Prov. M&E Specialist – HIV Case Based Surveillance at Eastern Provincial Health Office

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: U2G GH002047-03-001/2019

OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates/All Sources

OPENING DATE: November 25, 2019

CLOSING DATE: December 6, 2019

WORK HOURS: Full-Time, 40 Hours/Week

SALARY: A competitive package will be offered to successful candidates on annual contract basis.

Eastern Provincial Health Office under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Project through a Cooperative Agreement (CoAg) with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the positions listed.

NOTE:  Due to the high volume of applications received, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.  Thank you for your understanding.

1. PROVINCIAL M&E SPECIALIST – HIV CASE BASED SURVEILLANCE (1 Position)

The incumbent is a program specialist and key public health technical advisor for HIV Case Based Surveillance at Eastern Provincial Health Office.  S/he serves the PEPFAR/CDC/EPHO Project in the province under the supervision of the M&E/HI Team Lead. S/he is responsible for implementing and executing project HIV Case Based Surveillance program goals in the province so that larger project goals are met.

The Job holder works at a project technical level with other project staff, the Ministry of Health staff, other PEPFAR implementing partners, non-governmental organizations, contractors and community sub-grantees to coordinate the design and ensure appropriate, high quality implementation and strengthening of CBS as recommended in the WHO Guidelines and as approved in the country CBS Document as well as specific project document.   The incumbent assists the Provincial Health Office to plan, initiate, conduct, evaluate, and coordinate complex HIV/AIDS CBS and to monitor program implementation, document and present results, and translate data into meaningful policy and program improvement. Quantifying progress towards the UNAIDS Fast Tract targets (90, 90, 90) and the Provincial HIV response requires personal-centric granular data, public health technical knowledge, results-oriented data analysis, advocacy, and the ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with partners at both implementer and provincial levels.  The Jobholder represents the project on HIV CBS issues at technical, policy and strategic planning meetings, including meetings with collaborators and donors in the province and/or national level.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Applicants must address each required qualification listed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.  Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not qualified.

1. EDUCATION: Masters’ Degree equivalent in public health, epidemiology, evaluation and monitoring with specialization in quantitative aspects is required. A Bachelor’s Degree with vast experience in CBS, epidemiology, EHR may be considered.

2. EXPERIENCE: A minimum of three years of progressively responsible, professional-level experience working as an epidemiologist, CBS Coordinator, EHR in a health/medical research organization, university or public health program implementing agency is required.

3. LANGUAGE:  Fluent in English, (speaking, writing and reading) is required.

4. SKILLS AND ABILITIES:  Strong oral and written communications skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with district, provincial, national and international working partners and to prepare written reports. Ability to analyze, understand and discuss new program design, management and implementation approaches is required.

5. JOB KNOWLEDGE:  Strong knowledge of HIV Case Based monitoring and evaluation methodology, data quality assurance, analysis reporting and best practices in data dissemination and data use is required.  Good knowledge of data management processes and tools, including web-based database systems is required.  High level of competency in managing data information and evaluations on large scale health or HIV/AIDS activities is required.

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