About: Society for Family Health (SFH) is a Zambian Trust, affiliated with the international NGO, Population Services International, and is a leading social marketing organization in Zambia, employing over 300 staff members in 16 offices around Zambia. SFH creates demand for essential health products and services by using private sector marketing techniques and innovative communications campaigns to motivate positive changes in health behavior. On the supply side, SFH works with the commercial sector to increase the availability of these products and services at prices that are affordable to at-risk populations. In Zambia, SFH social markets products and services for family planning, maternal and child health, and the prevention of AIDS and malaria.
Position Overview: The M&E Specialist will support database and tool development under the supervision of the Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager. The M&E Unit supports the Programs teams in improving data collection, analysis, and learning activities to help ensure accountability and efficiency from start to finish for all programs and projects, both new and established throughout SFH. The Specialist may be assigned to focus on specific grants or projects that have the greatest need for database tools that can track service provision to beneficiaries over time as well as the location of clients by decimal GPS coordinates. Such databases must respond to all information requirements of the concerned program and should be able to generate useful and accurate reports.
Additionally, s/he may be asked to create other data collection and management tools as assigned by the Head- R, M&E Manager or the Director Health Services.
Responsibilities:
1) System Development
1) System Development
- Assist M&E Manager in clarifying project information needs of Program staff based on observed and reported use of information
- Support project/program staff on ways to properly document, organize and capture program progress
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and management systems and propose solutions in cooperation with the M&E Manager
2) Data Management and Analysis
- Construct Microsoft Access databases and other data collection tools and revise them under the supervision of the Head R, M&E Manager
- Pilot tools in collaboration with Program staff and assess their compatibility with field conditions to ensure tools are as user friendly yet powerful as possible
- Ensure that data queries are addressed in an accurate and timely manner
3) Capacity Building – Train Program and M&E staff in operation of drafted tools as necessary
4) Implementation of other new innovations that the volunteer feels are going to help the organization in terms of data management and safety
Required Skills and Experience:
- University courses in information technology, computer science, data management or other relevant academic background
- Strong quantitative analytical skills
- Ability to read, write and understand English
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Detail-oriented and flexible
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, or other related field
- Demonstrated ability to create innovative databases in MS Access and Excel. Ability to work in Visual Basic an advantage.
- Monitoring and Evaluation experience
- Experience living or working in low-resource environments
- Experience with donor funded organizations
- Ability to read, write and understand Nyanja
Living Conditions: Fellows will be provided with housing, health insurance and a living stipend of $650/month. Fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included, including $600 in professional development funds.
*Note: the living stipend and completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the placement organization.
To apply to this position click here: http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/application/
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