Jhpiego seeks to recruit a highly motivated Intern M&E Officer to be based in Lilongwe. Under the guidance and technical oversight from the MER Advisor, the Intern M&E Officer is responsible for the implementation of M&E systems, supporting utilization of quality data to inform evidence based programing and planning processes. The Intern M&E Officer will be responsible for facilitating routine data collection, entry, analysis and utilization at the facility. S/he will facilitate and conduct routine data quality assurance exercises and participate in the regular data verification and MER supervisory visits at facility level. S/he will promote quality M&E systems at facility level and will be a link between Jhpiego and MDF to promote quality M&E standards and systems. S/he will support mandatory reporting of data.

• Support M&E strengthening processes and systems at facility by ensuring that recording and reporting tools are available and utilized
• Support processes to assure accurate data documentation, entry and management into approved data management systems.
• Provides support to facility staff in data management including data entry, retrieval, analysis and presentations.
• Participate in preparation of data for analysis to inform quality programming
• Support data entry as and when needed.
• Support Data verification exercises
• Take part in data quality assessments
• Collaborate in the ongoing improvement of the efficiency of data entry, identifying and proposing ways to streamline the process.
• Contributes to a team effort and accomplishes related results as required.
• Maintains data confidentiality
• Perform any other duties assigned by the MER Advisor and as per need of the program.

• Diploma in relevant field (e.g. Public health, Social science, Nursing, Computer science)
• Degree in related field such as Public Health, Social Science, Nursing, Computer Science will have an added advantage
• Demonstrate capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time to meet goals on a highly pressured environment.
• Structured thinker with experience collecting data and analyzing datasets to identify key trends and to translate them into actionable options for decision makers
• Excellent analytical skills and technical proficiency with MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to build strategic relationships and interact with individuals of different backgrounds
• Oral and written communication skills in English and Chichewa
• Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills

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