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• Develop a strategy of measuring UHMG
  programs’ impact in terms of effectiveness of supported interventions,
  coverage of targeted populations, and identify efficient models for
  replication nationally and in other regions experiencing similar national
  health and social economic profile.
• Lead in the publication of UHMG results
  and best practices across all service sectors, and particularly ensure
  that UHMG subscribes and contributes to key journals and publications.
• Work with the HIV/AIDS team to develop
  research objectives for HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs to increase
  prospects for their increased effectiveness and impact, through
  identification of barriers to services scale up and sustained utilisation,
  pilot testing of new innovations and scale up plans for feasible options.
• Support the Maternal and Child Health
  (MCH) sector to prioritize programs activities in line with evidence from
  researches carried out internally and reviews of other established
  authorities.
• Design and implement operational
  researches to identify barriers to sustainable MCH services utilisation,
  design pilots on new innovative strategies to overcome identified barriers
  and develop a scale up plan for the delivery of these services.
• In collaboration with the Reproductive
  Health team, identify research themes to analyze current issues that limit
  full utilisation of FP services to address the unmet need for family
  planning and other service delivery gaps in the reproductive health
  services, and develop a plan to scale up identified best practices, after
  promising/successful pilot tests.
• Offer technical support the Malaria
  Program team to identify key research themes for scale up of malaria
  prevention services and case management services uptake. Key areas
  include the extent of use of preventive measures; LLITN and IRS, as well
  as adherence to malaria case management guidelines; lab testing for suspected
  malaria fever and adherence to prescription guidelines by both providers
  and clients.
• Work with the Communications team to guide
  the design and implementation of evidence-based interventions, and
  incorporate activities on monitoring and evaluation frameworks with key
  benchmarks to evaluate program outputs and impact.
• Work with the Marketing teams to monitor
  and evaluate the impact of brands promotion activities based on key
  monitoring indicators to monitor specific brands uptakes, customer
  preferences and satisfaction with their use.
• Work with the Product Facility team to
  monitor market penetration of UHMG distributed products, market share, and
  determine strategies to capture and maintain specific products market
  share.  Also work with this team to analyse the cost-benefit of the
  third party logistics services, product sales and distribution.

• The candidate should possess a bachelor’s
  degree in related disciplines (statistics, social sciences, public health)
  with advanced studies (Masters’ level) in epidemiology, research
  methodologies and project management and evaluation. 
• A minimum of three years experience in
  managing a senior research and M&E function. 
• Key competencies required for this
  position include ability to design and implement operational researches
  using different research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative
  methods) to provide information for programs planning, monitoring and
  evaluation of supported interventions.
• Experience in the use of data analysis
  software (SPSS, STATA, Excel, etc) is mandatory.  
• Demonstrable results in previous work
  environment would reinforce claims to this experience.
• Ability to consult, make and implement
  decisions in line with agreed principles and criteria. 
• Display high ethical standards and
  integrity, strong personal values and character.
• Able to think analytically, independently
  and creatively, and have attention to detail.  Must have strong
  leadership and result-oriented skills, and should be meticulous, and able
  to work independently, with objectivity and sound judgment.  
• Have
  self motivation, initiative, hard work orientation and good team
  work/player skills. 
• Organizational and facilitation skills, as
  well as good communication and feedback skills in person and in writing
  (reporting). 
• Ability to simultaneously multi-task while
  handling conflicting priorities, and to stand pressure, observe and work
  under strict deadlines in a multidisciplinary, multidimensional
  organization. 
• Ability to grow in a challenging career
  and to add value to the organization’s strategic goals, and adapt to
  change. 
• Ability to take a proactive approach to
  overcome challenges and achieve results against strategic objectives,
  whilst working within the organization’s core values and beliefs.

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