Jobs at Panagora Group

• Providing management oversight of task orders including technical implementation and financial management.
• Leading and supervising the work of all experts/personnel provided under the contract.
• Providing strategic input and technical assistance to health research and evaluation activities, including of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs, health science, and other public health programming and policy advocacy on local, national, and regional levels.
• Ensuring the high-quality and timeliness of all deliverables.
• Reviewing of financial and logistical information for USAID compliance.
• Coordinating and collaborating with USAID, USAID partners, host country government officials, and other public health stakeholders.
• Overseeing evaluations and data collection services, including national or regional level population surveys; mid-term and final evaluations.
• Facilitate the use of performance information and evaluation findings to influence decision making and resource allocations.
• Facilitate meetings, forums, and groups that focus on peer learning and knowledge exchange.
• Ensure compliance of U.S. Government, local government, and Panagora Group rules, regulations, and standard operating procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree in public health, international development, M&E or a related field
• 12 years of experience in international development or global health including M&E contracts
• 5 years managing large and complex projects/programs at the director level, preferably with USAID projects or with other international donors
• Experience interacting with senior US government officials, UN agencies, regional institutions, national governments, local organizations, and partners required; experience interacting with West African governments and their officials preferred
• Experience recruiting and successfully managing consultants, and ensuring the quality of their products
• Strong understanding, experience, and ability to deliver quality health services for Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, and Maternal and Child Health.
• Experience with PEPFAR funded-projects and familiarity with PEPFAR indicators strongly preferred
• Experience in the global health strategic information (SI) field and/or health information systems strongly preferred
• Experience using statistical software such as SAS or SPSS
• Fluency in written and spoken English; advanced French language preferred

Experience in any of the following technical areas is preferred:

• Performance monitoring
• Indicator development
• Evaluation methods
• Training/capacity building
• Communications
• Data quality assessments
• Performance management planning
• Literature reviews
• Secondary data analysis
• Geospatial analysis
• Data visualization
• Collaborating, learning, and adapting

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 Candidates must possess a post-graduate degree in a relevant field and a minimum of 6 years of relevant professional experience. Experience with USAID and/or PEPFAR is strongly preferred. Candidates must have excellent reporting and writing skills. Fluency in written and spoken English is required; advanced French language preferred. Residence in West African countries is preferred but not required.

Requirements

Technical and/or Methodological Fields of Specialty. Candidates must have expertise in one or more of the following fields of specialization:

• HIV prevention, testing, treatment or care
• TB prevention, testing, treatment or care
• Family planning, maternal and child health
• Global health strategic information (SI) and health information systems
• Health program costing
• Key populations (men who have sex with men, transgender women, sex workers, people who inject drugs) and/or priority populations (children, adolescent girls and young women)
• Orphans and vulnerable children
• Site Improvement through Monitoring System (SIMS) assessment and analysis
• Data quality assessment
• US statutory requirements related to family planning and HIV/AIDS compliance
• USAID program cycle, including performance management plan (PMP) and monitoring and evaluation plan (M&E plan) development and implementation
• PEPFAR reporting requirements and systems
• Research methods, including literature reviews, systematic reviews, secondary data analysis, surveys, qualitative research, case studies
• Geographic information systems and geospatial analysis
• Analyses relevant to USAID programming (e.g., gender, environmental, sustainability, political economy, climate change vulnerability, social soundness, youth, institutional)
• USAID and PEPFAR performance monitoring and indicators
• Performance evaluation
• Data visualization
• Organizational capacity building
• USAID collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) methods
• Knowledge management
• Communications