THPS will support the national laboratory systems strengthening through this five-year award in the following key areas:

• Expansion of continuous quality improvement (CQI) of HIV rapid testing to increase access and improve the quality of HIV rapid testing at all levels.
• Enhancement of laboratory information systems (LIS) to support antiretroviral (ART) monitoring, early infant diagnosis (EID), TB and Opportunistic infection (OIs) sample referral and transport networks at all levels of the tiered system.
• Provide support to enhance laboratory biosafety and quality of diagnostic and standard of care laboratory testing in all six tiers of the NHLS
• Provide Technical Assistance (TA) on laboratory supply chain management (SCM) including quantification and forecasting in all laboratories.

REPORTS TO: Project Principal Investigator and THPS Director of ME
LOCATION: Central Office Dar es Salaam (with frequent field travel up to 75%)
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
To provide overall technical support in the planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation project indicators for Strengthening the Quality, Accessibility, and Sustainability (SQAS) of the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) project implemented by THPS. Work with the project Principal Investigator, Project Coordinator and THPS Director of M&E to build the sustainable capacity of the National Health Laboratory System teams at national, zonal and regional lab levels in managing health information systems. This includes improving capacity in data management and use for program improvement.  

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the overall coordination of NHLS project Monitoring and Evaluation activities
• Develop project indicators and project management plans for effective monitoring of project performance.
• Coordinate and monitor work plans implementation outputs and link with approved workplan indicators
• Organize project data and reports for timely NHLS Project reports as required by the project PI
• Provide technical support in the process of data quality assurance, data cleaning and summarization
• Participate in the development of laboratory systems M&E tools and indicators
• Provide inputs on project funding applications and renewals
• Compile timely weekly, monthly and quarterly M&E activity reports
• Liaise with NHLS Project Coordinator to coordinate support to the RHMTs and CHMTs on LIS Coordinate reporting of project reporting to PEPFAR, MOHCDGEC and Stakeholders
• Perform other duty as required by the Supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, computer science, public health, international health, or a related discipline. A background in a medical-related field is an advantage
• Advance degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health or related discipline will be an added advantage
• Working for 4+ years of experience in the design, implementation, and management of health monitoring and evaluation systems. HIV/AIDS epidemiological experience preferred.  Experience with primary collection of clinical data, design of forms and data collection instruments, and data analysis is an advantage
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Access and Excel and one or more of the following statistical analysis packages (SAS, SPSS, STATA)
• Leadership skills, team building and good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communications skills in English and Swahili