Overview

RTI International is seeking a Surveillance and Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adapting (MERLA) Advisor for a USAID-funded malaria surveillance and monitoring project in Tanzania. The purpose of this project is to support the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to reduce the burden of malaria and to move towards the long-term goal of malaria elimination.  Reporting to the Director of Surveillance and MERLA, the Surveillance and MERLA Advisor will be responsible for the development, management of, and support to the surveillance, monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems in Zanzibar. The position will be based in Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Director of Surveillance and MERLA, leads the project’s MERLA systems and approach in Zanzibar, including developing and managing the project’s relevant performance indicators, baselines, and annual targets, as well as ensures compliance to USAID and PMI requirements.
• Manages the project’s support to GOT in state-of-the-art malaria surveillance in Zanzibar.
• Supports implementation of the project’s research agenda and oversee research activities.
• Monitors and oversees the collection, analysis and reporting on performance indicators by counterparts, preparing data tabulations, reports, and presentations to support project activities in Zanzibar.
• Supports and/or contributes to advanced programmatic data analyses to successfully implement the project and, overall, help Zanzibar to progress towards malaria elimination.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on the status of project implementation in Zanzibar; contributes to other project reports such as annual work plans.
• Regularly reviews and updates the project’s MEL plan as it pertains to Zanzibar project activities.