Director, Evidence, Learning & Information Systems

About the role

A multi-country health workforce initiative is being set up to strengthen the availability, quality, distribution and retention of primary health care and maternal, newborn and child health workers across Africa. Its secretariat is being established at CHAI Ghana to support governments and partners with workforce planning, training design, monitoring and evaluation and alignment with country priorities. The Evidence, Learning and Information Systems Director tracks the initiative's progress against its goals and coordinates the overall M&E approach across governments, the Secretariat and academic/evaluation partners.

Key responsibilities

• Inception: design the initiative's M&E system, develop core indicators and data reporting templates, and contribute to narrative reporting.
• Planning: advise on information-system interventions at country level, give technical guidance on system design and indicators, and ensure country plans include M&E plans mapped to initiative targets.
• Implementation: oversee a dashboard tracking progress, manage reporting, lead learning processes and coordinate a technical advisory group of health systems researchers, including managed academic and evaluation partners.
• Close-out: compile data and prepare final reports.
• Supervise one or more M&E officers once the team structure is defined.

Required profile

• 10+ years of public health experience in planning, project and change management, stakeholder coordination, capacity building and program performance management.
• Experience designing and implementing a centralized M&E system from the ground up, including frameworks, tools and guidelines.
• Familiarity with government health information systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience with M&E capacity building and knowledge management, including training and community-of-practice leadership.
• Program management experience across health system strengthening initiatives, coordinating with academic research institutions and government partners.