Position: Senior Officer / Advisor-Monitoring Evaluation Research
Program: HRH
Location: Delhi
Reporting to: Associate Director and Country Lead
Grade: 6/7
About the Organisation
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization and an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, dedicated to improving the health of women and families in developing countries. For over 50 years, it has focused on providing high-quality, low-cost health care solutions, training health workers, and strengthening health systems. Jhpiego has been working in India since the 1980s in close partnership with national and state governments. With deep technical expertise and strong on-the-ground execution, Jhpiego helps design, test, and scale practical solutions and innovations that fit real-world systems across 11 thematic domains (Maternal and Newborn Health, Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Immunization, Comprehensive Primary Health Care, Human Resources for Health, TB and Infectious Diseases, Global Health Security, Women's Cancers, Non-Communicable Diseases, Digital Health).
About the Position :
Jhpiego is hiring for the position of Senior Officer/Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research based at New Delhi. The position will work closely with the state office teams and India country office team for implementation of the project MER plans. The projects focus on strengthening Human Resources for Health (HRH) programs, including through the generation of evidence and data-driven insights. The position will report to the Associate Director and Country Lead, MERL, Jhpiego.
Roles and Responsibilities :
• Develop MER plans for Human resources for Health (HRH) projects with guidance from supervisor and the project management team.
• Implement the MER plans with guidance from supervisor and the program management team.
• Support harmonization of MER approaches across HRH projects to enhance comparability, efficiency, and aggregation of results at portfolio and organizational levels.
• Support evaluation, research and learning activities under the project – developing research protocols, drafting determination request forms, developing data collection tools, drafting other research related documents and managing IRB submissions.
• Provide strategic MERL inputs to organizational planning and new proposal development efforts, ensuring evidence-driven design and alignment with the organization’s mission and vision.
• Ensure quality, consistency and adherence to best practices for M&E across the program, including data quality use in the reports.
• Record and report progress against all indicators as per the MER plan and steer the process of designing the tools for such progress reports.
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of MER plan and to identify where adaptations might be needed.
• Support field offices in data quality checks, documentation and analyzing reports for dissemination
• Prepare reports on M&E findings as required, working closely with supervisor, program team and the donors.
• Support in documentation of various project results & processes, and development of success stories and fact sheets for strategic sharing and dissemination.
• Draw up Terms of References (TORs) for partner organizations/learning partners to support specific project research studies with guidance of supervisor and program team.
• Coordinate with partner organizations/learning partners during engagement with them.
• Build the capacity of program staff, partners, and government counterparts in monitoring, evaluation, research methodologies, and data use.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor to achieve the project goals.
Qualifications and Experience :
• Master’s in public health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics/Population Studies, Health Management or related subjects
• At least five years of relevant professional experience of working with public health programs/ organizations especially in the field of Monitoring, Evaluation and Research related activities.
• Understanding of Global Health and development approaches with willingness to learn the technical side of program implementation.
• Experience with digital platforms for Monitoring, Evaluation and Research would be an added advantage.
• Prior experience in HRH related programs/interventions would be an added advantage.
Skills and Competencies :
• Ability to analyze.
• Ability to produce documents and reports of professional quality and coordinate activities independently.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Hindi required.
• Computer skills demonstrate competency in MS Office Suite and at least one statistical package such as SPSS or STATA.
• Experience in designing and conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
• Ability to multitask and work in a multi-cultural team.
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with other team members, agencies, stakeholders and other organizations.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer and offers highly dynamic and enabling work environment.
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package. Women candidates will be preferred. Please find the link below to apply:
https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/7796/senior-officer---advisor-monitoring-evaluation-research/job
Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will receive a response from Jhpiego HR .