(Salary Scale: $5,597,715.00 per annum)
JOB PURPOSE
The Programme Coordinator, Strategic Information (SI) will provide technical advice/guidance to the National HIV Programme in support of HIV/AIDS SI strategies to strengthen prevention as well as treatment and care programs. The Programme Coordinator, SI is responsible for ensuring efforts are made to link strategic information strategies to national programming for care and treatment and to prevention components
KEY OUTPUT
As the Programme Coordinator, SI, the job holder supports implementation of the national program’s strategic information portfolio throughout the Regional Health Authorities and among Civil Society Stakeholders. The incumbent will support the HIV/STI/TB Unit (HSTU) by providing technical assistance in the use of strategic information strategies to strengthen the areas of surveillance, linkage and retention to clinical care and treatment, and counselling and testing. Job holder provides ongoing support for capacity building within the MOHW and other partners to improve existing data collection and analysis, interpretation and integration of data describing the HIV epidemic into the national response. The incumbent provides advice on appropriate strategic information technical approaches and collaborates on the design and implementation of strategies based on the latest theories and research findings in the areas of strategic information for key populations.
The Programme Coordinator, SI will collaborate with RHAs and Civil Society Sub Recipients (SRs) to coordinate special studies and data gathering among key groups and monitor trends and risk behaviors among key populations. Assists in the design and development of implementation plans for studies to identify biomedical and behavioral aspects contributing to HIV transmission, and related public health issues and problems among key populations. Coordinates activities that include biomedical and behavioral surveillance and related systems. Monitors the progress and participates in the evaluation of the national HIV public health program’s effectiveness in integrating strategic information systems’ data by measuring and assessing the extent of program uptake and changes in health care seeking and risk behaviors.
Key responsibility areas INCLUDES:
- Professional Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on collection, use, and dissemination of strategic information across national stakeholders, and program grantees.
- Provide expert support to the technical components of the HIV response as related to implementation science, data use and decision making and evaluation of strategic
- Design, implement and provide technical oversight to the implementation science related to state of the art interventions for HIV prevention in Jamaica.
- Ensuring that sound, relevant strategic information is available for the HIV Programme to make critical data decisions, effectively support grantees, and provide to relevant
- Develop strategic information assessment tools to determine the greatest needs and opportunities for increasing the scope and effectiveness of prevention and care and treatment
- Develop a framework for data quality assessment at the national and sub-national level
- Provide routine data to program staff to make informed and timely use of data for program
- Provide in-person, routine mentoring and technical support to the implementation of national and subnational data review meetings.
- Manage the Monitoring and Evaluation Officers and oversee work done with
- Represent the project in relevant technical working
- Participate in strategic planning with partners and stakeholders
- Provide guidance on opportunities, challenges, and synergies with other activities to routinize analysis, review, interpretation, and use for quality improvement,
- Communicate regularly with the multi-agency team on process and technical aspects of the SI activities.
- Provide technical assistance and capacity building at the national and sub-national level with a focus on sound methods of data presentation, interpretation and use at the sub-national and national level for improved program planning and service delivery in HIV clinical services.
- Lead SI Training Capacity Needs Assessment, including facilitate data collection by meeting with stakeholders, lead qualitative and quantitative data analysis for the assessment and related skills audit, suggest actionable recommendations for improvement that would help fill gaps identified by assessment.
- Assist with the implementation of recommendations from above assessment
- Lead data dissemination capacity building including support for scientific products
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Key deliverables are produced within agreed time frames to required standards
- Confidentiality of information obtained on the job is preserved
Minimum Required Education and Experience
- Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, international development, or related discipline.
- At least 4-5 years of relevant experience in evaluating and monitoring health/social programs.
- Strong knowledge of methods for program monitoring, program evaluation, and operational research.
- Demonstrated experience designing, implementing and/or testing HIV/AIDS services, and using evidence for learning and adapting programming (asset)
- Demonstrated experience in building capacity of government and nongovernment/civil society actors (asset)
- Experience with evaluation and research design, translating research findings into effective programs, data collection and analyses, indicator construction, GIS, curriculum development and computer software i.e. MS Office and database programs. (asset)
Additional information on this position and others can be obtained via the Ministry’s website: (moh.gov.jm)
Applications with résumés are to be submitted no later than Friday, March 15, 2024, to:
Senior Director
Human Resource Management & Development
Ministry of Health & Wellness
10A Chelsea Avenue
Kingston 10
jobs@moh.gov.jm
The Ministry of Health & Wellness thanks all applicants for their interest; however, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.