Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at MDH Kagera _ August 2023

Job Title: Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at MDH Kagera (1 Post)

• Location: Kagera RHMT
• Reports to: Regional Medical Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Providing training and technical support to improve M&E activities including planning, data collection, and data management for government and community partners.
2. Leading M&E related to community-based outreach and testing for HIV conducted by community partners in project-supported provinces.
3. Working with community-based organizations to understand, use, and report based on health information systems and other relevant data collection tools.
4. Performing data quality control and ongoing quality checks; support data quality assessments activities.
5. Developing charts that clearly visualize data in Excel and PowerPoint
6. Supporting the use of data to inform decision making within the project and with partners.
7. Contributing to knowledge management activities including research.
8. Cultivating strong working relationships across MDH programs and units, Government institutions, PEPFAR and other key stakeholders, providing technical support as needed or required.
9. Ability to work under pressure and stringent deadlines.

Requirements: Education, Work experience and Skills:

1. At least a Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, public health, epidemiology, or other relevant areas. Advanced degree preferred.
2. Experience working in a professional environment, ideally related to public health.
3. Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation standards for HIV projects and familiarity with USAID and PEPFAR programs and requirements preferred.
4. Well-developed written and oral communication skills in both Vietnamese and English.
5. Organized person with attention to detail and ability to thrive under pressure.
6. Ability to work well with teams, implementing agencies and government counterparts.
7. Computer proficiency in word processing, databases, and spreadsheets with

   advanced skills in at least two of the following programs: Excel & Power Query, Power BI, SPSS, SQL, Stata, Epi Info.