PARTNERS IN HEALTH SIERRA LEONE

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title:

M&E Specialist

Work Location:

Kono District

Department:

Strategic Health Information Systems (SHIS)

Reports to:

Strategic Health Information Systems Lead

Line Management

Not Specified

Organization Profile

Partners In Health Sierra Leone (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our offered services in the field are based d on our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the health care system strengthening.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.

Our Work In Sierra Leone:

Partners In Health Sierra Leone (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals.

Position Overview

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will provide M&E technical expertise to the SHIS team with focus on the Reproductive Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH) programs. The role will specifically address M&E and research needs for the Reproductive Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH) projects. He/She will serve as the focal M&E person for the GAIN project and will lead in the implementation of all GAIN M&E and research related activities. The role will also be supporting SHIS structures including the Data Manager, Mentors and the M&E Assistants at both primary and secondary healthcare facilities in the implementation of the M&E processes as well as mentorship activities across the health facilities. The role will ensure routine collaboration with the RMNCH program managers and midwife mentors in reviewing the data to ensure that the program reports are grounded on sound data and good quality data acts as a basis for routine programmatic decisions. The role will further support the conceptualization and implementation of QI related projects within the RMNCH domain.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Management:

• Provide mentorship and supervision to RMNCH-based data team on health information systems standards and activities at maternity clinic, cancer clinic and adolescent services clinic
• Train the project team and RMNCH-related stakeholders on data management lifecycle
• Actively participate in the development of annual work plans and budgets
• Lead data collection tools design and compilation of the routine reports.
• Represent PIH-SL at relevant district, and national- level meetings on RMNCH M&E when necessary
• Ensure high-quality implementation of the M&E processes, consistent with Sierra Leone national monitoring and evaluation guidelines, protocols, information and reporting systems
• Work closely with the district quality of care officer & QI team to conduct data driven mentorship and quality improvement of services in supported health facilities.
• Support providers to initiate new Quality Improvement projects, reviewing completeness and assisting teams to complete QI project documentation booklet, data dashboard, data review meeting minutes booklet
• Support program team to adequately in review the performance of the project
• Provide specific sets of the data required by the various project-specific and PIH-Sierra Leone stakeholders.

Design Monitoring, Evaluation Reporting and Learning (DMERL):

• Lead in the design, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning activities related to RNMCH program.
• Establish data quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement processes
• Support in the development of data collection tools, and data collection standard operating procedures, and work with clinical, M&E and eHealth staff to implement robust data systems
• Oversee production of monthly, quarterly, and annual program reports in direct partnership with the Ministry of Health district HMIS team
• Write or provide substantive input into monitoring and evaluation components of grant proposal development
• Provide insight and work toward RMNCH data management system strengthening.
• Support in conducting routine review of all maternity and SCBU programs, AYFS and registers for completeness and accuracy, check and ensure data completion and quality in CommCare and other databases
• Conduct routine data quality checks/audits of RMNCH data and follow-up of data quality audits and data review meeting action plans.

Digital Health:

• Collaborate with the eHealth team in gathering and configuring data capturing and reporting tools into various electronic instances
• Support the service providers for the optimal adoption and acceptance of the digital tools being utilized in the delivery of care
• Collaborate with the eHealth team in the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) trainings to the service providers

Research:

• Work with the Evaluation and SHIS-research team to support RMNCH research lifecycle
• Provide research support to various stakeholders including clinical students on need basis

Data use

• Actively participate in the culture of data use including facilitation of the data reviews, donor reporting, tracking service utilization metrics etc.
• Develop data dashboards using business intelligence tools including Power BI, Tableau

Education and Work Experience Requirements:

• Master’s degree in public health, demography, biostatistics, mathematics, epidemiology, M&E or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years of practical work experience in global health monitoring and evaluation realm
• Proven expertise (proficiency and competency) in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, operations research, health management information systems, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation and setting up and managing M&E systems that track performance as per the objectives
• Demonstrated strong management, coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple host-country counterparts in both the public and NGO sectors
• Familiarity with RMNCH and Family Planning program
• Demonstrated ability to conduct operational research, as well as to disseminate findings
• Ability to mentor and manage individuals with diverse educational and cultural backgrounds
• Highly detail-oriented, experience designing M&E tracking tools and instruments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the English language
• Two or more years’ field experience in resource-constrained setting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and any relevant statistical software.

Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work, including patients, families and community members, are treated with respect and dignity. We recognize that our work is rooted in vulnerable communities and, as a social justice organization, we are responsible for preventing sexual abuse and exploitation and enforcing consequences for those who fail to uphold these standards. PIH will not tolerate its employees, volunteers, consultants or any other representatives associated with the delivery of our work carrying out any form of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, failing to report any allegations of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation or retaliation against those who report or participate in investigations.

Method of application

Application with detailed curriculum vitae (maximum 3 pages) including names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of two (2) referees, photocopies of all certificates and attestations should be addressed to the Human Resources Department and send by email to: pihslrecruitment@pih.org not later 5:00pm on 30th September 2025.

PIH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate applicants on the basis of sex, religion, tribe or region. Female applicants are encouraged to apply and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.