A Healthcare Company who is passionate about providing Clinical Care to HIV positive adults, children and adolescents is currently looking for a dynamic and driven M&E Programme Manager: USAID Programmes

To lead the formulation of, and oversee the monitoring, data quality and reporting strategy of select USAID funded programmes in line with the programme and organizational objectives and support the technical direction relating to M&E plans at the programme level.

Education, Training and Experience
• Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline
• Proficiency in Microsoft office
• Excellent data presentation skills (primarily MS Excel and PowerPoint)
• DHIS trained
• Valid driver’s licence
• 6 years’ experience within a research / public health related environment of which 2 should be at a management level.
• Experience working with monitoring and evaluation programmes
• Experience working with donor-driven programmes
• Familiar with database design and implementation
• Post graduate degree in a related field
• Experience working with target setting, writing grant proposal, protocols and providing training/ capacity building
• Demonstrated leadership, management and change management ability, including the ability to manage a diverse team
• Proven ability to manage relations with internal and external stakeholders, such as donors, DoH and other partner organizations
• Positive, energetic team leader with an ability to adapt to complex situations, manage stress, deliver goals pro-actively
• Organized with a thorough and accurate approach to work
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to navigate complicated situations
• Excellent levels of written and verbal English communication skills at a senior level

Key performance areas

• Technical Strategy and Oversight
• Support development and implementation of monitoring and reporting plans & strategy within stakeholder guidelines
• Provide guidance towards appropriate collection and reporting of routine output data and data management
• Identify and implement efficiencies in data collection, compilation, review, reporting, feedback and action plans
• Provide M&E technical support at the district, provincial and national level (when required)
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Participate in USAID Programmes reporting activities (including data verification and report compilation when necessary)
• Oversee, participate and co-ordinate the timely and accurate compilation, submission and central storage of all USAID programmes reports
• Oversee, co-ordinate and participate in stakeholder/site monitoring visits
• Capacity Building
• Identify and support M&E capacity building of programme staff
• Research design, implementation, analysis and dissemination
• Identify opportunities for, and conduct M&E-related operations research (including evaluations) at sites/ projects supported by the institute
• Where applicable, write grant proposals, protocols and ethics applications in order to fund and carry out relevant research
• Produce peer and non-peer reviewed outputs
• Staff management
• Attend to all staffing requirements and administration
• Supervise and manage the duties of subordinates to ensure optimal staff utilisation and maintenance of sound labour relations
• Stakeholder activities
• Provide M&E support for funding proposals
• Contribute to the preparation of donor evaluations/ audits
• Support districts with target setting initiatives
• Support programmes with COP target setting and reporting

This position is open to Foreign Nationals who are currently registered with HPCSA, Already poses a current work VISA, and whom have the right experience & qualifications.

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.
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