M&E Officer

Program Summary:

Under the direction of the ICAP Congo Regional team lead and M&E Advisor, the M&E Officer will be responsible for all M&E related activities for supported sites in the region. S/he will provide technical support and capacity building to staff at departmental level, district, and site level on M&E related activities, use innovative M&E tools, and oversee data collection, training, and data management at the supported sites. This will involve working with the site-level staff to increase data quality through improving the completeness and quality of paper-based and electronic data, the quality of the patient records systems and accurate and timely reporting in the national DHIS2 system.

Qualifications / Professional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information management, socio-medical sciences or a related discipline; additional experience with medical or public health records is preferable.
• A master’s degree in public health is an asset.

Experience, skills & minimum required qualifications:

• At least 2 years of experience with health-related data collection tools and databases • Experience in data analysis.
• Experience with DHIS2.
• Knowledge of operations and health systems.
• Knowledge of hardware capabilities and functionality; data security; software, including Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in French; proficient in English.
• Experience in writing reports, training materials, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Experience working with complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple partners to achieve program results.

Experience, skills & preferred qualifications:

• Experience with HIV treatment programs in low resource settings is preferred.
• Experience working with GLOBAL FUNDS supported programs is strongly preferred.

Travel requirements:

• The position will be based in Brazzaville or Pointe Noire, there will be routine travel to ICAP supported sites.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The M&E Officer will:

• Support the development of the ICAP Congo reporting system and monitoring plan.
• Train and supervise site-level staff on data collection and reporting.
• Lead and manage baseline indicator and/or situation analysis at sites.
• Maintain the established reporting system database and support routine reporting.
• Develop ongoing quality control/assurance procedures to ensure complete and accurate data entry.
• Establish data security guidelines and activities to ensure that all data are stored and maintained in a secure and effective manner.
• Contribute to data cleaning and analysis process.
• Generate routine data summaries for project monitoring.
• Provide general information technology support to supported sites.
• Support ICAP Congo staff to document training and technical assistance activities and help to produce and disseminate technical reports, guides, manuals, and other written materials.
• Provide regular liaison with M&E contacts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.