• Plan and implement M&E activities in the approved work plan under the guidance of the Project Manager.
• Work with Malaria Consortium country office technical team and Bauchi states M&E Specialists to update the forms used for the Sokoto and Bauchi pilots on SMC-VAS co-implementation to enable proper data/information collection, collation, analysis and reporting.
• Support the digitization of the SMC-VAS co-implementation exercise in Bauchi states.

• Plan regular data quality assessments, and ensure the completeness, consistency and validity of distribution data.
• Ensure the timely submission of high-quality programmatic progress update and the validation of such at the end of each co-implemented cycle according to the microplan and targets.
• Work with Supply Chain Officer, Cluster Supervisors and Field Officers to facilitate the documentation of activities in form of reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference.
• Provide direct technical assistance and capacity building for state and LGA level implementers in the design and implementation of SMC-VAS M&E activities.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols with support from country office and advisors.
• Participates in regular documentation of lessons learnt on SPAQ-VAS distribution by the project.
• Represent MC and make presentations at professional meetings and conferences related to Monitoring, Evaluation and research, including monthly end-of-cycle review meetings.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Essential:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Epidemiology, Statistics, Public Health or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years post qualification and at least 2 years’ experience working in a research role with an excellent understanding of operational research approaches.
• Demonstrable knowledge of and experience in implementing research studies, including the design of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools.
• Good qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills.
• Previous public health sector experience in sub-Saharan Africa countries.
• Familiarity with Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) in low and middle-income countries and packages, e.g. DHIS2.
• Strong writing skills with at least one publication in an international peer-reviewed journal.

Desirable:

• Significant knowledge in communicable disease control, particularly malaria.
• Previous experience in providing M&E technical support in the implementation of mass campaign such as Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention – SMC/ Insecticide-Treated Nets-ITN
• Experience in working effectively with government and non-government partners.

Work-based skills:

Essential:

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team, including with Ministries of Health and/or other government partners.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent statistical analysis skills including familiarity with software such as STATA, R or Statgraphics, CSPro, Power BI, Atlas ti, NVIVO and GIS mapping skills as a plus.
• Results-oriented attitude to work and competency in reviewing, understanding and synthesizing data.
• Practical organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and re-prioritize when necessary to meet tight deadlines.
• Able to travel to SMC supported states to support OR activities or other data collection activities.
• Excellent command of English with excellent writing and communication skills and the ability to present information in clear, concise, and compelling ways.
• Computer literacy, including high degree of skills in MS Office and Stata.