Strategic Information Director

2 months ago

Pretoria, South Africa EDC (Education Development Center) Full time

Company Description

Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity, with a focus on vulnerable and underserved populations. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.

EDC promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.

EDC is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.

We are looking for candidates who share EDCs commitment and understand the importance of cultural responsiveness in todays context.

Project Description

South Africa School-Based Sexuality Education and HIV Prevention Education Activity

EDC and its partnersthe U.S. Agency for International Development and the South African governments Department of Basic Education (DBE)are implementing the South Africa School-Based Sexuality Education and HIV Prevention Education (SA-SBSEHP) activity to address high HIV and STI acquisition and pregnancy rates. Using a variety of school and community activities, the activity provides children and adolescents with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions about their sexuality, their reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and their lifestyle in a world affected by HIV. The overall goal of the Activity is to reduce the rate of new HIV infections among vulnerable youth within DBE designated schools and communities.

Job Description

The Strategic Information Director (SID) will lead monitoring, data analysis, reporting, evaluation, and research interventions for the Activity and serve as senior technical specialist in data quality and data analytics. They will be responsible for data quality and accurate results reporting. The SID will watermark responsible for providing both written and visual data results that can be incorporated into programming and the communications strategy to support CSE within the Department of Basic Education system. The SID will lead efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation, and performance reporting within all the geographic areas of Activity, which may include overseeing support to provinces and districts to monitor, document and analyse the performance of their HIV services and activities and ensure data quality. The SID will analyse relevant data under the MER and custom indicators and provide analysis on performance trends. The SID will liaise with relevant technical advisers and counterparts responsible for district and provincial level strategic information and monitoring and evaluation and support coordination with national education management information systems. The SID will manage the Monitoring and Evaluation team.

Essential functions include (but are not limited to):

Lead monitoring, data analysis, reporting, evaluation, and research interventions for the Activity and serve as senior technical specialist in data quality and data analytics. Be responsible for data quality and accurate results reporting. Take the lead in developing Activity quarterly and annual reports. Oversee timely Activity results reporting on CBIMS and DATIM as necessary. Provide both written and visual data results that can be incorporated into programming and the communications strategy to support CSE within the Department of Basic Education system. Lead efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation, and performance reporting within all the geographic areas of Activity. Oversee the support to provinces and districts to monitor, document and analyse the performance of their HIV services and activities and ensure data quality. Conduct ongoing analysis of Activity data under the MER and custom indicators and provide status updates and performance trends during monthly USAID meeting and provincial quarterly meetings. Liaise with relevant technical advisers and counterparts responsible for district and provincial level strategic information and monitoring and evaluation and support coordination with national education management information systems. Conceptualize and manage the development of the Activity MIS and ensure maintenance of the database and accompanying management system. Collaborate with EDC US-based M&E team on database enhancements and visualization needs. Maintain ongoing updates and accuracy of the Activity PowerBI platform. Coordinate with DBE, provincial, district and school-level staff on relevant data capturing and use. Manage technical orientation and training activities to achieve M&E and MIS objectives and plans, including in data collection, data processing, data analysis and other areas. Support Activity advocacy efforts and communications by providing summary data and interpretation for inclusion in publications and reports, tailoring for consumption by different audiences. Coordinate and facilitate regular M&E discussions for or among USAID, stakeholders, partners, EDC teams and others to share findings and learning from monitoring and evaluation data and/or analyses. Identify M&E-related technical needs at central and field levels that lead to the development and refinement of the M&E system to respond to evolving program designs and implementation strategies. Conceptualize operational research and other learning activities of the project in collaboration with home office staff, COP, DCOP, Technical Director and Director of Finance and Operations. Provide direct management and oversight for subcontract(s) responsible for data collection and/or evaluation tasks. Manage the Strategic Information team, including all HR related matters.

Other Duties:

Understand the terms of USAID contract, specifically expected project results and deliverables, and ensure compliance with requirements. Participate in relevant technical or senior leadership meetings and take part in the decision-making process as needed. Proactively anticipate any potential or actual problems or risks, discuss with management, and submit appropriate recommendations to mitigate the threats or risks. Provide support to other special initiatives as may be needed. Demonstrate a high level of professionalism when dealing with sensitive and confidential documents and issues, and with co-workers and EDC partners. Perform other ad hoc duties, as needed.

This position is in Pretoria, South Africa and reports to the Chief of Party. This position will maintain close communication with EDC Head office staff who support and oversee the project.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in statistics, evaluation, epidemiology, social science, public health, or similar. Minimum of eight years experience in program monitoring and evaluation. Demonstrable experience managing tracking of health, education, and social welfare indicators. Experience with donor-funded program M&E required; USAID and PEPFAR experience preferred. Experience managing project-wide M&E systems, databases, and data collection tools. Experience with use of data dashboards to demonstrate and track project performance and other data visualization tools and approaches. Experience tracking indicators at significant scale across geographic areas. Ability to translate project data into compelling narrative and high-quality visuals for reporting. Ability to present and discuss project M&E work and results in high-level meetings and forums. Ability to work within and across teams, coach staff on M&E best practices, and use positive coaching strategies to ensure data quality and troubleshoot challenges.

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