M&E Officer -HIV

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer Responsibilities

1. Data Management & Quality Assurance

• Compile, validate, and submit monthly/quarterly/annual reports in line with Global Fund reporting formats.
• Conduct regular data quality checks (DQA) using standardized tools to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness during the submission of reports
• Coordinate, support and facilitate on-site data validation (OSDV) visits, including triangulation with State, ART centres, ICTCs, and facility registers to their respective SR partners along with the SSR visit
• Ensure 100% usage of SOCH Application at SSR level.

2. Reporting & Donor Compliance

• Ensure adherence to donor-defined compliance standards, reporting formats, and indicator definitions.
• Support timely submission of reports to PR and donor systems (e.g., NACO or CCM meeting).
• Maintain documentation for data audits, program reviews, and grant performance assessments.

3. Guidelines & Framework Development

• Contribute to the development and revision of M&E guidelines, SOPs, and indicator manuals for the project.
• Provide inputs into national and state-level frameworks ensuring alignment with SSHAKTI priorities and Global Fund results framework.

4. Support for Research & Strategic Frameworks

• Providing data sets and analysis
• Drafting or reviewing log frames, M&E frameworks, theories of change, and project milestones
• Coordinating with implementing partners and technical teams on research planning and ethical approvals.

5. Data Analysis & Use

• Analyse program data to generate trends, insights, and evidence-based recommendations for program improvement.
• Develop and maintain dashboards or data visualization tools for internal reviews and decision-making for their respective states or clusters
• Present findings at review meetings, donor visits, or technical working groups as required.

6. Innovation & Tech in M&E

• Identify and implement technology-based innovations in data collection, analysis, and reporting (e.g., use of mobile apps, Power BI, DHIS2).
• Support MIS/tools development aligned with field realities and user capacities.

7. Partner Coordination & Cluster Support

• Provide M&E support to SR for

  strategy planning

  , gap identification, and micro-level data use.
• Coordinate with partners for data harmonization, indicator alignment, and cross-site learning.
• Act as a data focal point for assigned SR partners or implementation state.

8. Stakeholder Engagement & Capacity Building

• Liaise with key stakeholders including SACS, SR, ART Centers, ICTCs, TI NGOs, CSCs, and other government departments.
• Build capacity of field staff (e.g., SR Staff, CLHs, PC and SR staff, cluster leads) on data collection, CRF documentation, line-listing, and other MIS tools.
• Weekly/monthly data audit meetings and reviews the SR data.
• Ensure regular meetings with program team is scheduled and presented the findings of their states

9. Data Support to Program Teams

• Provide real-time data and evidence inputs to program teams for course correction and activity planning.
• Support thematic reviews (HIV-TB, KP engagement, VL uptake, etc.) with relevant indicators and analysis.

Bachelor's degree in public health, statistics, population studies, Social Science or a related field with 3-5 years of experience.

1. Excellent data management and analytical skills
2. Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary
3. Able to management and organizational abilities
4. Problem solving approach
5. Experience and demonstrated skills in stakeholder management
6. Experience in managing data-based software
7. Experience in devising M&E framework