Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and Cambridge, Massachusetts US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health.  We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world\\\'s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.  
 

As M&E Advisor, you will develop and implement country- and award-specific monitoring and evaluation strategies and frameworks that will ensure timely information and feedback to project stakeholders; develop the ability of key decision makers to communicate and manage information effectively; and develop systems, forums, protocols, and policies that facilitate communications between the response team and other concerned parties.  With the program team, you will plan for and conduct monitoring activities and ensure accurate and timely reporting to USAID and other donors.   

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters degree in public health, demography, statistics, or social sciences plus a minimum of 5 years experience in monitoring and evaluation of health and/or programs related to reproductive health (maternal and newborn health experience preferred), including the use of data to inform decision making, communication, planning, resource allocation and other strategic initiatives


• Demonstrated understanding of and familiarity with a range of applied research and monitoring and evaluation approaches including health information systems


• Experience designing strategic information and communication plans. Good working knowledge of descriptive, inferential and advanced statistics


• Strong quantitative and analytical skills and ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues


• Strong skills in MS Excel Word, PowerPoint and Access, and at least one data management software program (SAS, SPSS)


• Fluency in Portuguese and English, including speaking, writing, and reading.

To apply for this position, please visit the Employment Opportunities section of our website at https://jobs-msh.icims.com