Regions

Features

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist: HIV/AIDS has the primary technical responsibility for the design and operation of an integrated monitoring and evaluation system for the countries involved in the USAID grant for youth abstinence education.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish and assure implementation of an integrated monitoring and evaluation system for the Mobilising Youth for Life grant within the context of the overall M&E of World Relief's HIV/AIDS and MCH programmes.
• Train the staff of the projects in Haiti, Kenya, Rwanda and Mozambique in the operation of the system and develop M&E technical capabilities in the regional (hub) offices.
• Maintain close communication with the USAID M&E staff assigned to supervise the project and remain informed of new developments in M&E through participation in forums with international and sister agencies.
• Assure the fit of the M&E system for the MYFL project with the other health programmes in each country of the project. Technically inform the M&E systems of the health sector.
• Design and implement operations research when appropriate, prepare oral and written publications for publication and presentation in professional conferences and journals.
• Provide direction to the M&E quality assurance team within World Relief comprised of other health technical and programme staff.
• To assist the Director of HIV/AIDS Programmes for Africa in providing direction to the Haiti MYFL programme.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A graduate degree in public health or a closely related field.
• At least five years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of programmes within an international setting.
• Skilled in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis and experienced in the use of statistical software (EPI-Info, SASS, SPSS, etc.)
• Fluency in one of the languages of the project other than English (French, Creole, Portuguese) is desired but not essential.

Apply by: June 30, 2004

For more information or to apply: www.wr.org