Ministry of Health
Request for Applications
Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Department: Disease Control Directorate: National TB Programme
Job title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Responsible to: NTP Manager/ M&E Manager (PMU)
- Background
The Global Fund is a key partner to Lesotho in the fight against HIV and TB, with cumulative investments of over US$300 million since 2003, helping to contain the epidemics and scale-up access to critical prevention and treatment services. From that time to date, the country responses to both TB and HIV have reached great achievements.
Lesotho is one of the 30 high TB burden countries in the world with an estimated annual incidence of 788 TB cases per every 100,000 population. Seventy four percent of TB cases are co-infected with HIV. TB treatment success rate has not gone beyond 74%, TB case fatality ratio is high and only a small proportion of TB re-treatment cases are offered testing for drug resistant TB bacilli. The mortality rate in TB/HIV co-infected TB patients is 223 per 100,000 population. Additionally, MDR-TB is on the rise with 3.2% and 6.8% of new and retreatment respectively TB cases are estimated to have MDR-TB. Despite Lesotho’s high burden of TB, TB/HIV and MDR-TB cases, the TB case detection rate is 49% which means more than half TB are not diagnosed and treated.
- Job Summary
Under the general supervision of the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will serve as main focal person for all M&E related activities for the Ministry of Health – National TB Programme. S/he will assist and report NTP Manager regarding M&E implemented activities. S/he will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the implementation of M&E plan of the Programme. The use of process evaluation for continued improvement of National TB Programme operations will be an additional role.
- Scope of Work
The incumbent will work as part of NTP Staff under the supervision and guidance of the Programme manager. The M&E officer will have the following duties:
- Lead development of M&E) plan of NTP and harmonise the work plans for each project that are supporting the programme as well as overseeing the review of the implementation of the programme and be the focal person for coordination between NTP programme level M&E and projects level M&E
- Be responsible for sourcing up-to-date data for TB and TB/HIV data directly from all implementing Organisations as per M&E plan.
- Develop quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports for NTP.
- Support technical work such as reviewing M&E methods, carrying out training needs, designing M&E tools, and advising M&E technical assistance.
- Ensuring mentoring and training of NTP team to foster capacity building on M&E knowledge.
- Participate in workshops, seminars, Strategic Information committees’ meetings to identify gaps and weaknesses in M&E and plan appropriate actions for improvement.
- Analyze routine reporting data and conduct periodic dissemination meetings to present results of the implementation of programme activities.
- Meet regularly with NTP staff and other stakeholders as appropriate to identify issues and to report programme accomplishments and challenges.
- Ensure quality control of routine M&E outputs and participate in the design, development of the protocols, data collection tools, data verification techniques, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks conducted under evaluations in the NTP.
- Participate in supportive supervision, Data Quality Audits (DQA) and Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQAs).
- Participate in research and evaluations.
- Serve as the evaluation team member of selected evaluations conducted under NTP.
- Oversee and participate in evaluations and assessments of NTP. Review and provide technical advice related to different frameworks and indicators in the NTP M&E Plan.
- Accomplish other tasks related to monitoring and evaluation as per the need of programme as assigned by NTP manager.
- Duration of Assignment
4 months contract, dependent on performance
- Required Competencies
In addition to the above, the successful candidate is expected to demonstrate the following competencies:
- Excellent data analytical skills and interpretation. S/he must have ability to write clearly and concisely and have sound quantitative and qualitative skills.
- Ability to use data to critically assess the performance of health systems or Programme, to identify key challenges and solutions.
- Experience in project management, managing and capacitating other personnel under s/he supervision.
- Lead and Innovate – encourages and works with others to identify, incubate, and implement relevant solutions.
- Possess excellent technical skills in socio-economic research and programme and project performance assessment.
- Familiarity with latest development in monitoring and evaluation practices
- Strong communication and facilitation skills and ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders in a sensitive environment. S/he must be able to respond quickly to requests for information.
- S/he must demonstrate strong interpersonal and motivational skills and sensitivity to the different environment as well as the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Shares new insights based on in- depth understanding of the Ministry of Health and recommends solutions for current and future needs.
- Experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences/Demography/Statistic and Postgraduate diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation will be an added advantage.
- Five years Minimum working experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of TB and HIV Programmes
- Minimum three years working experience in Monitoring and Evaluation in the Public Health field.
- Minimum three years working experience in donor funded Programmes
Application Instructions
- Submission – Interested Candidates should submit applications accompanied by detailed CVs and certified copies of their academic and training certificates, certified copy of their National Identity Card and full names and contact details of 3 Referees.
- Applications MUST be submitted by email ONLY to [email protected]. Applications Must be submitted on or before 12h00 on 8th December 2023. Late submissions shall not be considered.
Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted within two weeks from submission deadline. If you do not receive a call and email from us, consider application not successful.