Job advertisement for the position of Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer for the Project Elimination of Mosquito Borne and Endemic Disease (EMBED) – Maharashtra
Job title : Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Job code : SAATHII/Godrej-EMBED/SMEO/1026/721
Employing organisation : Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHII)
Project : Elimination of Mosquito Borne and Endemic Disease (EMBED)
Location : Nagpur
Date of Issue : 13-10-2026
Closing Date : 21-10-2026
About SAATHII: Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHII) is a nationally recognized not-for-profit organization established in 2002, working to advance equitable access to healthcare, justice, and social protection for vulnerable and marginalized communities across India. Headquartered in Chennai with 7 offices across the country, SAATHII partners with government agencies, civil society organizations, communities, academic institutions, and development partners to strengthen health systems and implement evidence-based programmes in infectious diseases, maternal and child health, community systems strengthening, and public health. Through technical assistance, capacity building, research, advocacy, knowledge management, and programme implementation, SAATHII supports national and state priorities to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities.
About Project: SAATHII is implementing an integrated malaria and dengue prevention and control project across seven high-burden geographies in Maharashtra, including the districts of Gadchiroli, Gondia, Chandrapur, and Palghar, and the Municipal Corporations of Brihanmumbai (BMC), Thane, and Kalyan-Dombivli. The project aims to reduce malaria and dengue-related morbidity and mortality by strengthening disease surveillance, early diagnosis, case management, integrated vector management, community engagement, and health system capacities. The intervention is aligned with the National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME), the National Strategic Plan for Integrated Vector Management (2024–2030), and the Maharashtra State Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, supporting evidence-based, sustainable, and community-centred approaches to accelerate malaria elimination and strengthen dengue prevention and control.
The key roles and responsibilities of the position are as follows:
1. Lead the implementation of the project's Monitoring and Evaluation framework.
2. Lead the development and refinement of work plans using data-driven insights and stakeholder consultations.
3. Support the design, field testing, and finalization of data collection tools and formats.
4. Provide technical support to the team to strengthen data collection, validation, and use for improving programme performance.
5. Oversee project monitoring, supportive supervision, and performance review systems, ensuring regular field monitoring visits, timely identification of implementation gaps, and development of corrective action plans.
6. Oversee end-to-end data management, including data quality assurance, validation, reconciliation, and analysis across project geographies.
7. Oversee digital platforms and dashboards used for real-time monitoring of malaria and dengue suspected cases, including positive case tracking.
8. Guide the implementation of digital innovations, including GIS-based hotspot surveillance, AI-supported disease intelligence, mobile reporting platforms, dashboard-based programme monitoring, and data-driven decision-making systems.
9. Consolidate and quality-check data from Block/Ward Coordinators, field staff, and ASHAs on fever surveillance, case detection, and treatment linkage.
10. Support the Project Manager to prepare timely, accurate, and high-quality reporting to organizational leadership, donors, and government stakeholders, including periodic performance reports and dashboards.
11. Liaise with district health authorities, and Maharashtra State Public Health Department for data alignment and validation.
12. Represent SAATHII and the project at national, state, district, donor, technical, and policy-level meetings, consultations, workshops, and review forums.
13. Foster a culture of teamwork, innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and results-oriented programme management across the project.
14. Undertake any other responsibilities assigned by the organization to support the successful implementation of malaria and dengue prevention and control initiatives.
Qualifications and skills:
1. Master's degree in Public Health, Health Management, Epidemiology, Statistics, Community Medicine, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or another relevant discipline.
2. Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in in monitoring, evaluation, data management, and reporting, preferably in public health or development programmes.
3. Experience in designing and implementing M&E systems, frameworks, indicators, tools, and data collection mechanisms for health programmes.
4. Strong experience in health programme data management, including data collection, validation, cleaning, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.
5. Experience in developing and monitoring programme indicators, targets, results frameworks, logframes, and performance monitoring plans.
6. Strong skills in quantitative data analysis and interpretation using Excel and statistical/data analysis software such as SPSS, Stata, R, or equivalent.
7. Experience in developing MIS/dashboard systems and using digital platforms for routine programme monitoring and reporting.
8. Ability to conduct data quality assessments (DQAs), supportive supervision, data verification, and data quality improvement activities.
9. Experience working with Government health programmes and systems, including state and district health authorities, municipal corporations, and other government stakeholders.
10. Experience working with National Health Mission (NHM), NCVBDC, State Vector Borne Disease Control Programmes will be an added advantage.
11. Strong technical understanding of disease surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, epidemiology, public health programme management, and health systems strengthening.
12. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are essential. Proficiency in Marathi is mandatory, and working knowledge of Hindi will be an added advantage for effective coordination with field team and communities.
13. Willingness to travel extensively across Project implementation districts in Maharashtra and undertake regular field visits to for monitoring, and quality assurance.
14. Ability to work independently and as a team player in a complex, multicultural environment
Remuneration: Salary will be commensurate with skills, qualifications, years ‘of experience, and current pay scale.
How to Apply:
Please click the link for apply: https://form.jotform.com/262031005033436
SAATHII seeks qualified and experienced applicants who can work in a multicultural environment with diverse teams of people from diverse religious and language backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities. SAATHII provides a secular working environment and does not discriminate based on HIV or health status, religious or community affiliations, gender, or sexual orientation. Qualified applicants who are HIV-affected, women, and/or belonging to sexual/gender minority populations, People living with HIV, TB Champions, women and individuals belonging to other vulnerable groups are encouraged to apply.
SAATHII provides a secular working environment and does not discriminate based on HIV or health status, religious or community affiliations, gender, or sexual orientation.