1. Post
Job title: Technical Officer Country Programmes – M&E Officer
Number of posts: 7 (Seven)
Grade: P2
Directorate: Regional Coordinating Centres
Supervisor: Head of Planning, Reporting and Accountability Division, Africa CDC
Duty Station: Multiple Duty Stations in AU Member States
Job purpose:
The M&E Officers will be attached to the MoH/NPHI and will act as liaison between the Ministry and the Regional M&E Officers. They will support to oversee the monitoring and evaluation of the SLL Phase II initiatives including integration of COVID-19 into routine immunization and Primary Health Care (PHC) activities.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
The Technical Officer Country Programmes-M&E Officers shall perform the following major duties and responsibilities:
Main functions:
• Support all aspects of Africa CDC (internal and external) monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Provide technical support for the development or adaptation of guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) monitoring and evaluation tools including data collection and management tools.
• Provide monitoring and evaluation findings and recommendations to support planning, emergency preparedness, risk management and mitigation activities for the SLL Phase II program.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Follow-up on and ensure monitoring and evaluation lessons learned are captured and that adjustments/corrections are integrated in the project cycle.
• Work with the partners to inform and ensure the proper M&E activities are incorporated in the CoVID-19 vaccination programme of the project activities.
• Work with Africa CDC staff to ensure quality data collection and contribute in the analysis of the collected data to build credible evidence.
• Provide technical advisory to implementing partners and regional teams.
• Ensure that the correct means of verification (MOVs) are collected from implementing partners and documented in the Africa CDC MOVs Teams folder.
• Review the operational and programme KPIs developed for the CoVID-19 programme and update as required.
• Represent Africa CDC in a professional manner, which creates a positive image and enhances the credibility of the organization.
• Perform any other CoVID-19 vaccination related activities as requested by the Programme Manager.
• Develop a systematic monitoring framework to improve the qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered by the Project.
• Develop and implement Member State-specific M&E plans tailored to the specific needs and context of the Member State. Strengthen data collection capacity at the local level by working with local health authorities and implementing partners to improve data collection practices.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and learning across Member States by collaborating with Africa CDC to share best practices and lessons learned from the SLL program implementation across different Member States.
• He/she will also provide technical assistance to the implementing agencies, particularly in relation to monitoring, reporting and project governance issues, assisting the Project Manager in preparing Quarterly/Annual reports and other reports on project progress and will monitor the project activities on a regular basis, developing and maintaining the MIS of the Project and will be responsible for the collection & analysis of different data in relation to the project activities.
• The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work in close collaboration with project team, M&E officers attached to ministries, Government officials, private sector, non-government and civil society organizations in respective regions.