State MEL Officer, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNTD), REACH Malaria

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A first degree in any field of study and at least 5 years of progressive experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of health programs; or a postgraduate degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Epidemiology or related field with at least 3 years field experience in monitoring and evaluation of health programs is required.
  

• Experience in developing monitoring plans and/or management information systems, generating, triangulating and using health data to inform State health systems strengthening is required.
  

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience working in malaria programs in Nigeria
  

• NGO experience is an added advantage
  

• Familiarity with Department of State or any donor M&E and reporting systems is highly desirable
  

• Excellent data quality assurance, analysis, presentation and reporting skills.
  

• Experience in data quality audits and data review meetings, preferably for malaria programming.
  

• Knowledge and experience of the MOH health information system and DHIS2 is a requirement.
  

• Provide technical guidance in the planning and implementation of all state and LGA level M&E/HSS activities.
  

• Develop and implement an M&E/HSS plan for the program in the state, in collaboration with the State Coordinator.
  

• Take lead in the implementation of PMI REACH Malaria M&E plans and state work plan and reporting on Department of State indicators and targets in collaboration with the State Coordinator.
  

• Establish system for flow of information from service delivery points to the DHIS2 central database and ensure timely M&E/HSS technical support to all implementing health facilities.
  

• Build capacity of SMEP and LGA M&E officers in monitoring and evaluation, data management, and data use.
  

• Support the SMEP team to analyze and use data to inform decisions and guide malaria interventions.
  

• Participate in data quality review meetings at the state and LGA levels. Support data quality audits as needed.
  

• Work with SMEP and LGAs to train health workers in the use of HMIS reporting forms and registers.
  

• Support monitoring of quality of service at health facilities.
  

• Take lead in implementation of selected health systems interventions including for example evidence-based state malaria annual planning to fit into state planning and budgeting cycle
  

• Support state malaria partners to build an evidence base to monitor state malaria program performance towards elimination goals.
  

• Provide HRH analytics to inform state HRH deployment and management practices.
  

• Engage with the State DHPRS, SPHCDA, State Health Insurance Scheme to mainstream state malaria budgets in state government budget.