Start Up Advisor, Consultant (MEL), RISE Eswatini

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 50 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. 

Jhpiego Corporation has been providing technical support to the Ministries of Health in partner countries across the globe in a variety of technical areas including cervical cancer treatment and prevention, community health, HIV and AIDS, maternal and newborn health, health workforce capacity development family planning, malaria, and IPC/WASH. 

The RISE project supports countries to respond to the HIV epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic by providing technical assistance, service delivery, research, and cross-cutting health system innovations. RISE partners with ministries of health, local stakeholders, and nongovernmental organizations in more than 25 countries around the world to advance strategic and policy objectives to control the transmission of HIV and COVID-19. Working across the HIV prevention, care, and treatment cascade, RISE bridges country-led efforts to reach the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals by 2030. To address the COVID-19 pandemic, RISE provides short-term, emergency response aid, alongside longer-term health systems strengthening, to achieve pandemic preparedness. Targeted technical assistance includes strengthening health information systems, human resources for health, supply chain, and health financing. 

In Eswatini, RISE will work with the government at the national level to improve coordination, including developing national guidelines and support human resources for health (HRH). At regional levels RISE will work to strengthen capacity to oversee HIV services in their regions. RISE will also support and partner with local organizations to 1) provide technical support and oversight for comprehensive HIV programming aimed to attain & sustain 95-95-95, prevent new infections and reach all populations for epidemic control, 2) Provide high-quality, life-saving clinical services for HIV throughout the entire continuum of care, including HIV testing, linking to treatment, ensuring retention in care. 3) Life-saving activities related to adolescent girls and young women and children  

The project is seeking a start-up consultant Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) to support the project’s start up in Eswatini for a period of one month. 

Reports to: Project Director 

Location: Eswatini 

Time Period: June 30-July 25, 2025 

Scope of Work: 

• In collaboration with the Jhpiego MEL consultant, Jhpiego’s start-up team and RISE Global Team, provide technical MEL oversight to the start up for the RISE Eswatini project 

• Provide technical review and inputs into the RISE Eswatini workplan including the performance monitoring plan (PMP).  

• Provide budget inputs aligned with the MEL requirements of the workplan to the Jhpiego Finance and Operations Manager 

• Work with the RISE M&E global team and Jhpiego MEL consultant to develop targets at different service levels (regional, cluster and tinkhundla levels)  

• Provide technical review of the partner subaward documents in relation to targets and data management and reporting requirements 

• Develop SOP for verifying sub partners timely reporting into MoH data reporting system  

• Conduct consultation meetings with MOH and partners (as required) to develop data processes and reporting requirements. 

• Develop SOPs, data processes and requirements including the stipulated data reporting timelines and data quality to meet USG requirements. 

• Provide inputs to the Jhpiego MEL Consultant on the needed MEL staffing pattern to meet needs for MEL support and mentorship for the RISE Eswatini project 

• Review Job Descriptions for the MEL positions to be hired for the RISE Eswatini project 

• Participate in interviews as a subject matter expert for hiring of MEL positions for the RISE Project.  

• Alongside the Jhpiego MEL consultant, ensure RISE technical and SI teams understand all PEPFAR reportable indicators  

• Work closely with Jhpiego MEL consultant to test, refine and finalize the RISE Eswatini health management information system (HMIS), including its alignment with the national system 

• Develop MEL orientation, training and roll-out on new hire processes for RISE Eswatini MEL team 

Deliverables 

• Bachelor’s degree in epidemiology, health-related programs, and statistics (MPH preferred). 

• At least 7 years of experience in strategic information in PEPFAR-funded HIV, Prevention, care, and treatment in sub-Sahara Africa required 

• On-hand experience on PEPFAR reporting  

• Demonstratable experience on digital data systems including DHIS2 and PowerBI 

• Expert skills in data management, analysis and reporting 

• Experience in leading MEL teams in delivering PEPFAR-funded HIV programs 

The deadline for this position is: 23 June 2025

Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume and references

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

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