Job Requirements

Required

• 4+ years of M&E experience in a global health and/or development context, ideally spanning multiple country contexts.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline or deep expertise in data and evidence devolved through relevant work experience.
• Strong quantitative analysis and data visualization skills, with a high degree of proficiency required in Excel and Power BI, is required. Fluency in qualitative research, including data collection and analysis approaches.
• Reporting experience including donor and internal program reports.
• Proven experience with Logical framework and KPI development
• Experience with development field programs and relationship building/management with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in understanding and improving data quality for development programs.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both in speaking and writing.
• Willingness to travel across Africa as needed.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in a related field such as public health, statistics, or data science is preferred.
• Deep expertise in qualitative research would be an advantage.
• Advanced expertise in evaluation and research methods, including randomized controlled trials.
• Experience delivering capacity building training.
• Salesforce expertise
• Understanding of the eyecare sector and the technical data field produced through vision screening.

Job Responsibilities
Data Quality improvement

• Monitor the quality of VisionSpring’s data quality for all Africa programs across paper-based and digital data capture systems through automated data quality reports, randomized spot-checks of raw data capture records, and in-person observation.
• Work with program managers, system owners and implementation partners to identify the root causes of weak data quality.
• Implement data quality interventions to address these root causes and measure the impact of those interventions to quantify the extent to which they deliver improvement.
• Ensure compliance to VisionSpring’s data governance policy and local data protection guidelines.
• Support the rollout of digital data capture systems for Africa programs.

Monitoring, reporting and data visualisation

• Coordinate monthly collation of data across program pillars and deliver monthly internal reporting on a range of KPIs.
• Work with program managers to understand the drivers of program performance and synthesize key messages as part of monthly reporting.
• Serve as the M&E point-person on all Vision Access projects, communicating regularly with field teams and partners and providing direct M&E implementation support.
• Respond to data requests using a range of descriptive and statistical analyses regarding VisionSpring Africa programs, including:
• Quantitative summaries for the Africa Leadership team to inform decision making.
• Quantitative and narrative summaries for fundraising and business development purposes, quarterly and annual reports, external communications, and marketing collateral.
• Ensure information is provided in a transparent, consistent, verifiable, and compelling manner to all stakeholders.

Evaluation and Research

• Support the development and refinement of logical frameworks for VisionSpring’s programs.
• Support VisionSpring’s evaluation and research projects in the Africa region, working closely with colleagues in the global Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning team.
• Design questionnaires and qualitative research interview guides. Test and pilot these research data collection instruments.
• Conduct and / or oversee survey data collection, qualitative interviews and focus group discussions. Conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis as appropriate.
• Act as the point of contact for external research contractors undertaking studies in partnership with VisionSpring in the Africa region.

Capacity Building and Evidence Use

• Ensure team members have easy access to VisionSpring’s data and evidence knowledge base. Assist program teams to develop learning agendas as appropriate.
• Build the capacity of programs teams in all aspects of data and evidence, including data quality, data analysis, data visualization and the use of data and research evidence to make programmatic decisions through ad-hoc support and dedicated capacity building sessions.
• Embrace transparency and reveal hard truths, living daily into VisionSpring’s values, to create a culture of learning together which includes learning from both success and failure. Ensure data and evidence contribute to constant adaptation and relentless improvement of VisionSpring’s programs.
• Work with program teams to document program results and lessons learned. Contribute to program knowledge management, including development and dissemination of tools, materials, reports, papers, and intervention-linked research.