JOB DETAILS:
Accelerating the Su¬stainable Control and Elimination of NTDs (ASCEND) is a £200 million invest¬ment from the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID), to advance the impact and su¬stainability of national programmes tackling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). To be implemented between September 2019 to March 2022, ASCEND comprises of two lots – one focusing on South Asia, East¬ and Southern Africa (lot 1) and the other on West¬ and Central Africa (lot 2). ASCEND lot 1 is implemented by a consortium of technical partners led by Crown Agents, including Abt Associates, Oriole Global Health and the Royal Tropical Inst¬itute. Central to ASCEND 1’s approach is a close collaboration with National Governments and other implementing partners, to enhance national approaches to NTD control and elimination. ASCEND’s goal is to contribute to the global goal of reducing the burden of targeted NTDs so that they are no longer a public health problem. .

Duties and Responsibilities: **
• To manage information data base bank for Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme by updating and enriching it regularly.
• Provide guidance, training and monitoring of all Zanzibar NTDCP MEL activities
• To help to compile regular reports from data collected from various sources for Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme operational activities.
• To collect and processing data as needed to enable the programme and other actors to make use of it in decision making.
• To provide feedback and regular information to other sectors and actors involved in NTDs control activities.
• To train various Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme staff and other collaborators on data processing and management interpretation and presentation.
• To constant enter data into data base
• To clean data reading for use and analysis.

Key Requirements (Education, Knowledge and Experience)
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in statistics or Quantitative Economics, Computer Science or any other relevant qualification. An additional training in Health Management and Information System (HMIS) or Public health (biased on epidemiology/statistics) is added advantage.
• At least 5 years’ experience in monitoring an NTD control programme, or Health management information system including experience in NTD survey activities (TAS/IA/Coverage surveys).
• Working knowledge of NTD diseases is essential; experience in NTD research is preferred.
• Experience in design and programming of m-Health surveys and applications, including training of surveyors is essential.
• The MEL officer will be reporting to the head of the Division of Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases (DVB&NTD) who is also the National NTD Program Manager, ASCEND Country Lead and ASCEND regional MEL manager.
• Demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office, including Word, Power Point, and Excel
• Demonstrated knowledge of protection, prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation and the field of safeguarding is an added advantage

Skills (Special Training or Competence):
• Ability to build strong working relationships to enable effective management of partnerships and work collaboratively as part of a global team.
• Ability to deliver group-training sessions and build strong M & E capacity in the Uganda NTD Program.
• People management skills with a robust diplomatic understanding of culturally and ethnically sensitive issues.
• Strong communication skills as proven by past work experience.
• Willingness to travel and to conduct regular field visits including in hard to reach areas.
• English fluency (required)

Send a covering letter and a copy of your CV to

 recruitments@ascend.crownagents.com