Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

About the role

PATH, a global nonprofit working toward health equity, is hiring three Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officers for its USG-funded AFGHS-PATH project. The project provides implementation support and technical assistance to countries to accelerate comprehensive delivery of facility and community-based malaria services, and may also support maternal, newborn and child health interventions. The MEL Officers will strengthen the quality and use of the Health Management Information System (HMIS) and the Malaria Rapid Reporting System (MRRS) at the provincial level, supporting routine MEL activities such as reviewing HMIS and surveillance data and verifying and compiling project results. Positions are based in Chinsali, Kasama and Mansa.

Key responsibilities

• Keep DHIS2 organization units and mobile client users' information up to date and use web-based data visualization to present malaria surveillance data in monthly, quarterly and annual reports
• Follow up on weekly and monthly data reporting by health facilities and community health workers through remote and onsite supervision and data review
• Support malaria data quality audits, the Electronic Data System used in outreach training and supportive supervision, and liaise with districts so reporting phones and CHW/facility reporting are available and timely
• Provide technical guidance during malaria data review meetings and district-led mentorship and supportive supervision visits
• Coordinate malaria rapid reporting and surveillance activities and give technical support to Mobile Client operators on data collection, analysis, implementation, hardware operation and troubleshooting
• Train CHWs and health facility officers on malaria surveillance and run capacity-building trainings on data collection, submission, analysis and visualization
• Work with the NMEC, local MOH representatives and AFGHS-PATH staff to ensure the right software and hardware are in place, and support the provincial malaria technical officer in tracking MEL performance indicators
• Compile and validate activity results and routine malaria data for project reports and success stories, and help prepare training budgets and workshop logistics

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in public health, social sciences, statistics or a relevant discipline
• At least 3 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation in donor-funded projects, preferably PMI or USG
• Hands-on experience with HMIS and DHIS2, including data collection, entry, cleaning, analysis and dashboard development
• Experience planning and facilitating training for health workers and troubleshooting mobile or electronic reporting tools
• Familiarity with Zambia's national malaria program and MOH health information structures is an advantage
• Ability to travel up to 40% within the country and legal authorization to work in Zambia

Required skills

• Data analysis tools such as Excel, R, Stata or SPSS
• Data visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI or Tableau
• Strong analytical, presentation and report writing skills