Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor
SM Healthcare Placements is inviting applications from suitably qualified individuals for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor based in Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital for an exciting role within an International NGO in the health care field.
Contribute to the provision of a comprehensive approach to quality improvement in clinical care in a specified
geographical area ensuring good health outcomes and management systems in the district
To apply:
Interested applicants should send to jhb@smhealthcareplacements.co.za
Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
The following are the qualifications, experience, knowledge and attributes requirements:
Education, Training and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a health related field (monitoring & evaluation, psychology, public health, science,
anthropology, etc).
- In public health or relevant field working with monitoring and evaluation systems: With a Bachelor’s degree: 2 years’ experience
- With a Diploma: 4 years experience
- Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
- Ability to develop data cleaning and storage systems and creating databases.
- Experience working at various levels of data collection.
- Experience with the DHIS and other DoH data systems.
- Experience writing reports for internal use and for external stakeholders such as the Department of Health.
- Demonstrated ability to build capacity of staff members on monitoring & evaluation systems.
- Experience in implementing and supervising quality improvement work.
- Experience in training, coaching and material development.
- Experience of clinical systems and data management.
- Experience of change management
Key performance areas
- Participate in the implementation of data quality & reporting needs assessments for the specific facility
- Review all data (DHIS, Tier, ETR, other systems) to identify gaps in the facility’s information systems
- Work with the PMs, QIAs and technical teams to develop M&E activities in response to the specific needs
and priorities of the facility (ies)
- In conjunction with the PM and facility team, develop annual work plans for the position, and timelines for
- implementing the proposed activities
- Implement the proposed activities in the district (including Tier, ETR, DHIS and NIDS roll outs)
- Provide support to the DIAs, Data Capturers & Information Officers for:
- Appropriate reporting of all data to the DHIS (facility to district levels)
- Extraction & review of information from the DHIS for monitoring purposes
- Conduct routine review of the data at the facility level and provide data quality support as appropriate.
- Revise activities based on the data, implementation experiences, and the programme feedback meetings.
- Generate timely reports from activities conducted.
- Participate in regular feedback and planning sessions with line manager, facility and other technical teams,
and DoH counterparts
- Establish/participate in data quality forums at the facility
- Participate in facility and district data review meetings (to support data use)
- Attend to all staffing requirements and administration
- Participate in the recruitment processes of facility based M&E staff (including the development and
marking of competency assessments)
- Supervise and manage the duties of subordinates to ensure optimal staff utilisation and maintenance of
sound labour relations
- Perform and facilitate performance development and assessments.
- Identify substandard performance by team members and take necessary corrective action
- Coach and train subordinates and team members to ensure acquisition of knowledge and skills required
by the organisation
- Promote harmony, teamwork and sharing information
- Act as the first point of contact in assisting DoH managers at the facility, sub-district & district levels with
data related issues or mentoring
- Maintain accurate records to document processes and outputs
- Communicate clearly and effectively with all levels of the institute staff around programmatic inputs and
outputs
- Communication with local, regional and other collaborators and stakeholders including donors and
sponsors when and if required
- Participate in and contribute to the development and achievement of the institute’s corporate goals and
objectives
Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Applicants, who have not been contacted within 2 - 3 weeks of the closing date, should assume that their application has not been successful.
SM Healthcare Placements is an equal opportunity employer.
