Strategic Information Manager - (1066) at mothers2mothers

Key Performance Areas:    

• Management of project specific M&E framework and Plan including systems requirements 
• Manage project data analysis and internal/external evaluations including synthesis of information and managing dissemination towards improved knowledge sharing/management
• Facilitate data utilisation including guiding routine project performance monitoring ensuring provision of analytical data to inform effective QA/QI and routine data quality audits (RDQA). 
• Develop and adapt M&E system in line with USAID and project priorities and USAID’s M&E framework /standards 
• Coordinate project implementation research & assist with conference /publications portfolio in collaboration with Chief of Party, Head Office, and other designated staff.   
• Provision of strategic information for project level decision making in relation to programme performance monitoring, planning, resource mobilisation, strategic positioning and programme design.   
• Lead project M&E related internal and external reporting, providing relevant strategic information for evidence-based programmatic and strategic decision-making 
• Oversight & development of M&E technical expertise for project team to ensure adequate capacity to support project activities. 
• Manage project M&E team ensuring adequate staffing and capacity. 

Job Requirements

Qualification, Competencies and Experience: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, social work, monitoring & evaluation, demography, biostatistics, statistics, analytics or a related field is required. 
• Minimum of 8 years of work experience in designing, establishing, and managing monitoring and evaluation systems, ensuring data quality, and managing data intensive, performance- based programs funded by PEPFAR. 
• Demonstrated ability to be the senior technical specialist and as a senior subject matter expert in data analytics. 
• Demonstrated ability to perform robust data extraction from internal and external information systems. 
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analytics utilizing Microsoft Excel, STATA, and/or Business Intelligence tools. 
• Demonstrated ability to prepare expert quality data visualizations. 
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data quality analyses and make recommendations based on findings. 
• Demonstrated ability to portray complex data sets in easy to understand formats including visualizations. 
• Demonstrated working knowledge of South Africa’s health and social service information systems and monitoring and evaluation processes as it relates to data collection for performance-based reporting. 
• Demonstrated knowledge and working experience in the use of mapping and other similar tools (including computer software programs) to target program interventions and resources;