Strategic Information Advisor (Kwara and Niger) at Jhpiego Nigeria

Strategic Information Advisor (Kwara and Niger) at Jhpiego Nigeria. Please ensure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.

Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Strategic Information Advisor

Locations: Kwara and Niger
Position Reports To: Director, MEL
Department / Project: Monitoring and Evaluation

Position Overview

• The Strategic Information Advisor will support the ACE project on all SI related implementation and data management.
• S/he will provide technical assistance and capacity building to the SI team and its stakeholders in the development of and implementation of 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 district-led and nationally supported evidence-based programming for improved understanding of HIV burden across interventions (95-95-95 cascade).
• S/he will additionally provide technical assistance to design 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).

Responsibilities

• Provides technical support for the collection, analysis, triangulation and interpretation of 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 state level
• Oversee the development of data analytics to monitor cascades of care, programmatic pivoting, and key and priority populations. Analyze progress to target continuously to ensure activities are on track
• Strengthen the use of data at state and facility level for program monitoring and improvement
• Support the process of validation and triangulation of data between multiple data sources.
• Participates in the organization and facilitation of subnational performance review meetings;
• Support the provision of training, supervision and mentorship to strengthen for M&E/SI and data quality improvement
• Participates in the organization and facilitation of seminars, brainstorming workshops and workshops within their field of competence, whenever this is required;
• Prepares periodic reports of activities; and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualification / Experience

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology and other related fields with 8 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation in international development.
• Familiarity with USAID/PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programs, Nigerian public sector health system and HIV/AIDS response.
• 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.

Application Closing Date

5th April, 2022.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using “Strategic Information Advisor, Kwara” as the subject of the email.

Note

• CV and Cover Letter as One single word document
• The title / subject of your email and application should be the position you are applying for.
• Candidates that do not comply with the application instruction will be disqualified.
• We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
• Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview
• Any successful candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
• There will be travel requirements and opportunities both within Nigeria.
• JHU is an Equal Opportunity Employer
• For further information about Jhpiego, please visit our website at www.jhpiego.org