OVERVIEW
Amref Health Africa Tanzania is a leading public health organization that is committed to improving the health of people by collaborating with and empowering communities, and strengthening health systems at various levels in Tanzania. Amref Health Africa is submitting a project proposal to USAID in response to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Number: 72062121RFA00003 for local qualified entities to implement the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Next Generation activity. The main goal of this NOFO’s is to improve the health, well-being, and protection of OVC and youth in high HIV burden communities. Specifically, the NOFO aims to 1) Increase use of OVC platforms for pediatric HIV case finding, linkage to treatment, and viral suppression 2) Increase access to HIV prevention, violence prevention, and response services for OVC and youth 3) Improve socio-economic capacity of at-risk adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and OVC caregivers. In this regard, Amref Health Africa in Tanzania invites suitable applicants for the following
position to be filled contingent to the organization winning the award.
JOB TITLE: Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager
REPORTING TO: Chief of Party
PROJECT: Tanzania Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Next Generation
PHYSICAL LOCATION: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
JOB PURPOSE:
The Senior MEL Manager will oversee, implement and monitor all monitoring and evaluation activities
for the project including supporting the OVC Next Generation M&E including data quality, use, and dissemination. He/She will collaborate with other technical staff in the project and advise the COP and DCOP on the progress of implementation of the M&E activities in respective regions. Will also be responsible to report the agreed USAID indicators on regular basis to USAID Tanzania, MoHCDGECs departments such as NACP, PORALG.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
• Developing a strong MEL plan consistent with the donor’s results framework, coordinate the collection of data including conducting field visits for data validation, monitor the quality and completeness of data sets, contribute to the development of the program and document project performance against established outputs and indicators that will be submitted to USAID for approval
• Responsible in designing innovative and creative methods to capture, document, and report results required by the donor, while strengthening and using relevant national and district level reporting systems.
• Responsible in supporting data-driven decision-making to solve critical problems with guidance
from GOTs and USG’s monitoring and evaluation systems
• Participate in setting high quality performance targets ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines;
• Responsible for building the capacity of the regional M&E officers, data officers and other program staff in the collection, utilization, and dissemination of data as well as ensuring that all monitoring and data collection activities are harmonized and information is shared.
• Develop a robust M&E approach that can track the immediate and intermediate effects of program activities, including changes in knowledge, attitudes, responsiveness, data use and technical assistance demand.
• Design and implement an M&E system that is capable of tracking and documenting the targets set for OVC next generation interventions and progress of the activities.
• Interact with USAID/Tanzania M&E teams on data reporting and all other project related M&E
issues
• Ensure timely submission of major technical reports to USAID/Tanzania and other stakeholders.
• Foster strong partnerships and collaborations with the MOHCDGEC, LGAs, other local organizations and other relevant stakeholders.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s Degree in public health, demography, sociology, epidemiology, biostatistics, or a related field
• At least five years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, of related to health development programs
• At least three years of experience with M&E systems for health initiatives and PEPFAR data systems is most preferred
• Experience in designing MEL systems and developing MEL plans for donor-funded projects
• Demonstrated experience in target setting and reporting against health development programs
• Excellent knowledge of data collection, verification, analysis, presentation and use for adaptive management
• Exceptional ability to analyze multiple sources of data to identify data trends and provide recommendations on program performance and improvement
• Demonstrated experience in managing and supervising a team
• Exceptional English written and oral communication skills; fluency in Swahili also required
• At least seven years of experience working in Tanzania.
How to apply:
To apply, please send your resume and cover letter before 16.30 HOURS Thursday Aug 12, 2021 to Email: jobs.tanzania@amref.org with the subject line: REF: Tanzania Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Next Generation.
Please mention the job title/vacancy name or use the job title as the subject line when applying for
this position failure to do that your application may not be retrieved. Direct application through mail will not be accepted. Duly note that Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and have not retained any agent in connection with recruitment.
1. Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy;
2. “Amref Health Africa is committed to the principles of safeguarding in workplace and will
not tolerate any form of abuse, wherever it occurs or whoever is responsible”
3. Amref health Africa –Tanzania regrets that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
