Vacancy title:
Senior Advisor, Health Management Information System and Monitoring & Evaluation
Jobs at:
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Deadline of this Job:
16th November, 2018
Duty Station:
Tanzania
Summary
Date Posted: 31st October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time
Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Since its founding in 1971, MSH has worked in over 150 countries with policy makers, health professionals, and health care consumers to improve the quality, availability and affordability of health services. Working with governments, donors, non governmental organizations, the private sector, and health agencies, MSH responds to priority health problems such as HIV & AIDS; tuberculosis; malaria; maternal, newborn and child health; family planning and reproductive health; and chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and lung and heart disease. Through strengthening capacity, investing in health systems innovation, building the evidence base, and advocating for sound public health policy, MSH is committed to making a lasting difference in global health.
JOB DETAILS:
Overview
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and Medford, Massachusetts US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
In 2016 Management Sciences for Health (MSH) was awarded a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide technical assistance to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC) and public health institutions (PHIs). Through this CDC-funded Technical Support Services Project (TSSP), MSH supports the MOHCDGEC and PHIs to continuously improve the health system required to achieve and sustain HIV epidemic control in Tanzania. TSSP provides support in four areas including: Health Management Information System (HMIS) with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E); Client-level Data Systems (CLDS); Human Resources for Health (HRH); and Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (QA/QI).
The aim of the HMIS/M&E area is to improve quality of health systems, data, analysis, dissemination and use of data to enhance evidence-based decision making at various government administrative levels.
The Senior HMIS/M&E Advisor will lead the project M&E activities including systems development and implementation, strategy and guidance document development, capacity building, quantitative and qualitative data analyses, program evaluation, and routine program monitoring activities, to provide the needed advisory and capacity building support to the MOHCDGEC and PHIs and to meet the CDC development assistance goals in Tanzania.
S/he will also maximize synergy and integration of HMIS/M&E with the other project’s work streams (Client-Level Data Systems; Human Resources for Health; and Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement).
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
EEO Statement
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.
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