M&E Specialist (e-Health)

Partners in Hope (PIH)

Partners in Hope (PIH) is a faith-based Malawian Non-Governmental organization that was established in 2004 to offer equitable health services and founded on robust commitment to support National HIV and AIDS response in Malawi. PIH has a medical center that operates a general outpatient clinic; inpatient wards; as well as a public HIV- focused Moyo Outpatient Centre of Excellence. PIH is incorporated under the provisions of Trustees Incorporation Act, 1962, in Malawi. With a Program Award under Cooperative Agreement No: 72061221CA00010 “Client-Oriented Response for HIV Epidemic Control (CORE -1) Activity Component One (1)” by the United States of America PEPFAR through USAID, PIH supports HIV Care and Treatment implementation in 123 Ministry of Health, CHAM and Private health facilities in 9 districts across Malawi (Mulanje, Chikwawa, Lilongwe Nsanje, Dowa, Kasungu, Nkhotakota, Karonga, and Chitipa. Under the CORE 1 Cooperative Agreement, PIH is seeking to recruit highly motivated individuals to be deployed in various districts across Malawi in the following positions:

Position – M&E Specialist (e-Health)

Position Summary

The M&E Specialist (e-Health) is responsible for implementing, managing, and optimizing digital health solutions and technologies that enhance patient care and streamline healthcare processes and facilitates program data reporting. The M&E Specialist (e-Health) will work in collaboration with Ministry of Health and other partners in the development and strengthening of digital health systems and software solutions that will improve patient care, data flow and use within PIH and its partners.

Primary Responsibilities

  1. Provide technical advisory support to both PIH programs and Ministry of Health, as well as overseeing the implementation of digital health and innovation, including maintaining high-quality standards in e-Health
  2. Evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of digital health solutions, providing regular reports that inform strategic decision-making and contribute to continuous improvements in health system delivery.
  3. Proactively track the functionality of e-Health systems and be able to provide regular feedback on functionality issues, including providing recommendations and solutions.
  4. Collaborate with MoH, HIS partner and other subject matter experts to define competencies and learning objectives and provide appropriate capacity building initiatives.
  5. Support M&E team in establishing processes for data validation from routine scheduled reports such as cohort analysis reports
  6. Lead the development, revision and designing of validation rules for all SurveyCTO forms used for data entry and reporting to ensure good quality data.
  7. Working with the HMIS and HIS IP to identify systemic issues, initiate a root cause analysis, and intervene

Qualifications

  • At least Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Informatics, Computer Science, Statistics or any other relevant field. Those with a Master’s Degree will have an added Ad least 5 years of experience in PEPFAR/USAID funder
  • At least 5 years of experience in PEPFAR/USAID funded programs

HOW TO APPLY

Eligible candidates meeting the required qualifications and experience above should submit their applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV), Cover letter, relevant copies of Certificates, Medical Council Registration receipt (current), National Identity Card, and three traceable referees, including the job title to: corejobs@pihmalawi.com

The deadline for receiving application is Wednesday, 30th April, 2025.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. The cover letter and email subject should indicate the position being applied for.

Partners In Hope thanks all applicants for their interest.

All applications to be addressed to:

The Executive Director
Partners in Hope
P.O. Box 302
LILONGWE