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Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Team Leader

Home Base of Applicant (D.C. or other location) with travel to Luanda, Angola

USAID Health Finance and Governance Project

Approximate Level of Effort: 50 days

Anticipated Period of Performance:   February – June 2015

Project Description: USAID’s Global Health Bureau’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project is a five-year (2012–2017), $209 million global project designed to improve health finance and health governance systems in partner countries in ways that expand access to health care and improved health outcomes.

HFG has supported the Angolan Ministry of Health (MINSA) to complete their Health Sector Strategy (PNDS 2012–2025). HFG worked closely with the Ministry’s technical team to collect data, produce a validated budget, train staff, and present a budget to the Multi-Sector Commission. HFG will now provide assistance to develop a plan for monitoring and evaluation of PNDS progress. This will allow MINSA to ensure sustainability through securing and prioritizing funding.

HFG will collaborate closely with a PNDS technical group and other MINSA staff to review international best practices of monitoring and evaluating health sector strategies. The work will develop a plan for programmatic and financial monitoring and evaluation of the PNDS at national, provincial, and municipal levels.

Position Description: The Technical Team leader will be responsible for the overall design and production of the M&E plan for the PNDS. S/he will lead a small team, including a public financial management expert, and monitoring and evaluation specialist on this task. S/he will work from her/his home base and make multiple trips to Luanda, Angola to meet with USAID and MINSA officials to lead the following tasks:

• Review of best practices of how countries monitor and evaluate performance of health sector strategies, with a focus for long-term National Public Health Plans.
• Prioritize and organize the approximately 420 PNDS indicators to allow for assessment of implementation at three levels – municipal, provincial and central – within existing MINSA data collection and analysis systems.
• Develop a practical plan for monitoring and evaluation the programmatic and financial execution of the PNDS. The plan will include detailed steps required for implementation.

Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the Technical Team Leader include:

• Facilitate collaboration between HFG and PNDS technical group on monitoring and evaluation.
• Draft a review of international best practices for monitoring performance of sectoral strategies, and present to MINSA officials.
• Develop a work plan for the overall program, working closely with other team members.
• Facilitate development of Key Performance indicators (KPIs) for PNDS.
• Define the scope for the review of MINSA public financial management systems.
• Lead the development of the M & E Plan for the implementation of the PNDS.
• Lead requirements for reporting information and briefings to USAID.

Qualifications: The qualifications for the Technical Team Leader include:

• Fluent Portuguese, written and verbal.
• 10 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, including developing key performance indicators.
• Demonstrated experience with developing monitoring and evaluation plans for national sector strategies, with preference for health.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong report writing skills in English and Portuguese
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally during the period of performance.

Application Instructions:

Please submit your Cover Letter and Resume (or CV). Please note that this is a prospective position. Terms, conditions, including, but not limited to, scope of work, period of performance, position description, responsibilities, and qualifications are all subject to change.