UNICEF Community Health Monitoring and Evaluation (National Consultancy) Jobs in South Sudan
UNICEF Community Health Monitoring and Evaluation (National Consultancy) Jobs in South Sudan
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Responsibilities
Ministry of Health, M&E Department is supported with the coordination, review, planning, development and management of its community health information strategies and interventions
Provide operational guidance and inputs to review and streamline existing draft data collection and reporting mechanisms and to formulate strategies to improve community health information management in the context of South Sudan.
Liaise with other development and civil society agencies to enhance sub-national coordination in the execution of CHMIS strengthening.
Manage data on CHMIS indicators concerning RMNCH, nutrition and quality of care indicators requiring regular reporting (e.g. quarterly) and establish a system to provide routine oversight
Review and adapt the tools and SOPs for the community health information management system and test for timely data collection, reporting, analysis, and utilization.
Supports the integration of community health indicators in the current DHIS 1.4, disaggregated from health facility data and support the on-going transition process to DHIS
Oversight of the scale-up and implementation of health information strategies and interventions
Identify barriers and implement corrective actions for timely information collection, collation, analysis, reporting and utilization and work with County medical officers, State MOH officials and partners to develop appropriate supportive strategies, including for advocacy
Provide technical support on the review and development of community health information strategies and interventions appropriate to different state contexts
Capacity building of relevant health staff for decentralized community health information management and use, including the roll-out of DHIS 1.4 with integrated community information aspect and adoption of DHIS2 state-wide
Maintain up to date knowledge and information and disseminate widely in the state and national levels
Review and provide quality assurance related to consistency, technical quality and appropriateness of communication materials and reports that are developed, and disseminated to various stakeholders
Support to improve health information management for both emergency and development contexts in South Sudan
Assess National level health information coordination mechanism with government and development partners and make recommendations
Assist in collection and analysis of integrated data including health, nutrition and HIV, which is sex and age disaggregated where possible, to better inform tailored responses.
Participate in national and sub-national information sharing/coordination as appropriate to ensure inter-sectoral inputs are consolidated and well reflected in activities and interventions
Assist in strengthening partnerships with other UN and development agencies engaged in CHMIS strengthening in the Country.
Provide inputs to UNICEF country office team to reinforce their line ministry departments and multi-sectoral emergency fora for planning and adaptation of policy
guidelines related to CHMIS.
Capacity development support on CHMIS at National, State and county levels
Assist in review of national capacity to monitor the health situation and report on it
Assist in capacity development initiatives for State and County health department and partners’ staff and other UNICEF colleagues in integrated community health information management
Organize as appropriate learning and knowledge exchange sessions on CHMIS technical issues to national and sub-national level staff
Conduct field monitoring and provide technical support to government counterparts on establishing, strengthening and maintaining CHMIS.
Monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management for health information systems at sub-national level
Develop a dashboard to enable monitoring on BHI programme (using data from the CHMIS) at national level
Document, analyse and review data to ensure compliance and achievement of the national health department’s BHI/HMIS objectives
In coordination with the M&E department, build capacities for data collection, reporting, collation, analysis, feedback and use of information.
Recommend corrective actions and monitor improvement, when necessary, to achieve BHI/HMIS objectives
Contribute to and ensure high quality of (automated) monitoring reports in accordance with the established guidelines, methods and procedures
Support dissemination and ensure exchange and sharing of experiences, lessons learned, and promising practices using innovative methods.
Monitoring and reporting of BHI activities
Work closely with the State Ministries and County departments of Health to monitor, analyse, and report progress on the implementation and scale-up of BHI services, the identification and reduction of bottlenecks, and the assessment of programme interventions to reach deprived population more effectively.
Map out available resources from all partners and clearly identify funding gaps that partners can use for resource mobilization
Support coordination and organize quarterly/midyear and end of year National BHI review meetings and support subnational MOH to organize mid/end of year BHI review meetings any other tasks, as required by the supervisor
Requirements
A University Degree in epidemiology, public health, community health, global/international health, health management, health research, health policy and/or management, or other health related sciences is required.
At least 3 years of relevant work experience at national/sub-national level in community health/public health analysis, planning, programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health and nutrition programmes.
Relevant experience in community health information management, monitoring and evaluation, health surveillance, health assessments/surveys at state and country level
Background/familiarity with emergency response, preparedness and disaster risk reduction.
Familiarity and expertise with computer software applications, including word processing, spreadsheet and corporate software packages
Advanced Degree and work experience with a Civil Society and UN system agency/organization is an asset.
Fluency in English (verbal and written) and Juba Arabic
Knowledge of the local languages in South Sudan an asset.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 6th September, 2019
For more information and job application details, see; UNICEF Community Health Monitoring and Evaluation (National Consultancy) Jobs in South Sudan
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