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About Corus: Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class organizations working to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to end extreme poverty once and for all. We are a global leader in international development, with 150 years of combined experience across our brands. Our nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries include IMA World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and Farmers Market Brands. Our more than 800 employees around the globe are experts in their fields and dedicated to helping the world’s most vulnerable people break the cycle of poverty and lead healthy lives. Further details about the organization can be found at: https://corusinternational.org

Founded in 1960, IMA World Health is a leading public health organization that delivers solutions to health-related problems across the developing world. We work with local partners and governments to strengthen existing health systems, prevent and treat diseases, improve maternal and child health, promote nutrition and WASH, respond to sexual and gender-based violence, and contribute to global health security.

Today, IMA offers extensive expertise in managing and implementing highly successful and complex donor-funded programs in nutrition, maternal and child health, health systems strengthening (HSS), malaria, HIV/AIDS, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). IMA has managed an average of $100 million annually over the last four fiscal years, through grants and contracts from FCDO, USAID, BHA, CDC, World Bank, the Global Fund, UNDP, MCC, and private donors.

IMA World Health, a member of Corus International, is seeking a MEL Director as part of an anticipated 5-year $31,250,000 million CDC-funded Strengthening Public Health Systems in Sierra Leone.

About The Job:

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director will be based in Sierra Leone. Actual hiring is contingent upon successful agreement award and CDC approval.

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director will provide leadership to the technical and programmatic implementation of the program. This position will oversee overall management and technical oversight of the monitoring, evaluation, learning support and research efforts for the project. S/he shall develop monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (MER) systems that include appropriate indicators, baseline data, targets, and a plan to evaluate performance and produce timely, accurate and complete reporting. The MEL Director is responsible for designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems, information analysis, capacity strengthening, and development of program management plans and project monitoring. This position reports directly to the Project Director.

Duties***:***

  • Coordinate with the Project Director and Senior Technical Advisors in management of the MEL components, ensuring strategic planning of activities is informed by project and relevant HMIS data sets.
  • Lead the design and implementation of all monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, including the development of the project’s performance monitoring plan; development and monitoring of project indicators; implementation of project evaluation; quality assurance and auditing of data.
  • Design and implement mechanisms for continuous collaboration, learning, and adapting for project staff, partners, donors, host country government counterparts, and other stakeholders.
  • Oversee a team of monitoring, evaluation, and learning staff for the project and ensure clear roles and responsibilities and lines of communication are maintained amongst the team members.
  • Ensure that lessons learned are integrated into project implementation to continuously improve quality of interventions and outcomes.
  • Lead the design and implementation of operations research.
  • Responsible for documenting and disseminating project successes and challenges to CDC.

Requirements:

  • An advanced degree in research methods, statistics, biostatistics, quantitative/qualitative data analysis, public health, social/behavioral sciences, or other relevant medical or health discipline.
  • Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the implementation and management of international donor/CDC funded health projects, with substantial knowledge and experience related to infectious diseases prevention and mitigation highly preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in collecting, analyzing, and managing donor funded project data of health projects.
  • Demonstrated experience managing M&E systems, consistent with CDC protocols for data collection and reporting.
  • Experience leading performance management and data utilization for quality improvement approaches across partners and technical focus areas to yield successful collaboration and integration.
  • Familiarity with USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems.
  • Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills.

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  • Job City Sierra Leone
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IMA World Health is an international, nonprofit health care service organization.The faith-based charity specializes in procuring and distributing medical supplies and services to underdeveloped nations.IMA’s stated purpose is to “provide health care…without bias, to vulnerable and marginalized people in the developing world.”

Richard L. Santos serves as president and CEO for IMA World Health, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. IMA is a member of the Core Group for Child Survival, the Global Health Council, and the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations.In addition, IMA is registered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

IMA World Health, also known as Interchurch Medical Assistance, was formed in 1960 as a coalition of a number of faith-based relief and development agencies.

IMA’s aim was to centralize and oversee requests for gifts-in-kind from pharmaceutical and medical supply manufacturers and appropriately channel them to healthcare facilities, refugee centers, and disaster relief programs.The organization began distributing the donations from a warehouse in Maryland. The warehouse was operated by one of IMA's sponsors, the Church of the Brethren.

To date, the organization has managed over $1 billion in supplies and shipped them to 52 countries.

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0 USD Sierra Leone CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week IMA World Health

About Corus: Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class organizations working to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to end extreme poverty once and for all. We are a global leader in international development, with 150 years of combined experience across our brands. Our nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries include IMA World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and Farmers Market Brands. Our more than 800 employees around the globe are experts in their fields and dedicated to helping the world's most vulnerable people break the cycle of poverty and lead healthy lives. Further details about the organization can be found at: https://corusinternational.org

Founded in 1960, IMA World Health is a leading public health organization that delivers solutions to health-related problems across the developing world. We work with local partners and governments to strengthen existing health systems, prevent and treat diseases, improve maternal and child health, promote nutrition and WASH, respond to sexual and gender-based violence, and contribute to global health security.

Today, IMA offers extensive expertise in managing and implementing highly successful and complex donor-funded programs in nutrition, maternal and child health, health systems strengthening (HSS), malaria, HIV/AIDS, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). IMA has managed an average of $100 million annually over the last four fiscal years, through grants and contracts from FCDO, USAID, BHA, CDC, World Bank, the Global Fund, UNDP, MCC, and private donors.

IMA World Health, a member of Corus International, is seeking a MEL Director as part of an anticipated 5-year $31,250,000 million CDC-funded Strengthening Public Health Systems in Sierra Leone.

About The Job:

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director will be based in Sierra Leone. Actual hiring is contingent upon successful agreement award and CDC approval.

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director will provide leadership to the technical and programmatic implementation of the program. This position will oversee overall management and technical oversight of the monitoring, evaluation, learning support and research efforts for the project. S/he shall develop monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (MER) systems that include appropriate indicators, baseline data, targets, and a plan to evaluate performance and produce timely, accurate and complete reporting. The MEL Director is responsible for designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems, information analysis, capacity strengthening, and development of program management plans and project monitoring. This position reports directly to the Project Director.

Duties***:***

  • Coordinate with the Project Director and Senior Technical Advisors in management of the MEL components, ensuring strategic planning of activities is informed by project and relevant HMIS data sets.
  • Lead the design and implementation of all monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, including the development of the project's performance monitoring plan; development and monitoring of project indicators; implementation of project evaluation; quality assurance and auditing of data.
  • Design and implement mechanisms for continuous collaboration, learning, and adapting for project staff, partners, donors, host country government counterparts, and other stakeholders.
  • Oversee a team of monitoring, evaluation, and learning staff for the project and ensure clear roles and responsibilities and lines of communication are maintained amongst the team members.
  • Ensure that lessons learned are integrated into project implementation to continuously improve quality of interventions and outcomes.
  • Lead the design and implementation of operations research.
  • Responsible for documenting and disseminating project successes and challenges to CDC.

Requirements:

  • An advanced degree in research methods, statistics, biostatistics, quantitative/qualitative data analysis, public health, social/behavioral sciences, or other relevant medical or health discipline.
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in the implementation and management of international donor/CDC funded health projects, with substantial knowledge and experience related to infectious diseases prevention and mitigation highly preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in collecting, analyzing, and managing donor funded project data of health projects.
  • Demonstrated experience managing M&E systems, consistent with CDC protocols for data collection and reporting.
  • Experience leading performance management and data utilization for quality improvement approaches across partners and technical focus areas to yield successful collaboration and integration.
  • Familiarity with USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems.
  • Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills.
2024-12-29

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