Associate Manager, Field Operations, MLE
Evidence Action, Liberia

Our organization was founded in 2013 to address a big gap in the fight against global povertymany of the most promising interventions are either implemented at a very small scale, or not at all. We set out to address this gap by building programs that would scale evidence-based and cost-effective interventions, leading to significant improvements in quality of life for hundreds of millions of people.

Our model worked. In less than a decade, our two flagship programs, the Deworm the World Initiative and Dispensers for Safe Water, have grown to measurably impact over 280 million people each year. This success is achieved through the dedication and talent of our staff, the hard work of our partners, and the commitment of our supporters.

By 2024, we seek to double our impact. We are strengthening and expanding our existing programs, and working to identify a new generation of evidence-based and cost-effective interventions that we can scale to reach millions more.

Background on the program

Syphilis among pregnant women is a highly neglected but addressable problem, responsible for more than 300,000 serious adverse outcomes annually (stillbirth, neonatal death, and congenital syphilis). Nearly all of these adverse outcomes can be prevented inexpensively and easily if women are tested and treated during antenatal care visits. The recent development and WHO pre-qualification of an affordable rapid dual diagnostic test for HIV and syphilis has made it possible to achieve near universal testing and treatment for governments that choose to deploy this test at antenatal clinics. Evidence Action has launched a maternal syphilis program in Liberia through which we provide technical assistance to the Government of Liberia and the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NACP) in scaling up this intervention. As of 2021, nearly half of pregnant women in the country seek care at a facility trained to provide syphilis screening and treatment. We are working to reach the remaining half of pregnant women over the coming years.

Job purpose

The Associate Manager, Field Operations, MLE is responsible for supporting all of Evidence Action’s Monitoring and Evaluation activities in Liberia. This is an exciting position that involves supporting: program research, monitoring, and learning activities; implementation of health facility surveying; data entry and management; and development of program data tools. This individual will coordinate between the Regional MLE Lead, the MLE Strategy team, the program teams (global and in Liberia), and government and other implementing partners as needed. The role holder will report directly to Liberia Country Manager with dotted line reporting to the Regional MLE Lead who will provide overall technical support.

Duties and responsibilities

Research and Learning

• Lead the maintenance of relevant databases for tracking and managing information for the Liberia Maternal Syphilis Screening and Treatment program.
• Quarterly monitoring and reporting of program progress against a series of Key Performance Indicators.
• Capture and disseminate lessons learnt from implementation rounds as well as tracking improvements in those significant areas over time to ensure that learnings are translated to program improvements.
• Support MLE Strategy and Program teams with implementing operations research activities, as needed, for the Liberia program.
• Support program decision making through analysis of all available data.

Implementation of Facility Surveying

• Collaborate with the MLE Strategy and Program teams to iterate and improve upon the Comprehensive Facility Survey between implementation rounds.
• Vendor Management:
• Support drafting and/or reviewing of the Terms of Reference (ToR) and Scope of Work for data collection vendors.
• Directly manage timelines and deliverables by vendors contracted to perform data collection on behalf of Evidence Action.
• Review enumerator training materials and protocols and participate in the training of monitors from the enumeration firm.
• Verify and validate data collected by data collection vendors and or other partners through data reviews, quality checks and field visits
• Take the lead on developing and implementing field data quality checks e.g. infield supervision and back checks
• Support the analysis of data collected during the facility surveying as key inputs into the program’s evaluation of coverage attained.

Data entry

• Enter Maternal Syphilis program data obtained via photos of data tools into databases.
• Collate government data available via the monthly Health Management Information System and the quarterly electronic Logistics Management Information System.
  • Work together with government partners to identify and investigate any data discrepancies identified in thes

Job Rewards and Benefits