Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 19, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
USAID‘s Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases l East is a five-year program led by RTI International (RTI). The program supports national governments to reach NTD control and elimination goals through proven, cost-effective public health interventions and also provides critical support to countries in their journey to self-reliance, helping them to create sustainable programming for NTD control within robust and resilient health systems.
We are seeking qualified and passionate individual to join our team in the role below:
JOB TITLE: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adaptation (MERLA) Specialist
FULL/PART TIME: Full time
REGULAR/TEMPORARY: Regular
LOCATION: Kampala, Uganda
REPORTING TO: Deputy Chief of Party .

PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The MERLA Specialist will ensure quality data collection, analysis, and reporting in Uganda under the USAID-funded Act to End NTDs l East program. S/he will oversee the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of program performance and results for country-led activities and assist in facilitating learning using those results. This role requires regular program data analysis and identifying areas for additional support. The MERLA Specialist will work closely with the Chief of party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and RTI-HQ MERLA Staff to identify how results will be used for program improvement through programmatic adaptation.
The successful candidate should have robust data management skills especially data analysis expertise, strong attention to detail, and comfort working with large amounts of data at the same time. They should also be adept at packaging data in such a way that it is easy to use and disseminate to different target audiences for learning and adapting program activities for continual improvement. This individual must be able to collaborate respectfully with multiple teams from diverse backgrounds, and particularly with the Ministry of Health colleagues.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
• Data monitoring, collection, analysis, packaging, and reporting 40%
• Survey development, implementation, and analysis 20 %
• Program learning and adaptation through data use 40%
br />Minimum Required Education & Experience
Master's degree in public health, epidemiology, bio-statistics, social sciences or other analytics field, plus 6 years of experience; or bachelor's degree in statistics, with post graduate training in M&E plus a minimum of 10 years’ experience in global health! governance! nutrition! environment programs (a must)

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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Job application procedure
lf you would like to take up this dynamic position, please send an updated CV including three work related referees together with a cover letter (as one document ONLY) to the Human Resources & Administration Manager by email to HR@ug-ntd.rti.org . Emails should not exceed 2MB.
Applicants must include the “MERLA Specialist" as the subject line of their email. The closing date for submitting applications is Friday, 26th March 2021. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted Please get the detailed Job description of the above position from

Equal Employment Opportunity
RTI is committed to the principles of workplace diversity. Qualified women and disabled people are encouraged to apply. We do appreciate your interest in working with us. However, due to a large number of applicants only short-listed candidates shall be contacted for interviews through e-mail within two weeks of the deadline.

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