Regional Senior Programme, M&E and Health Systems Specialist

Functional Responsibilities

• Coordinate Programme Monitoring and Evaluation for all grants in the five Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries
• Provide technical leadership and guidance in development of evidence based programming, M&E Plans and frameworks.
• Lead discussions and negotiations with the donor on issues related to M&E and health systems.
• In collaboration with program partners, design data verification and data audit systems to ensure adequate donor reporting.
• Lead the teams in M&E and health systems capacity assessments.
• Review and redesign as necessary the M&E systems of the civil society organizations that are implementing activities financed under Principal Recipient – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (PR-GFATM).
• Oversee UNOPS periodic reporting (Progress Updates) to the Global Fund and provide recommendations to improve performance.
• Provide technical leadership and supervision of the PR M&E Specialists, including the international experts in the PR in all GMS Countries.
• Build national capacity and support strategic planning activities across the five GMS countries
• Represent PR-GFATM at the Ministries of Health, Country Coordination Mechanisms, regional Steering Committee, Technical Strategic Meetings, and others as required.
• Identify and advise on potential implementation problems and bottlenecks.
• Lead teams in national capacity building activities in all GMS countries.
• Engage with the Head of Programme, national partners and NGOs in the multi-year planning process, providing substantive scientific, evidence-based, timely inputs toward the development of budgets and work-plans.
• Support national strategic planning in proposal writing for resource mobilization.
• Conduct critical analysis of risk.
• Implementation of Health Systems strengthening (HSS) components in the five GMS countries
• Coordinate the implementation of health systems activities ensuring MOHs’ and donor priorities are met.
• Lead advisor and team leader on health systems strengthening across the GMS.
• Technical lead providing input toward the design of a health management information systems (HMIS).
• Manage knowledge and information dissemination throughout the GMS countries, keeping UNOPS PR and its key partners abreast of important developments.
• Lead on Development of a library of relevant international scientific evidence and best practices
• Lead the PR participation in all technical reviews and evaluations in the GMS countries.
• Manage knowledge and information dissemination and storage of relevant scientific evidence, best practices and lessons learnt to inform programme development.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education

• Master’s Degree preferably in Public Health, Health Economics, Health Sciences, Medicine, Epidemiology, Statistics or in a similar discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree preferably in the same areas with 12 years of relevant experience is considered as equivalent.

Experience

• At least 10 years of health sector experience
• 7 years of progressive experience in health programme M&E is required.
• Prior experience working with donors/ multi-donor funds is required.
• Experience working in local governance including but not limited to formal local government structures, local and community based NGOs, traditional governance systems, and informal networks is desirable.
• Experience in South East Asia region is preferred.
• Sound knowledge of the UN and regulations and rules is an asset.
• Ability and willingness to travel is necessary.

Language

• Fluency in English is required.
• Understanding of other UN and/or local languages is an advantage.