Deputy Director, M&E - JHPIEGO TANZANIA

Job description

Deputy Director, M&E

Department:  M&E

Position Reports To: M&E Director

Positions Supervised:  Senior M&E Officers

Location:  Dar es Salaam

Overview: The Deputy Director for M&E will be a supervisor to the Senior level M&E staff, a liaison with Senior Management, and a coordinator of the activities, workplanning, and personnel of the M&E Unit He / she will provide technical M&E assistance to the Jhpiego Tanzania programs for 70% LOE, and with 30% supervise the Senior M&E Officers, liaise with Senior Management Team and coordinate unit meetings and activities, supervision, professional development and workplanning for the M&E and Senior M&E officers and provide M&E input into proposal writing.  As the supervisor to the Senior M&E Officers, he / she will be aware of the activities of all of the M&E Officers in the unit and play a coordinating role. He / she will liaise with Jhpiego Tanzania Senior Management Team as necessary, and take a substantial role in communicating with donors and MOHSW as necessary.

Responsibilities:

·         Provide high quality technical M&E assistance to Jhpiego programs as requested by the programs (70% LOE)

·         Supervise and support Senior M&E Officers to ensure appropriate outputs (conducting activities, meeting reporting deadlines, and supervision of M&E Officers )

o   Conduct 90 day performance reviews for new hires

o   Conduct annual performance reviews for Senior M&E Officers and biannual performance review check in

o   Solve performance problems as they arise

·         Liaise with Senior Management, Program Managers and COPs as necessary to ensure that the M&E officers are meeting the M&E needs of the program.

·         Liaise with Chiefs of Party, Senior Management team to ensure the M&E officers are supporting Jhpiego Tanzania appropriately

·         Take responsibility for  M&E unit to meet crucial deadlines such as APR / SAPR reports, timely reporting into T-MEMS and JRISE, quarterly and ad hoc reporting

·         Work closely with the M&E Director, the Senior Health Informatics Advisor and the Research Coordinator to provide a harmonized monitoring, evaluation and research service to Jhpiego and to MOH

·         Convene bi-annual M&E Unit meetings and plan annual retreat, workplanning and professional development of unit staff

·         Assist in new program development / proposal writing as requested

Preferred Qualifications:

·         Masters degree in Public Health

·         Experience in national level work on M&E (work with the MOHSW)

·         At least 5-7 years work experience coordinating M&E activities of a major NGO

·         Knowledge of different data analysis software

·         Excellent presentation skills

·         Excellent time management, people and partnership skills

·         Excellent writing, English and Kiswahili skills

·         Availability and willingness to travel up to 30% time

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Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education assistance plan and more.

Send resumes to hr@jhpiego.net. For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

JHU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer