Director, Evidence, Learning & Information Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ghana.

📋 Description

• Monitor the initiative’s advancement towards its objectives and targets

• Facilitate the overall monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategy in collaboration with governments, the Secretariat, and academic/evaluation partners

• Create an M&E system during the inception phase, focusing on enhancing government data systems at the country level

• Develop the main indicator and data reporting template, and contribute to the narrative reporting framework

• Provide recommendations on interventions related to country-level information systems

• Offer technical direction on system architecture and indicator formulation through the evaluation of country-level strategies

• Oversee a dashboard that tracks progress against established indicators

• Lead data-informed adjustments when necessary

• Manage reporting on advancements towards the initiative’s objectives

• Facilitate learning processes to ensure that data insights and program lessons are shared and utilized

• Coordinate a technical advisory group comprising leaders in health systems research

• Oversee contracted academic and evaluation partners performing in-depth analyses, quasi-experimental studies, and peer-reviewed research

• Guide the initiative’s research agenda

• Supervise one or more M&E Officers

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in public health encompassing planning, project/change management, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and program performance management

• Proven experience in designing and implementing a comprehensive M&E system from scratch, including frameworks, tools, and guidelines

• Knowledge of government health information systems in sub-Saharan Africa

• Experience in M&E capacity building and knowledge management, including training and leading community-of-practice initiatives

• Background in program management within health system strengthening initiatives, collaborating with academic research institutions, government ministries, implementing partners, and donors

• Experience as an academic researcher or in collaboration with academic researchers in the public health sector

• Advanced degree in a relevant discipline

• Extensive understanding of health workforce and health systems programming in East, West, and/or Southern Africa

• Technical and programmatic expertise in health workforce, financing, systems, primary healthcare (PHC), and maternal newborn and child health (MNCH), including measurement and data utilization in these domains

• Experience engaging with private philanthropies, active boards, and donor reporting

• Personal experience, deep knowledge, and understanding of the cultural, political, and economic landscape in African nations

• Ability to inspire, motivate, and lead a diverse and geographically dispersed team

• Willingness to travel internationally on a regular basis

• Proficiency in English is required

• Proficiency in French or Portuguese is a plus

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity, with a commitment to fairness, mutual respect, diversity, and inclusion

• Opportunity to engage in global health programs spanning 40 countries

• International travel opportunities