision.
Ability to advocate, negotiate with high level health authority
Ability to coordinate effectively with the provincial MoH departments and other technical organizations.
Prior experience working in malaria program, disease surveillance or health information systems
Prior experience working in malaria area
Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to analyze situations, identify existing or potential problems and recommend solutions
Knowledge in designing malaria M&E systems designing and experience in implementing M&E systems.
Experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans.
Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, or impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
Knowledge in planning and managing surveys.
Experience in developing and refining data collection tools.
Experience with data quality assessments and oversight.
Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Ability to be flexible, to handle multiple priorities and to work limited overtime as necessary
Outstanding professionalism in providing support, including ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy
Superior interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude
Proficiency in MS Office package (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) and at least intermediate level of one of statistical software Epi Info, Stata, R or Tableau Software.
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Provincial Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor – Malaria
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