SI/M&E Manager At Project HOPE

Project HOPE seeks a Chief of Party, RMNCH Technical Advisor, SI/M&E Manager, Finance and Administration Manager, and Health Care Financing Advisor for the upcoming USAID-funded Ghana Health Program activity. The goal of this project is to strategically contribute to the Government of Ghana’s strategies to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, including stillbirths, and improve their overall health and well-being by 2030. Activities are expected to advance Ghana toward increased localization, increasing the capacity of host-country institutions and local organizations to introduce, deliver, scale-up, and sustain the use of evidence-based, quality MNCH, voluntary family planning, malaria, and global health security services. The project will increase access, utilization and quality of maternal and child health, family planning, malaria, and nutrition services to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths in northern Ghana.

SI/M&E Manager

The SI/M&E Manager will support better performance and greater accountability by implementing evidence-based program/project management at the field level, in order to guide and improve performance. Specifically, s/he sets up effective monitoring systems to collect basic information about activities in the initial phase of emergency response and supports the design and implementation of sustainable monitoring and evaluation systems in coordination with relevant government agencies and headquarter-based M&E staff in line with Project HOPE’s MEAL standards. S/he analyzes, interprets, and communicates information in a way that promotes informed decision-making for ongoing and future programmatic activity. S/he supports establishing and maintaining effective feedback mechanisms for decision making, fully in line with commitments regarding accountability to affected populations (AAP), including IASC CAAP, CHS, and Sphere Humanitarian Charter.

• Master’s-level or a higher degree in social sciences, public health, statistics, or international development, with experience or background in M&E, epidemiology, public health, and health information management.
• Minimum of five (5) years of applied national or international experience in designing, implementing, and overseeing health program monitoring and evaluation tasks.
• Demonstrated experience in managing teams and building staff capacity within complex programming.
• Experience with M&E approaches for multiple  donors such as USAID.
• Experience in database design and other tools for information management such as DHIS2.
• Experience in use of qualitative and quantitative software for data analysis as well as in building capacity of national counterparts in the analysis, reporting, and presentation of data to diverse audiences.

All positions will be based in Ghana. Ghana nationals are strongly encouraged to apply. All positions are contingent upon award. Due to the large number of inquiries, we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be considered. No phone calls please.