Technical Advisor - Monitoring and Evaluation

About the role

Right to Care, which works at the frontline of HIV, TB and related disease prevention, care and treatment, is hiring a full-time Technical Advisor - Monitoring and Evaluation based in the Mzuzu RTC Hub Office. The role provides strategic technical leadership for monitoring, evaluation, reporting, data quality, analytics and the strategic use of data across RTC Malawi's HIV programme, strengthens MER systems and capacity within the Ministry of Health, district hospitals and health facilities, and leads the transition of MER functions to government structures.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic MER leadership and oversight, including the Evaluation and Performance Measurement Plan, and advise programme leadership on performance, risks and data quality
• Strengthen and institutionalize MOH/DHO MER systems and information systems such as DHIS2 and EMR, and approve the annual capacity-strengthening plan
• Lead the MER transition readiness framework, assess readiness, track milestones and verify government ownership before reducing RTC support
• Oversight of data quality, risk-based data verification, analytics dashboards and performance reviews
• Lead the evaluation, operational research and learning agenda, and disseminate evidence through briefs, presentations and manuscripts

Required profile

• Master's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology or a related field
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in MER, strategic information, epidemiology or related public-health programmes, preferably HIV/TB
• Senior-level MER leadership, programme performance management and data analysis experience
• Experience strengthening MOH/district health information systems and working with CDC/USG or comparable partners
• Experience in programme evaluation and/or operational research, and in policy development and technical guidelines

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of HIV programmes, national information systems and donor reporting requirements
• At least 5 years of management and leadership experience in public health or related programmes
• At least 3-5 years of MER programme and project development experience