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Malawi

• Designing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities for development programs, including hands-on practical experience setting up and managing M&E systems.• Collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to measure the performance and impact of existing programs.• Developing methodology, tools/protocols, and implement key informant interviews and focus groups.• Contribute to developing tools for managing and visualizing data.• Developing and monitoring output and outcome indicators.• Serve on evaluation assignments as technical expert.• Writing evaluation reports in accordance with clients and other donor evaluation policies and standards.• Overseeing and providing guidance to evaluation teams including guidance to the team leader and staff on client relations, evaluation activities, on-the-ground logistics, and budgets/expenses.• Contributing technical expertise to new business initiatives including proposal development.• Representing Nascent within professional fora.Supporting proposal development

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

• Designing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities for development programs, including hands-on practical experience setting up and managing M&E systems.• Collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to measure the performance and impact of existing programs.• Developing methodology, tools/protocols, and implement key informant interviews and focus groups.• Contribute to developing tools for managing and visualizing data.• Developing and monitoring output and outcome indicators.• Serve on evaluation assignments as technical expert.• Writing evaluation reports in accordance with clients and other donor evaluation policies and standards.• Overseeing and providing guidance to evaluation teams including guidance to the team leader and staff on client relations, evaluation activities, on-the-ground logistics, and budgets/expenses.• Contributing technical expertise to new business initiatives including proposal development.• Representing Nascent within professional fora.• Supporting proposal development

Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

• Planning, organizing and coordinating monitoring and evaluating activities throughout relevant PCI Malawi.• Supervising, training monitoring evaluation staff and relevant local partners such as CSOs and district level staff.• Leading in designing M&E templates for project and programs.• Contributing recommendations for the implementation of PCI’s on-going programs in line with international best-practices and internal M&E finding.• Identifying programmatic sectors or themes needing further review.• Collaborating with M&E staff, project managers and programs director, and responsible for preparing and ensuring that PCI Malawi’s reports are being submitted on time according to project agreements and the information is accurate according to what is ongoing in the field.• Ensuring that donor and Malawian Government regulations and procedures are followed when carrying out monitoring and evaluation activities.• Involved in the implementation of program evaluations (i.e. base line, mid-term, final evaluations amongst others) necessary for the supervision and donor compliance of PCI Malawi’s programs.• Coordinating with the programs director to ensure that there are complete records of all submitted project reports, and ensures other key documents, such as surveys and evaluations, are also maintained etc. • Co-approving with programs director all donor reports.• Coordinating knowledge management systems and research for PCI Malawi.• Creating PCI Malawi M&E manual as a guide for all M&E activities and creating templates for project M&E manuals.• Developed PCI Malawi M&E system for all projects• Writing of proposals to donors • Configured and implemented EMR system in Malawi Defence Force health facilities

Blantyre Malawi

• Planning, organizing and coordinating monitoring and evaluating activities throughout relevant ADRA Malawi.• Supervising, training monitoring evaluation staff and relevant local partners such as CSOs and district level staff. • Leading in designing M&E templates for project and programs• Contributing recommendations for the implementation of ADRA’s on-going programs in line with international best practices and internal M&E finding• Identifying programmatic sectors or themes needing further review. • Collaborating with M&E staff, project managers and programs director, and responsible for preparing and ensuring that ADRA Malawi’s reports are being submitted on time according to project agreements and the information is accurate according to what is ongoing in the field. • Ensuring that donor and Malawian Government regulations and procedures are followed when carrying out monitoring and evaluation activities. • Involved in the implementation of program evaluations (i.e. base line, mid-term, final evaluations amongst others) necessary for the supervision and donor compliance of ADRA Malawi’s programs. • Coordinating with the programs director to ensure that there are complete records of all submitted project reports, and ensures other key documents, such as surveys and evaluations, are also maintained etc. • Co-approving with programs director all donor reports. • Coordinating knowledge management systems and research for ADRA Malawi.

Lilongwe Malawi

• provide technical assistance across the ONSE portfolio to ensure the quality of M&E and reporting processes.• Compile, analyse and present data for reporting of program progress and impact, and quality assurance to ONSE.• Maintain surveillance of portfolio data compliance and completeness into the M&E reporting system.• Perform quarterly updates to the ONSE Data Portal.• Support MOH counterparts in conducting data quality audits at national level.• Maintain a thorough account of the status of annual work plan completion, submission and approval through an established Work Plan Tracker.• Maintaining and reporting against an account of expected, and completed, portfolio workplans and ONSE Contractual deliverables through an established Deliverables Tracker.• Assisting ONSE to comply with MSH reporting obligations, including Quarterly Scorecard and Total Reach data, as needed.• Working closely with the project management and technical teams to compile and analyse data generated from the implementation of project activities to assess progress towards anticipated results and to produce quarterly reports.• In collaboration with the Knowledge Management (KM) unit, contribute to ONSE's regular and ad hoc reports by illustrating narrative reports with quantitative data and for use on the MSH website and data portal.• Leverage resources to provide institutional capacity building support and on-going coaching and mentoring to beneficiaries in evaluating competency-oriented training• Providing direct technical assistance in M&E as required, including the management of assessments, evaluations, strategic studies, data collection, and analyses.• Provide technical support to MOH counterparts on HMIS data collection, entry and data use for decision making.

Designing databasesdesigning M&E plan, frameworkDesigning data collection toolsdata analysis

Mzuzu

• Designed and implemented evaluation procedures and monitoring tools • Developed, standardized and deployed survey tools and data collection forms to implement monitoring plans effectively. • Conducted monitoring and evaluation exercises for assigned projects and programs. • Conducted baseline surveys and impact study on programs and projects assigned. • Provided technical support for international projects and interim development programs • Trained and inducted local partners to implement programs in line with program objectives. • Improve data management processes in assigned thematic areas. • Coordinate the creation and review of the Program, Design and Learning budget to provide adequate financial resources for evaluations, special studies and assessments. • Provide input into the design, implementation and dissemination of evaluations, special studies and assessments. • Establish and maintain program/indicator M&E databases aligned to the TP results framework. • Provide leadership in the management of zonal information management system. • Ensure standardization of M&E tools and methodologies across implementing partners • Perform field visits to ensure the quality of program/project data collected and provide guidance • Facilitate the development of AP Household listing and district profiles • reviewing progress reports to ensure high quality reports are submitted on time

Bachelor Of Science In Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science In Management Information Systems, Statistics