Job Description

The Strategic Information Manager will be the lead technical expert responsible for all strategic information responsibilities related to the USAID-funded Orphan and Vulnerable Childrens activity in Mpumalanga Province, including all monitoring, evaluation, analytics, and reporting of performance and results. S/he will lead efforts of the m2m -led project (called Children and Adolescents are My Priority or CHAMP) and strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems, strategic information and M&E related processes across three districts, performance reporting for the donor & relevant sub-partner(s), and routine data quality audits. S/he will liaise with relevant technical advisers, counterparts responsible for district and provincial level strategic information and monitoring, evaluation, and support coordination with national /donor required repositories and systems (CBIMS). This Senior Management Team position is based in Mpumalanga, South Africa, and reports to the Chief of Party.Key Performance Areas:

• Management of project specific M&E framework and Plan including systems requirements
• Manage project data analysis and internal/external evaluations including synthesis of information and managing dissemination towards improved knowledge sharing/management
• Facilitate data utilisation including guiding routine project performance monitoring ensuring provision of analytical data to inform effective QA/QI and routine data quality audits (RDQA).
• Develop and adapt M&E system in line with USAID and project priorities and USAID's M&E framework /standards
• Coordinate project implementation research & assist with conference /publications portfolio in collaboration with Chief of Party, Head Office, and other designated staff.
• Provision of strategic information for project level decision making in relation to programme performance monitoring, planning, resource mobilisation, strategic positioning and programme design.
• Lead project M&E related internal and external reporting, providing relevant strategic information for evidence-based programmatic and strategic decision-making
• Oversight & development of M&E technical expertise for project team to ensure adequate capacity to support project activities.
• Manage project M&E team ensuring adequate staffing and capacity.

Job RequirementsQualification, Competencies and Experience:

• A Bachelor's degree in public health, epidemiology, social work, monitoring & evaluation, demography, biostatistics, statistics, analytics or a related field is required.
• Minimum of 8 years of work experience in designing, establishing, and managing monitoring and evaluation systems, ensuring data quality, and managing data intensive, performance- based programs funded by PEPFAR.
• Demonstrated ability to be the senior technical specialist and as a senior subject matter expert in data analytics.
• Demonstrated ability to perform robust data extraction from internal and external information systems.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analytics utilizing Microsoft Excel, STATA, and/or Business Intelligence tools.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare expert quality data visualizations.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data quality analyses and make recommendations based on findings.
• Demonstrated ability to portray complex data sets in easy to understand formats including visualizations.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of South Africa's health and social service information systems and monitoring and evaluation processes as it relates to data collection for performance-based reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge and working experience in the use of mapping and other similar tools (including computer software programs) to target program interventions and resources;

mothers2mothers is an equal opportunity employer. We particularly encourage applications from people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people. Competitive salary packages will be negotiable in accordance with m2m's remuneration policies.

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