Strategic Information Officer – (AMREF)- Employment, career opportunity in Tanzania

Job Title: Strategic Information Officer – AMREF
Location:  Dar es salaam
Deadline:  12th Sept 2013
Job Objective:
Focal point for project results management using result-based framework,coordination and the hormonization of evidences.Provide key function for monitoring project activities alongside the set objectives,targets,and expected outcomes.
Reports to programme manager

Key responsibilities:

    -Providing leadership in managing project results using result-based frameworks and the reporting tools.
    -Participate in ministry of health,HMIS and other national activities that relate to the development and adoption of SHR indicators into the national HMIS and reporting system.
    -Design and revise appropriate monitoring and evaluation(M&E) processes and tools for sub-grantees and build M&E capacity among project partners and local government departments in the relevant municipalities in Iringa and Dar es salaam.
    -Providing leadership in monitoring quality of SHR services through conduct of surveys e.g. exit inteviews,mystery clients.
    -Provide M&E training an on-going assistance to prpject team and the sub-grantees to ensure quality data collection,transimittal,analysis,use of data for decision making and timely report writing
    -Provide leadership and technical guidance for the preparation of annual,semi-annual and other required project project reports
    -Documentation and disssemination oaf information,assisting developing presentations,abstract,articles etc.
    -Proactively work with sub-grantees and manager to prepare perfomance data for the collected reports.
    -Refine project reports ready for submission to the higher authorities and provide timely feedback on the quality and contents to project team and sub-grantees

Qualifications and Experiences:

    -Masters degree in public heath or related subject as demography,heath informatics,statistics,epidemiology or equivalent.
    -Minimum three(3) years experience in monitoring and evaluation of health,SRH or HIV/AIDS programs
    -Skills and experience in M&E capacity building for individuals and organizations
    -Previous M&E experience in a result-based model.
    -Proficiency in evaluation design and development of indicators
    -Good working knowledge of descriptive,inferential and advanced statistics
    -Strong qualitative,quantitative and analytical skills and ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues.

If you meet the criteria given above and are interested,please send in an application letter with a detailed CV indicating your present employer and position,daytime telephone number,names and address of two referees.To be considered,your application must be received before 16:30hrs on September 20,2013.

All correspondence should be directed to:
E-mail: jobs.tanzania@amref.org

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted