Infectious Diseases Institute

Background:

The mission of the Infeolious, Disease, Institute (IDI) is to build capacity of health systems In Africa with strong emphesls on Infectious diseases through research, end capacity development.lDI has five operational areas, through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treaiment; Training, Research and Laboratory services (provided through a partnership with the Makerere University-John Hopkins University Core Lab) and Outreach.

The Ugandan Academy for Health Innovation and Impact (The Academy) is one of the programs housed within the IDI. The Academy was formed after a MOU between several partners including Uganda Ministry of Health, IDI, Jonssen, the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson and Johnson, and the Johnson and Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust in 2015.

The Academy's mission is to urgently and demonstrably improve health outcomes for people living with or being affected by HIV and TB through a range of carefully focused interventions combining apllied relevant research resulting in improved national Policy/guidelines, and associated training and systematic ongoing support.

The Academy will manage funding for projects in clinical development, operational research and capacity building. Primary focus will be HIV/TB, with the potential to expand to maternal and child health. The academy is managed by a Board and supported by a Secretariat, which is closely connected to the Infectious Diseases Institute and headed by a Program Director and Program Manager.

The Ugandan Academy for Health Innovation and Impact is an independent group of health expersts who collaborate in an open innovation spirit to tackle health problems specific to Uganda. The Ugandan Academy was established as part of the Connect for Life program of Janssen Global Public Health (part of the Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies) and receives funding through the Johnson and Johnson Corporate Citizenhip Trust.

In order to implement the Academy activities, IDI is seeking to recruit someone for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer as follows

General Summary:

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) specialist is expected to play a key role in guiding the Academy staff and other relevant stakeholders involved in the implementation of the M&E system

Key Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Program Manager of the Academy, aciting in close cooperation with the IDI Head of M&E, and other M&E technical experts, the specific duties of the M&E specialist are:

1. Assit in the review, design, coordination and updatee of the Academy performance framework, collabratively with the relevant stakeholders;
2. Develop and design the approved Academy M&E system including assisting in supervising and quality checking the development of the prescribed database programming (Optimy system), and conducting trainings on the system
3. Implement the M&E system including drawing up and M&E action plan that specifies the responsibilities of implementing partners for prescribed deliverables, inlcuding timelines
4. Post implementation follow-up actions indluing drwaing up an M&E action plan that specifies the responsbilities of implementing partners for prescibed deliverables including timelines
5. Establish priorities for annual work plans in cooperations with the program coordinators; and compile and consolidate the proposed annual rolling work plans for project implementations
6. Provide technical assiatance where necessary to all Academy partners (including sub grantees) in data collection, data management and information management for decision making
7. Coordinate the collection of performance data from all Academy-related work plan activities
8. Assist with the design and conduct of special evaluation surveys for the Academy and implementing partners;
9. Coordination and prodution of periodic reports on the Academy implementation and performance;
10. Preparation and presentation of the annual performance reports on the Academy to key stakeholders as required
11. Act as a resource on global 'best practices' Induding documenting lessons learned in the design and Implementation of an M&E system for dissemination both nationally and globally
12. Develop and prepare an eledronic repository of quality intellectual resources for easy retrieval by the Academy sIl!I! end other stakeholders.

Key expected reults/ Outputs (Year 1)

• Aquality M&e system in operation, facilitating effective implementation of the Academy program
• An M&E plan in place, providing direction and overall guidance to implementing partners in the delivery of agreed outputs
• Capacity built within the Academy and implementing partners to effectively manage and operate the overall M&E system; the Optimy M&E system and the reporting frameworks
• All necessary resource materials and manuals prepared for M&E trainings programs and capacity development initiatives
• Regular performance reporting of high quality to relevant bodies such as the board Janssen Global Public Health and the Johnson and Johnson Corportae Citizenship Trust and Implementing stakeholders
• An electornic despository of intellectual resources, best pratices and lessons learnt studies in the area of M&E and work plan implementation
• Effective implementation of the Academy programs

Reporting

The M&E specialist will report to the Programm Manager with regular (e.g weekly) briefs on the status of assigned tasks. The incumbent will also prepare quartely reports on progress made in realizing the objectives and outputs of the assignment. At the end of the first year, the specialist will prepare an annual report focusing on the results and achievements against the above-cited outputs/results

Required skills and experince

• The incumbent is expected to possess the following qualifications
• Post-graduate degree in Stattistics, Social Sciences, Demography or Public Health
• Post graduate training in M&E principles and concepts will be an advantage
• At least three year's work experince in the design and or implementation of an M&E system, preferably in the public sector.
• Experince in conducting training sessions, including facilitation skills
• Very strong planning system development and organizational skills including results orientation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in English
• Fully proficient in the following software aplliciations: Word Excel and Powerpoint

To apply:

Qualified and intrested persons who wish to apply may hand-deliver their application letter with a detailed CV, naming two professional referees to:

The Manager, Human Resources
Infectious Diseases Institute
Knowledge Center
Makerere University, Main Campus
College of Health Sciences, Makerere Univeristy
P.O.Box 22418, Kampala
hr@idi.co.ug

Deadline for receipt of applications is Monday June 20 2016
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted