Strategic Information Director

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Management Sciences for Health (MSH) Full time

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Strategic Information Director for the anticipated USAID health supply chain activity. Anticipated to be awarded in 2025.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

The Strategic Information Director is a key leadership position that is responsible for overseeing the management, operation, and technical excellence of the following project areas to ensure successful project adaptive management: monitoring, evaluation, research and active learning (including data analytics and performance management); knowledge management; data and digital health information; and communications. As a thought leader in these areas, the Strategic Information Director sets the vision for the project information systems, and directs a team of experts and staff in these areas to ensure we are meeting USAID’s goals, and sharing successes and lessons with all stakeholders and the broader development community. The Strategic Information Director represents the program in health information industry arena and collaborates with country and regional stakeholders. The Strategic Information Director will also lead the project and country teams in the strategies to strengthen local information systems (public and private) to improve supply chain and pharmaceutical management performance and support country teams in performance monitoring, information use for decision making, communications, evaluation, research, and learning.

The Strategic Information Director will oversee the program work streams related to the design/development, management, implementation and upgrades of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) and performance measurement systems to assess (and subsequently improve) the performance of the supply chain services and systems supported or established by the program, and ultimately, the impact of the program. S/he will lead the use of data analytics to guide program decisions and drive continuous improvement. Working with program’s leaders, the Director Strategic Information will lead and provide strategic input into project research and relevant collaborating learning and adapting (CLA) activities.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Working with the MEL team, provide strategic input into the design, development and implementation of the program MEL system including the development of indicators, setting targets, monitoring project progress, and ensuring timely data collection and ensuring data quality assurance which is consistent with the USAID & PEPFAR results frameworks.
- Liaise with the project financial team to track the budget in relation to all project results and outcomes.
- Oversee the compilation and validation of data, graphic and analysis for quarterly and annual reports.
- Lead in exploring, piloting, and amplifying innovations in information systems, data analysis, sharing learning and adapting with the project and with stakeholders.
- Oversee the provision of data analysis and technical inputs to the technical and operations teams in order to assist in strategically informing program decisions and support performance improvement.
- Provide regularly updated reports on the status of implementation against the program’s goals and objectives to Program Director and management teams members.
- Collaborate across all program initiatives and with the KM and Communication team in identifying project activities, processes and/or outcomes that are worthy of documentation and design a system for capturing and sharing key communications, including lessons learned and best practices.
- Working with respective technical advisors, provide strategic input into project research activities and developing and implementing a robust learning agenda, and ensure that research leads to actionable recommendations to improve the project performance.
- Provide guidance for the development of project knowledge management strategies and systems.
- Lead and supervise a team of several senior-level technical directors and experts.
- Provide technical leadership and coordinate with partners/sub-awardee on strategic information related matters.
- Lead the project to support theory of change exercises and M&E framework to establish the foundation of technical approach and measurement system and ensure alignment with goals and objectives.
- Oversee the development of country-specific MELPs, working with country teams and mission representatives to develop indicators & tools aligned with the country program scope, as well as with global project requirements.
- Working closely with the project team, subcontractors, other partners and stakeholders in achieving high MEL standards and the collection, analysis, utilization, dissemination of data and learning.
- Support and coordinate the overall M&E capacity, including preparation of written guidance, training and mentoring project staff both at headquarters and in participating countries, and reviewing annual work plans and routine reports (includes interacting with

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