Sr Officer/ Advisor -MER
- Job ID
- 2026-7760
- Location
- IN-New Delhi
- Category
- Local
- Employment Status
- Full-Time
Overview
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization and an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, dedicated to improving the health of women and families in developing countries. For
over 50 years, it has focused on providing high-quality, low-cost health care solutions, training health workers, and strengthening health systems.
Jhpiego has been working in India since the 1980s in close partnership with national and state governments. With deep technical expertise and strong on-the-ground execution, Jhpiego helps design, test, and scale practical solutions and innovations that fit real-world systems across 11 thematic domains (Maternal and Newborn Health, Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Immunization, Comprehensive Primary Health Care, Human Resources for Health, TB and Infectious Diseases, Global Health Security, Women's Cancers, Non-Communicable Diseases, Digital Health).
Jhpiego is hiring for the position of Senior Officer/Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research based at New Delhi. The position will work closely with the state office teams and India country
office team for implementation of the project MER plans. The projects focus on strengthening the AIDS control program both at the national and state level. The position will report to the Country Lead, MERL.
Responsibilities
Support in developing and implementing the MER plans for projects with guidance from the Country Lead, MER and the Project Management Team.
• Develop and implement procedures for effective data management, data sharing and data analysis.
• Ensure quality, consistency and adherence to best practices for M&E across the program, including data quality use in the reports.
• Record and report progress against all indicators as per the MER plan and steer the process of designing the tools for such progress reports.
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of MER plan and to identify where adaptations might be needed.
• Support field offices in data quality checks, documentation and analyzing reports for dissemination
• Prepare reports on M&E findings as required, working closely with supervisor, program team and the donors.
• Support in documentation of various project results & processes, and development of success stories and fact sheets for strategic sharing and dissemination.
• Support evaluation and research activities under the project – developing research protocols, drafting determination request forms, developing data collection tools, drafting other
research related documents and managing IRB submissions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor to achieve the project goals.
Required Qualifications
Abilities/Skills
• Ability to analyze.
• Ability to produce documents and reports of professional quality and coordinate activities independently.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Hindi required.
• Computer skills demonstrating competency in MS Office Suite and at least one statistical package such as SPSS or STATA.
• Ability to multi task and work in a multi-cultural team.
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with other team members, agencies, stakeholders and other organizations.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
Qualifications / Experience / Knowledge
• Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics/Population Studies or Health
Management.
• At least three years of relevant professional experience of working with public health
programs/ organizations especially in the field of Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
related activities.
• Understanding of Global Health and development approaches with willingness to learn the
technical side of program implementation.
• Experience with digital platforms for Monitoring, Evaluation and Research would be an
added advantage.
• Prior experience in related programs (AIDS control program/with NACO/SACS) would be an
added advantage.