The M&E Manager, Community Services will oversee all monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities of the HJFMRI Tanzania SHL Program supported communities. The position will monitor and assess the performance of HIV/AIDS programs and interventions, ensuring alignment with PEPFAR objectives and compliance with reporting requirements. The position is based in Mbeya with frequent travels to Katavi, Rukwa, Songwe, Mbeya and Ruvuma regions and reports to the MEL Director.

Main Roles and Responsibilities
• Develop and implement a comprehensive M&E strategy for the program community services.
• Align M&E activities with PEPFAR priorities and guidelines.
• Coordinate regular reviews of progress towards the achievement of program outcomes and outputs in the program supported community services.
• Oversee the community program data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Perform basic and complex big data analysis and make meaningful interpretations to inform program decision making.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
• Coordinate Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) to validate and improve the quality of data in program supported community services.
• Use data science techniques to proactively identify potential data quality issues before they arise.
• Train and mentor community program staff and partners on M&E best practices, data collection tools, and data reporting.
• Organize workshops and seminars to enhance the M&E skills of the community team.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports for the community services.
• Manage quarterly reporting of PEPFAR monitoring, Evaluation, and reporting indicators into DATIM and IMPACT.
• Liaise with PEPFAR and other stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Share results, lessons learned, and best practices with relevant stakeholders.
• Work closely with community program teams to ensure alignment between M&E activities and program goals.
• Use data to advise on programmatic adjustments and innovations of community services.
• Implement quality assurance processes for data collection and analysis.
• Regularly review and improve community M&E systems and tools.
• Engage with local government, CSOs, NGOs, community groups, and other stakeholders to strengthen M&E systems and build collaborative networks.
• Support the development of community staff capacity to ensure data quality and adherence to reporting requirements.
• Perform any other assignment or duties that may be required to support the general program.

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Health informatics, Information Technology or related field required. Master’s degree in Biostatics, health informatics, data science or related field preferred.
• At least 5 years’ experience in M&E roles (3 years in a leadership role), preferably in PEPFAR funded programs. Large donor experience required. DoD, USAID, or CDC and experience working with international NGOs in a crosscultural setting preferred.
• Proficient in statistical software such as R, SAS, STATA, and SPSS.
• Proficient in Geographical Information System (GIS).
• At least 2-3 years of prior experience with DHIS2 related project or program management
• Experience working on a range of Health Information System domains, including GoT-HoMIS, CTC2 database, Pharmacy module, LMIS and other mobile data collection tools preferred, strong understanding of PEPFAR reporting requirements and guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to write technical documents and create state-of-the-art presentations.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools and software i.e., Tableau, Microsoft Power BI.
• Attention to details and commitment to data integrity is key.
• Ability to travel regularly to project sites to provide technical support to monitoring and evaluation efforts (at least 40% travel time).
• Analytical, problem solving and exceptional organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship skills, including flexibility, diplomacy, intercultural communicative competence, and respect for colleagues.
• Demonstrate high integrity and strong values, including confidentiality.
• Ability to build and maintain sound relationships with multi stakeholders; competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels.
• Ability to multitask, successfully manage work pressure, with minimum supervision.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Ability to meet and communicate schedules and deadlines.
• Demonstrate exceptional professional judgment.