The TL-SI is responsible for leading and managing the Strategic Information (SI) of EpiC Nepal that includes Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of project activities, District Health Information System (DHIS2), research and surveillance related activities for EpiC Nepal. The TL-SI closely works with other units of EpiC Nepal and provides technical assistance (TA) to its implementing partner agencies (IPs), Government of Nepal (GoN) and other collaborating partners in a structured, systematic and effective manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead EpiC Nepal’s SI Unit and develop, update and implement EpiC Nepal’s M&E plan and systems for the project and its IPs that qualitatively and quantitatively measures long-term accomplishments, subproject progress, monitoring needs and all reporting requirements of the project, donors and GON as well as the methods of data collection and data quality issues.
- Provide TA to strengthen National HIV SI System including execution and institutionalization of one national HIV information system and SI related activities.
- Provide TA to integrated Health Management Information System (iHMIS) for integration for HIV program.
- Provide technical inputs to refine national SI Guidelines and Plan on a periodic basis.
- Lead the TA to NCASC for conducting national level Data Quality Assessment (DQA).
- Co-ordinate technical assistance SI related activities as requested by USAID collaborating partners, UN agencies and other stakeholders as needed.
- Coordinate and collaborate with national stakeholders (NCASC, NPHL, GFATM, WHO, UNAIDS) and others at national and regional level to plan and facilitate sharing and review meeting and joint monitoring visits.
- Take lead in developing the culture of inferential data analysis, visualization and use in the project; perform inferential analysis of program performance data and available national data.
- Develop, analyze and use continuum of HIV prevention, care, support and treatment (CoPCT) cascade to identify leakages, gaps and way forward for program improvement.
- Lead and coordinate for the implementation of EpiC Nepal PMEP and to ensure the requirements, commitments and targets in PMEP are adequately reflected in EpiC Nepal IPs sub-agreement.
- Ensure commitments and targets in the EpiC Nepal PMEP are met in time.
- Lead and coordinate to update Mero Data, recording and reporting system, tools and guidelines as per the requirements of PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) guidelines and EpiC Nepal PMEP.
- Lead and coordinate to develop and/or update/revise training curriculum, manual and materials for M&E-related training for EpiC Nepal staff and IPs.
- Lead and coordinate to plan, implement and prepare and share report of DQA of EpiC Nepal as well as IPs.
- Take lead in developing and executing field monitoring plan for project staff and assess progress and ensure and provide supportive supervision, monitoring and onsite coaching to IPs in M&E related activities and data.
- Represent EpiC Nepal in external functions as needed at the national, regional and district level.
- Provide ongoing support to IP staff to monitor activities and subprojects through quarterly reviews, process monitoring, program DQA, qualitative monitoring and documentation of lessons learned and good practices.
- Lead and support for designing, planning, implementation and monitoring of continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives.
- Contribute to the development of regional operation plan, annual and quarterly work plan.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Country Representative/Project Director and Deputy Project Director.
