EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) is a voluntary, not for profit organization that undertakes advocacy work and service provision in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Zambia.  PPAZ is seeking qualified persons for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Manager position to be based in Lusaka and shall be reporting to the Project Director-Women Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) project.

Job purpose

To provide oversight and support to all monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities of the WISH project. The M&E Manager will serve as the main focal person for all MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) activities which include impact evaluation, data validation, coordination meetings, end of cycle reviews, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen health management information system (HMIS). S/he will also work closely with externally engaged survey companies and technical assistants for end of round coverage surveys, other surveys, studies, evaluations and assessments, including value for money (VFM); and would report to the Technical Specialist.

Key working relationships

The M&E Manager will work closely with the Project Director to operationalize all MEAL components of the programme. The M & E Manager would be line managed by the Project Director and will have dotted line management with the FCDO country Office, Executive Director and Director Programmes. The post holder will provide technical oversight to the M&E Officers and Assistants working in the project

Key accountabilities

• Management and planning
• Support the finalization/review of Project M&E plans and frameworks as listed below:
• Log frames with appropriate project indicators, targets and data collection methods.
• Tools and methods for M&E components of the annual SMC implementation.
• Routine monitoring systems, including databases, systems for data collection, maintenance and storage; and templates and schedules for routine reports including quantitative and narrative reports.
• Take the lead in planning M&E activities in the approved work plan and coordination of implementation ensuring high level of technical quality and work closely with the Project Director to ensure that the M&E plan is aligned with the overall project work plan and is within the budget allocated for M&E.
• Ensure high quality data is available in useable format on a regular and timely basis for project decision making by facilitating data collection and collation.

Data management, reporting, surveys and dissemination

• Provide technical support for routine data collection and management including IT applications for data transfer where needed.
• Plan and coordinate quarterly routine monitoring visits to project supported sites and conduct field visits to validate data and monitor the quality and completeness of collected data.
• Assist in analysis and presentations of project data at District, Provincial and National level.
• Participate in project assessments and evaluations with support from FCDO country office, PPAZ and other relevant partners.
• Participates in regular documentation of lessons learnt on various interventions by the project.

Knowledge Management, Capacity Building and Learning

• Support M&E training, planning and rollout at the WISH Project levels.
• Ensure that WISH Project M&E and programme teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support learning-to-action events and systematically analyze data for the project use for the district, province and national levels, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into programme design and implementation.
• Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback for improvement, and for updates at national level (MC and government).

Accountability

• Support and orient the WISH Project staff and other key stakeholders on the basic principles and practices of beneficiary accountability in the project sites.
• Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
• Support the project team to ensure that beneficiary feedback is adequately documented, addressed, analyzed, and utilized by project teams.

Networks and representations

• Develop and maintain relationships with relevant units in the Ministry of Health, so as to stay abreast of and involved in related ELMIS, HMIS and M&E developments.

Qualifications and experience:

• Degree in Public Health//Demography/Development.
• A postgraduate degree in Public Health or a relevant social science discipline will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5-years’ experience in a related role.
• 3 years’ previous experience in a supervisory role at middle management level.
• Hands-on knowledge and expertise of database management systems (Epi-info, DHIS2, LMIS, HMIS, STATA, SPSS) as well as data and statistical analysis.
• Previous experience in the Public Health sector and at the community level and on FP/SRH project.
• Experience in use of evidence to inform programming and policy.

Duration: This is a fixed-term contract for 30 months.

Closing Date