HU MEAL Coordinator at International Rescue Committee

Job Overview/Summary: 

The Health Unit MEAL Coordinator will lead the Health Unit’s coordination of the annual statistics process, update of the core indicators, analysis of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and quality improvement data, support for the uptake of the Program Indicator Dashboards, and support for health evaluations, assessments and routine monitoring for strategic projects at country program level. The specific responsibilities include:

Global Support

• Lead the coordination of the Annual Statistics process, including liaising between the Measurement Unit, Technical Advisors and country programs to review submitted health data, ensuring completeness and identifying gaps, and leading the analysis of the data.
• Lead the coordination of the global efforts to monitor and evaluate Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) within health facilities and Quality Improvement (QI), including liaising between the Measurement Unit, Technical Advisors and country programs to review submitted IPC data, ensuring completeness and identifying gaps, and leading the analysis of the data.
• Lead the support to the Health Unit for their use of Program Indicator Dashboards as a way to support monitoring of program delivery
• Collaborate with members of the Health Unit and country programs to analyze M&E data, and to identify and document lessons learned related to health programs
• Provide capacity strengthening of Health Unit and country program staff about health MEAL
• Support data needs for health focused advocacy and communication

Country support

• Support monitoring, evaluations and learning efforts for strategic health projects
• Provide capacity strengthening of country program staff about health MEAL

Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor, Health MEAL

Position directly supervises: None

Internal: 

• Regular relationships with the EH, nutrition, health and country technical counterparts. Interacts with IRC internal departments across CRRD and other technical units

External: 

• May participate in outside meetings and academic forums with donors, other non-governmental organizations and inter-agency groups as needed.

Job Qualifications

Education: 

• University degree in related field plus Master’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, or related field is required.
• At least five years of experience working in public health within low resource contexts.

Skills: 

• Ability to work optimally and respectfully on diverse teams and across diverse contexts. Good technical acuity, takes initiative and produces results, ability to accept feedback and integrate it, strong communication and presentation skills and a dedication to contribute to a positive work environment.
• Strong data analytical skills and understanding of health monitoring and evaluation in low resource contexts is required; Committed to upholding diversity, equality and inclusion principles. Good level interpersonal skills with a high level of English oral and written skills.
• Ability to proficiently communicate and write in French is highly desirable, but not required. Experience working with digital technology for health platforms (CommCare, PowerBi) is desirable.

Work Experience: 

• A minimum of 3-5 years of international experience is required leading health M&E within humanitarian settings.
• Expertise and experience working on the monitoring and evaluation of primary health care is required, and knowledge of environmental health is a plus.