Abt Associates - The International Development Division focuses on improving the lives and economic well-being of people in lower and middle-income countries. We command technical expertise in health, agriculture, climate change, food security and governance—as well as in international evaluation. Our multi-layered health portfolio includes policy, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. In partnership with government clients and local experts, our high-quality programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East are known for impact and innovation.

Opportunity

Abt Associates seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Assistant to support the SHOPS Plus Nigeria M&E Director in all research, monitoring, and evaluation (RME) activities in the state. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health. The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in TB, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other priority health areas. In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus focuses on tuberculosis and family planning.

The M&E Assistant will support the M&E Director in the implementation of both the TB programs. The TB program will focus on increasing availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix models for TB care. While the FP program will support capacity-building of public and private providers to scale up family planning, especially long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist SHOPS Plus managers and technical leads in collecting, analyzing and reporting program data
• Make input in the development/review of Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning documents
• Assist in development of research instruments for baseline, endline surveys and exploratory research studies
• Support research analysis and interpretation including data cleaning and other minor quantitative tasks; draft presentations and reports of the studies carried out
• Support the M&E Director in reviewing program data to monitor performance (including carrying out data quality assurance activities)
• Work with the M&E Director in providing evidence-based input/feedback to facilitate program design, review and implementation
• Track research expenditures (at the state level) against the budget, and monitor and manage RME sub-contracts
• Support in the reporting of program performance indicators to USAID and other stakeholders as may be necessary
• Make presentations on M&E as may be necessary (e.g. during trainings, meetings, etc)
• Support the development of program progress report, case studies, and other documents as per program objectives

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Bachelors Degree in any of the following areas: public health, economics, epidemiology, demography, social work, business management or related/equivalent fields
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a related professional space
• Experience in qualitative and/or quantitative research techniques preferred
• Excellent computer application skills, especially in use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Familiarity with secondary data sources
• Excellent presentation and writing skills
• Excellent communication skills

Minimum Qualifications

• ( 2+ ) years of experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience

How to Apply

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