2 USAID Evaluation Officer Job Placements – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)

Organization: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
(EGPAF)
Project Name: USAID Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B) project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Project Coordinator
About US:
The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end pediatric
HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. We
are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15
countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of
HIV to children, and to help those already infected. Today, because of the
highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over the last 25
years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States and
new infections in children have declined by 58% worldwide. EGPAF Uganda Country
program is currently implementing a number of projects in partnership with
various donors.
About USAID SL@B Project:
The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is implementing the Saving
Lives at Birth (SL@B) project that aims at development of a Model for National
Scale-up of the Pratt Pouch to Expand Infant Nevirapine prophylaxis in Uganda
to Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV, and Save Infant Lives. The
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), the Ugandan Ministry of
Health (MOH) and Pratt Pouch Consulting will be introducing and scaling up the
Pratt Pouch in Uganda’s ANC, delivery, and PNC services. To build an effective
model for national scale-up, the project will utilize the Pratt Pouch as an
improved infant ARV prophylaxis delivery mechanism to improve dosing accuracy
and expand NVP access to HIV-exposed infants in up to 20 districts to decrease
the number of HIV-infected infants at six weeks of age.
Job Summary: The Evaluation Officer will support the Project
Coordinator through steering the planning and implementation of the
evaluation-activities under the Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B) project activities.
The incumbent will work closely with MOH and implementing partners to develop
and implement robust evaluation activities in the project supported districts;
and coordinate capacity building activities high end data management processes
to inform the evaluations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The Evaluation Officer will set-up site level
    high data quality data management systems.
  • Support the Data Enter Officer to ensure
    timely and accurate entry of data into the project electronic databases.
  • Offer timely support in analyzing and writing
    of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic district
    performance reports and their submission in stipulated deadlines
  • Render support in data auditing and
    verification to assure internal consistency and validity of project
    activity monitoring data reported
  • Assist in data analysis, review and
    interpretation to inform program implementation
  • Provide support in the coordination and
    execution of events in the department such as, organizational and project learning
    by developing, collecting and disseminating relevant information on
    monitoring, evaluation and research.
  • Work in liaison with the project coordinator,
    the monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure timely data collection,
    implementation of project evaluation activities.
  • Actively contribute to writing of the various
    evaluation protocols required during the project implementation cycle.
  • Coordinate IRB approval process, collaborate
    with the global research team to leverage global expertise and share experiences.
  • Identify and document lessons learnt during
    the course of implementation of the project that will contribute to
    understanding the health workers perception, acceptability, forecast and
    quantification, dispensing and use of the repackaged infant Nevirapine.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant for the USAID SL@B Project Evaluation
    Officer should hold a degree in Epidemiology, MD or similar advanced
    degree in public health, maternal child health or HIV related health
    science.
  • A minimum of five years of professional
    experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
  • At least three years’ experience in clinical
    or implementation/operations research and evaluation required.
  • Proven experience in providing technical
    support to health professionals in evaluation design, quantitative,
    qualitative, and/or operations/implementation research methodologies, and
    study implementation in developing countries.
  • Excellent analytical skills in relation to
    developing tools, methods and approaches to research and evaluation. 
  • Excellent
    organizational skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and provide
    quality deliverables according to established deadlines.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of current
    HIV, PMTCT, MNCH, HIV care and treatment.
  • Experience in working for an international
    NGO in developing countries.
  • Working knowledge of USAID procedures, rules
    and regulations.
  • Working knowledge of protection of human
    subjects in research and ethics regulations to ensure compliance with all
    local and international requirements.
  • Excellent working knowledge of major
    databases and analytical programs including MySQL, Visual Basic, MS
    access, MS excel, STATA, SPSS and Epi Data, and GIS.
  • Demonstrated experience in the development of
    research proposals and management of research in developing countries.
  • Excellent organizational skills, with ability
    to prioritize, take initiative and follow-through.
  • Extensive knowledge of the Uganda health
    sector.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their
applications to this address;
The
Country Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Plot 18A
Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 23rd May 2016
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