Project Description
Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), a global project funded by the U.S. Presidentโs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS), that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control among all at-risk populations; strengthen global health security (GHS), including outbreak response; expand tuberculosis detection and treatment (TB), improve maternal and child health (MCH), address malaria; and promote health systems strengthening (HSS) including supply chain management.
The EpiC Cameroon buy-in will support the continuation and expansion of life-saving HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services in Cameroon, building upon the foundational work of previous PEPFAR-funded initiatives. The focus will be on strengthening community-led platforms and integrating them with facility-based systems to increase access to quality HIV-related services, particularly for populations at higher risk of HIV, long distant truck drivers (LDTD), Children and Adolescents Living with HIV (C/ALHIV), HIV-exposed infants (HEIs), and their caregivers. The program will contribute to closing gaps mainly towards HIV case finding (the first 95) while maintaining the gains of the second and third 95 of the UNAIDS target. Collaboration with the Government of Cameroon (including the Ministry of Public Health and the National AIDS Control Committee), PEPFAR clinical partners, the Global Fund, and local community organizations will be essential to ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based case finding, family-centered where necessary and population-specific interventions.
Job Description
The EpiC Cameroon Strategic Information and Evaluation Specialist will report to the Senior SI Advisor and provide technical support to community-based organization (CBO) staff and projects. S/he will provide technical guidance in the design and implementation of strategic information and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities for the zonal/ regional offices and the CBOs. S/he will address issues, challenges, and strategies for improving data quality for project decision making. S/he will work with relevant stakeholders to ensure interoperability of program data with the national level data systems and ensure that field level data-related activities are appropriate, of high quality, and meet the reporting and projectโs M&E needs. Contribute knowledge products through the creation and management of reports and technical materials. Working closely with project and Headquarter (HQ) teams, s/he will support the CBOs in Infolink and DATIM entries, report generation and data visualization, while overseeing other SI technical aspects and providing SI dashboard reports.
The positions will be based in FHI 360โs offices in Yaounde, Cameroon; Doula, Cameroon; and Bafoussam, Cameroon with travel throughout the country. Preference is for Cameroonian national candidates. When applying, please notate which zone/position you are applying for.
Job Responsibilities
Functions as the SI support to the zonal/ regional offices and the CBOs with oversight of SI technical deliverables, and team management, (including CBOs and projects consultants).
Work with zonal/ regional SI/M&E staff and government counterparts to provide support and guidance on program M&E activities and on the USG and Government of Cameroon reporting requirements.
Provide SI/M&E technical support, ensuring the CBO partners and zonal M&E teams are supported in the correct implementation and use of M&E tools and reporting platforms (as applicable), and adherence to complete, correct and timely reporting.
Train CBO partners and regional MEL staff in project M&E, especially data collection, management and analysis for use in decision-making and course correction.
Supports the monitoring and maintenance of project protocols, instruments, data sets, manuals, training materials, databases (InfoLink, DHIS2 e-tracker) and reports (DATIM, narrative and other technical reports) related to community HIV intervention.
Conducts analysis of project implementation to identify areas for improvement and propose appropriate technical strategy and guidelines.
Collaborates with the technical team to interpret and disseminate data sets and other assessment findings.
Works closely with the team to ensure project implementation remains technically sound and adheres to company strategy and standard operating procedures (SOPโs).