Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

mothers2mothers (m2m) is an African primary health care organisation that employs women living with HIV as community health workers across 11 African countries. These “Mentor Mothers” deliver integrated health services at clinics and in communities to ensure everyone, everywhere has access to the services they need to be healthy and stay in care. m2m’s proven, peer-led model is focused on ending HIV, as well as tackling related health challenges that disproportionately impact people living with HIV—such as tuberculosis, cervical cancer, diabetes, and malaria—all with the aim of building a fairer, healthier future. The employment of local women as community health workers means that we are delivering a model that prioritises health care for families who need it most, delivered by women who know them best. To amplify our impact, we also work closely with governments, multilateral, and implementing partners to shape policies and strengthen health systems based on our 20+ years of experience.  

Since we began in 2001, m2m has created jobs for over 12,000 women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and, together, they have reached more than 16 million people with critical health services and education. In 2023, we achieved virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among our enrolled clients for the 10th consecutive year, reaching a 0% transmission rate for the first time—a goal that has driven our work since our creation. Advancing the Global Goals to end AIDS by 2030, we continue to meet or surpassed all of the ambitious UNAIDS Fast-Track Targets designed to bring the AIDS epidemic under control and deliver health for all. Our expansion into primary health care is having an impact. Using tuberculosis (TB) as an example of our increasing reach and impact, 100% of m2m clients who were referred for TB testing in 2023 received a test, and all those who tested positive for TB were successfully linked to treatment. For more, visit www.m2m.org

                                               Senior Monitoring &Evaluation Assistant

The overall purpose of the position is to support the quality assurance and quality improvement of all the monitoring and evaluation activities of the Nigeria Country Programme. The position will support key routine assignments such as ensuring site-level data quality and management, which include ensuring that site staff are using standard data collection tools, supporting routine data collection, data entry, data analysis, and data reporting. The M&E Assistant will be required to understand the entire m2m program in order to easily identify errors and inconsistencies in data. The position will be based at the Country Office in Abuja.

Key Performance Areas:

Data management:

• Collaborate with site colleagues to ensure that all sites have latest data collection tools i.e. Facility, Community etc.
• Work with M&E Manager and Site Coordinators to ensure data is entered in real-time from sites.
• Weekly review data to ensure correctness and completeness.
• Verify entered data by reviewing, correcting, changing or deleting entered information.
• Generate data reports based on entered data on a periodic basis and as required.
• Respond to information access and retrieval requests from authorised members.
• Ensure receipt of all monthly M&E and other reporting forms from all sites
• Support data management in relation to periodic evaluations and operations research

Data quality monitoring:

• Monitor site level data quality using standard checklist.
• Coach and mentor site staff on data quality.
• Participate in routine data compilation, monthly, quarterly and annually whenever necessary.
• Assist in implementation of all M&E activities; development of tools, capacity building, site supervision, data collection and reporting. 
• Review data to ensure completeness and accuracy in data entry, follow up on missing data and data reporting forms, and implement data quality controls

Reports/ Documentation:

• Work with colleagues to provide relevant data and information required to develop proposals and compile donor reports and head office reports.
• Provide data and information whenever required to document lessons learned and special reports.
• Maintain filling system to ensure secure and organized storage of site reporting forms and other related M&E documents
• Coordinate the supply, production, and distribution of printed M&E tools for all m2m sites in Nigeria
• Assist the Nigeria Country Team as required including running reports of data used for programme review and planning.

Capacity Building:

• Assist with training sessions of site staff on data documentation, indicators, monthly data compilation and data quality check techniques.
• Conduct on site supportive supervision visits to identify gaps and challenges faced by site staff and offer onsite training, mentoring and support for improved data collection and management.
• Collaborate with the country team to formulate roll-out plans for new data collection tools.
• Facilitate M&E training components during pre-service training and in-service training

Qualifications and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. public health, statistics, or demography)
• At least 3-4 years’ post NYSC experience in monitoring and evaluation
• Experience working in the NGO arena will be an advantage.
• Proven experience in managing and processing data, including conducting data quality audits in the health sector, experience with HIV/AIDS programmes is preferred
• Computer skills and experience using MS Excel, Outlook and Access are a requirement
• Knowledge of DHIS2, Commcare, SPSS, Epi info, Epi-data or Stata packages (at least one of these)
• Fluency in English, ability to speak in Hausa will be an added advantage

Competencies:

• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to concentrate on detail for long periods of time
• Ability to deliver accurate work
• The ability to work independently and in a team
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to deliver to deadline
• Possess good analytical and interpersonal skills
• Basic understanding of digital health platforms such as CommCare and DHIS2
• Understanding of Microsoft Excel and Access