New Job Opportunity RTI International Tanzania – Director Surveillance & MERLA/Senior Technical Advisor
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Africa, Tanzania, United Republic ofPosition: Director Surveillance and MERLA/Senior Technical Advisor
Position Summary
RTI
International is seeking a Director Surveillance and Monitoring,
Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adapting (MERLA) for a USAID-funded
malaria surveillance and monitoring project in Tanzania. The purpose of
this project is to support the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to reduce
the burden of malaria and to move towards the long-term goal of malaria
elimination. The Surveillance and MERLA Director will be responsible for
the development and management of the surveillance, monitoring,
evaluation and reporting activities of this program. The position will
be based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Key Responsibilities
- Leads
the project’s MERLA systems and approach, including developing and
managing the project’s relevant performance indicators, baselines, and
annual targets, as well as ensures compliance to USAID and PMI
requirements. - Leads the project’s support to GOT in state-of-the-art malaria surveillance, both on mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
- Develops project’s research agenda and oversee research activities.
- Develops project’s learning agenda and oversee learning activities.
- Supervises
the collection, analysis and reporting on performance indicators by
other project staff and counterparts, preparing data tabulations,
reports, and presentations to support project activities. - Leads,
supports and/or contributes to advanced programmatic data analyses to
successfully implement the project and, overall, help Tanzania to
progress towards malaria elimination. - Oversees preparation of
monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on the status of project
implementation; contributes to other project reports such as annual work
plans. - Regularly reviews and updates the project’s MEL plan.
- Provides oversight for project results reporting and management in collaboration with COP and project technical staff.
- Supervises and mentors 3–4 technical project staff.
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Minimum Requirements
- Master’s Degree in public health, demography, sociology, epidemiology, biostatistics, psychology or a related field.
- Min.
of 12 years’ experience in monitoring, evaluation, surveillance, and
research related to large-scale health development programs. - Previous experience working in Tanzania in the field of surveillance, research and M&E.
- Excellent knowledge of data collection protocols for quality data collection, audit verification.
- Exceptional
ability to analyze multiple sources of data to identify data trends and
provide recommendations on project implementation. - Demonstrated
experience and familiarity with public health surveillance surveys,
research methodologies, qualitative and quantitative research methods,
data analysis, sampling methods, and establishment of surveillance and
MEL systems in developing country contexts. - Demonstrated experience leading and building the capacity of MERLA staff in a decentralized setting.
- Demonstrated
track record in disseminating programmatic and research outcomes and
findings at national and international conferences, as well as in the
published literature. - Strong knowledge of USAID MEL reporting procedures.
- Must
have strong oral and written communication and presentation skills in
English (tested FSI R4/S4). Must be proficient in Kiswahili. - Strong
proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications. Experience and
familiarity with DHIS 2 and statistical software packages. - Willingness and ability to travel frequently within Tanzania.
- Local nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
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a global employer of choice, RTI is committed to equity, diversity,
inclusion and belonging in the workplace and the communities and markets
where we serve our mission. We value diversity of thought, culture,
background and perspective and welcome applicants without regard to
race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, creed, citizenship status, disability,
veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable
discrimination laws or RTI policy.
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opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability
status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected
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