Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 07 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation (BMF) is a non- profit Trust, established in 2006 with the vision towards healthy lives and well-being for all, in Tanzania and the rest of Africa. Its strategic mission is to innovate sustainable and resilient health and related system solutions for equitable health outcomes. BMF’s Vision and Mission can be achieved through empowered workforce, which is self-motivated, committed to growth and integrity, and the one who seeks excellence in execution. BMF seeks for innovative, self-driven, dynamic, and competent qualified candidates to fill the below five (5) vacancies:

Position Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Manager
Reports to: Director of Strategy Performance Management
Department: Strategy and Performance Management
Duty Station: Head Office -Dar es Salaam

Overall Purpose of the Job:
Reporting to the Director of Strategy and Performance Management, the MERL manager is responsible for developing and implement M&E frameworks for BMF programs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives, Oversee the collection of relevant data through various methodologies and tools. Analyse data to provide insights into program performance, identify trends, and assess impact. Develop and implement research strategies to enhance the evidence based for BMF programs. Conduct studies and research projects to inform decision-making and program improvement. Create a culture of learning within the organization by developing and implementing systems for knowledge sharing, lesson learning, and adaptive management.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Key Output 1: Program Development and Planning:
• Participates in the development of programs and projects, ensuring integration of appropriate monitoring and evaluation components.
• Develops a detailed Annual Institutional Plan outlining strategic goals, objectives, and action steps for health intervention initiatives.
• Ensures each project has clear logic models and a robust Theory of Change to guide implementation.

Key Output 2: Baseline, Assessment, and Evaluation.
• Conducts planning and implementation of Baselines, Assessments, and Evaluations to enhance performance measurement and learning.
• Monitors the progress of institutional programmatic implementation against established milestones and adjusts for successful outcomes.
• Develops a comprehensive set of key performance indicators (KPIs) aligning with program goals for clear impact understanding.
• Defines, tracks, and reports project outcomes and impact indicators according to the established monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Facilitates capacity-building on M&E for timely and quality data collection, management, and utilization.

Key Output 3: Monitoring and Analysis:
• Provides management and technical leadership for monitoring systems and tools, ensuring effective outcomes and results management.
• Analyses changes and patterns in KPI data and performance reports, making recommendations to Director and Program Officers.

Key Output 4: Learning and Improvement:
• Prepares clear and concise program reports highlighting achievements and lessons learned for internal and external stakeholders.
• Regularly reviews program outcomes and lessons learned to identify improvement areas and implement necessary changes.
• Organizes learning and adaptation workshops for staff to review data, identify lessons learned, and adjust project strategies.

Key Output 5: Reporting and Data Management:
• Ensures timely submission of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual project progress reports, detailing achievements, and challenges.
• Designs and delivers training workshops to enhance the MEL skills of project staff, enabling effective tracking and analysis of outcomes.
• Monitors and tracks project indicators as defined in the M&E framework, collecting, and entering data
into the M&E database within set timelines.

Qualifications and Experience:
a) Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Biostatistics, Doctor of Medicine, Social Science in Research Methods, Health Informatics or equivalent. A master’s degree in the following field will be an added advantage: Monitoring and Evaluation, Data Science, Statistics, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Social Science in Research Methods, Business Administration.
b) Over 5 years’ experience working in M&E field, research, public health, and project management. c) Critical Thinking skills
d) Understanding of Program implementation procedures
e) Communications and negotiation skills
f) Analytical abilities
g) Project management skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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