Ethiopia: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor, Adolescent Reproductive Health (RH) - Ethiopia*

PSI is a leading global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV and reproductive health. Working in partnership within the public and private sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, PSI provides life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that empower the world's most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.
PSI's core values are a belief in markets and market mechanisms to contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor; results and a strong focus on measurement; speed and efficiency with a predisposition to action and an aversion to bureaucracy; decentralization and empowering our staff at the local level; and a long term commitment to the people we serve. PSI has programs in 67 countries. For more information, please visit www.psi.org.

PSI anticipates being awarded a multi-year year project for an estimated $30 million to increase both demand for and access to a full range of quality, voluntary contraceptive services for adolescents in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania. This project will take a user-centered design approach for developing youth-focused RH interventions. The Adolescent RH M&E advisor will focus on routine project monitoring for the project. This position will require close coordination and collaboration with country teams as well as with PSI’s Evidence Teams such as Evidence for Implementation, Strategic Research and Evaluation, Program Analytics and the RH Health Researchers. The M&E Advisor will report to the Project Director. The position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with approximately 30% travel.
*This position is contingent upon funding.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the application of global best practices in the generation and use of routine data for this adolescent reproductive health project taking into account PSI’s framework for routine monitoring and countries’ existing monitoring systems.
• Design data quality assurance mechanisms and validate data;
• Triangulate data from multiple data sources;
• Design strategies for engaging with youth in data collection, interpretation and analysis;
• Work with project countries to analyze routine monitoring data to provide evidence to develop adolescent youth RH interventions and ensure continuous improvement, with a particular focus on the use of programmatic dashboards for decision making;
• Support project team on data interpretation and promote regular use of data for program improvement;
• Disseminate best practices throughout PSI using various capacity building and communication channels (e.g. trainings, toolkits, teleconferences).
• Contribute to the performance monitoring evidence base by authoring articles and publishing in peer-reviewed journals; providing support to country-level teams for publications; presenting at conferences and meetings; and documenting lessons learned for internal and external stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Masters or doctorate degree in public health, health informatics, information sciences, behavioral sciences, epidemiology, population studies, or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience in monitoring and evaluation (preferably on reproductive health programs)
• Proven experience designing and implementing M&E frameworks, including: routine data collection, data quality assurance, and data use (preferably for public health interventions)
• Knowledge of DHIS2 desirable
• Experience with electronic data collection and mHealth solutions highly desirable
• Ability to interpret data and explain findings to non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated experience with data analysis and visualization solutions
• Experience on engaging beneficiaries such as youth in data collection
• Excellent English written, verbal and inter-personal communication skills.
• Experience and excellence in working with large, diverse teams.

STATUS:

• Exempt
• Level 6

Population Services International is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender identity, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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