Position in New Delhi: M&E Advisor, JSI

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The LINK Program

Position Description: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ADVISOR

(JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc)

Job Summary:

The Monitoring & Evaluation (M & E) Advisor is a full-time position and

will be based in the Delhi office. The M & E Specialist's primary

responsibilities are to organize and coordinate data collection and

analysis, and interpret and report on project results to stakeholders at all

levels of the LINK Program. Evaluation and monitoring activities will be

designed to enable program managers in the field to identify problems and their

causes, and improve overall program performance.

Monitoring and evaluation activities will provide USAID and the

community of cooperating agencies with a record of progress,

effectiveness, and lessons learned.

The Monitoring & Evaluation (M & E) Advisor is under the direct

supervision of the Chief of Party.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Develop an overall M & E plan for the program;

· Generate and implement annual M & E workplans;

· Provide decision-makers with accurate, practical, and

useful information (both quantitative and qualitative) in a consistent, timely,

and cost-effective manner;

· Establish and maintain a " user-friendly " monitoring system

to track routine service statistics and other indicators of service

provision and use from projects supported by the program;

· Document and present program results and lessons learned to

USAID, the Chief of Party, clients, and other stakeholders;

· Assist staff in developing appropriate objectives and

indicators to measure effects of interventions;

· Build lasting local capacity in M & E by training

host-country partners to facilitate use of M & E data for program

improvement;

· Train in-country partners in the use of simple methods

(e.g., data extraction from routine statistics and records, exit

interviews) to measure indicators and identify progress and problems;

provide additional TA in the use of methods and tools;

· Assist in the implementation of baseline studies for the

program, and any follow up surveys or studies that are required;

· Provide M & E technical assistance to all program staff and

programs.

Qualifications and Experience:

· Advanced degree in health and/or population sciences;

· 10 years experience in international HIV/AIDS projects in a

technical capacity; preferably including several years with USAID-funded

projects;

· Demonstrated applied skills in M & E methods and use of data

for service strengthening projects/programs;

· Experience in the evaluation of integrated HIV/AIDS

programs, including programs with other relevant services such as

HIV/AIDS-related prevention, treatment, care and support;

· Demonstrated leadership working with other technical

experts in M & E and research in the international community and at the

host country level;

· Ability to work in diverse settings with public, private

and NGO sectors;

· Ability to tailor data collection approach to local needs,

interests, and capabilities;

· Ability to convey M & E results to non-technical stakeholders

and generate interest in the use of M & E data/results for programmatic

improvements;

· Demonstrated capacity to oversee development/implementation

of work plans, reports and presentations;

· Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, supervisory,

communications and mentoring skills.

Salary comensurate with experience.

Please send CV by August 30 to

Fullem - andrew_fullem@...

<mailto:andrew_fullem@...> .

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