Urgent Recruitment at Jhpiego – 2 Positions

Jhpiego is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (M&EL) Consultant
2.) Technical Advisor Consultant

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families.

Jhpiego Corporation has been providing technical support to the Ministries of Health in partner countries across the globe for the past 40 years in a variety of technical areas including cervical cancer treatment and prevention, community health, HIV and AIDS, maternal and newborn health, health workforce capacity development (both pre-service and in-service), family planning, malaria, and IPC/WASH.

See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (M&EL) Consultant

Reports directly to: Country Program Manager

Job Location: Freetown

Contract Duration: 6 weeks

Overview

The M&EL Consultant will support the program start-up of the Global Reach II program in Sierra Leone.  Working closely with the Country Program Manager and Baltimore based team, will help to develop the M&E Plan, project and site M&E systems, data verification at facility level, SOPs and facility assessment forms to implement a successful program.

Scope of Work - Key Activities:

• Meet with local stakeholders including in designated districts of Sierra Leone

• Lead the development of the M&E Plan, and assist with development project work plan

• Site visits to ensure quality data is captured, verified and reported at site level

• Support verification of project data at 15 supported ART sites

Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead compilation of data at site level, provide required analysis for use during stakeholder meetings

• Assist with review of existing reporting system to ensure timely compilation, reporting and use of quality data

• Assist with training and mentorship of HCPs and project staff on PEPFAR reportable indicators and support them to capture data, report, and utilization including site data review meetings.

• Organize data verification visit to health facilities in collaboration with MOH at National or district level to verify Key project indicators not limited to TX_CURR, TX_NEW, HTS_TST_POS and KP_PREV and KP treatment cascade

• Assist with development/customization/revision of site level data capture/collection and summary tools

• Represent Jhpiego, at National M&E TWG to as is relevant for M&E strengthening

• Identify M&E needs at site level ensure, efficient staffing mix that ensures data is captured at site level and that routine reports are received on time at project level

• Assist with development of Global Reach II M&E Plan and inputs for the project work plan

• Participate in regular calls with the Global Reach global project team and provide regular updates.

• In collaboration with project team and MOH; assist to identify high burden sites for scale-up

• Identify short learning loops and opportunities for course correction to improve strategies

• Foster a working environment of mutual trust, respect and care with other staff, encouraging effective teamwork with staff members, MOH and partners.

Required Qualification, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Development, Statistics or Business;

• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in health program implementation, technical assistance, and/or monitoring and evaluation in developing countries;

• Experience in administration with a focus on public health, social sciences, or related field;

• Experience implementing HRSA/CDC/USAID/PEPFAR programming, with extensive experience with PEPFAR direct service delivery in Sierra Leone;

• Excellent analytical and detail-oriented individual;

• Sierra Leone citizen or permanent resident or existing permit to carry out this work in Sierra Leone;

• Working Conditions/Physical Effort;

• Minimum noise levels in an office environment

• Position is based in an office with travel required to health facilities in the project districts.

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:

[email protected]

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 5, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

2.) Technical Advisor Consultant

Technical Advisor Consultant

Reports directly to: Country Program Manager

Job Location: Freetown

Contract Duration: 6 weeks

The Technical Advisor Consultant will support the program start-up of the Global Reach II program in Sierra Leone.  Working closely with the Country Program Manager and Baltimore based team, will help to develop the program workplan, technical approaches, and staffing to implement a successful program.

The TA will represent Jhpiego in stakeholder meetings and consult with the Country Program Manager for critical program design issues.

Working closely with the M&EL Consultant, the Technical Advisor Consultant will represent Jhpiego in M&E meetings (e.g., M&E TWGs) and consult with the Country Program Manager for critical program design issues.

Scope of Work - Key Activities:

• Meet with local stakeholders including in designated districts of Sierra Leone

• Facilitate engagement with local stakeholders (including National- MOHS at NACP and District level) for program coordination and collaboration and information and document gathering

• Lead the development of the project workplan and provide budget inputs

• Support development of the MEL plan

• Support verification of project data at 15 supported ART sites

Specific responsibilities include:

• Meet with ICAP Sierra Leone to gather information regarding their technical approach

• Document a list of local partners, potential roles, strengths, gaps.

• Develop interview guides and data collection tools, to collect data for a district and facility level interviews.

• Using data collected, draft report, inclusive of recommendations for the Jhpiego Sierra Leone Global Reach II project

• Contribute and lead in the technical inputs for the Global Reach II workplan

• Participate in regular calls with the Global Reach global project team and provide regular updates.

• With input from HQ, develop job descriptions for local technical project staff, in line with the project scope of work, organizational chart, and budget.

• Identify local consulting needs for technical support, including the development of scopes of work and outreach to potential consultancy candidates, e.g. M&E

• Assist with start-up operational tasks including location of offices, possible shared spaces and filing paperwork for registration.

• 10.Assist with site level data verification for key PEPFAR indicators not limited to HTS_POS,

• TX_CURR, TX_NEW, TX_PVLS

Required Qualification, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Management Social Work, or Business Administration with a focus on public health, social sciences, or related field;

• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in health program implementation, technical assistance, and/or monitoring and evaluation in developing countries;

• Experience implementing USAID/PEPFAR programming, with extensive experience with PEPFAR direct service delivery in Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone citizen or permanent resident or existing permit to carry out this work in Sierra Leone

• Working Conditions/Physical Effort

• Minimum noise levels in an office environment

• Position is based in an office with travel required to health facilities in the project districts.

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:

[email protected]

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 5, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.