Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow (US Citizens)

Job Overview:

The women who seek services at our clinic come almost entirely from our own community: Kamenge. Kamenge is one of the poorest communities in the Bujumbura-metropolitan area and still war-torn from Burundi’s 13-year “crisis” (the word Burundians use to describe the 13-year civil war following the death of President Melchoir Ndadaye). These two intersecting factors—poverty and violence—have resulted in there being almost no quality public health data on this community.

Yet having a centralized, up-to-date database containing information on individual patients, as well as the patient population and community as a whole, is critical to providing quality healthcare services.

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Global Health Corps Fellows Team to work with us on developing our monitoring and evaluation process. We are looking for two individuals whose strengths are complimentary. One person should have a high level of IT proficiency, particularly around database programming and management. A second person should have strong research and statistical analysis skills, as well as the verbal and writing skills to communicate this information to the broader community.

Together, the GHC Fellows Team will work with FWA staff to develop an electronic medical records database which will allow us to monitor our individual patients and generate reports based on the patient population as a whole. They will also work with the FWA staff to ensure that this information reaches the appropriate local, national and international government and non-government agencies.

Responsibilities:

Database development, management and training

• Designing and implementing a simple, cost-effective electronic medical records database at the clinic. Such a system needs the capacity to track individual patient data (such as clinical status, laboratory results, medication regimens, etc) over long periods of time, as well as allow for basic patient population analysis and programmatic monitoring.

• Training FWA staff and volunteers in the systems use.

Patient data analysis, reporting and advocacy

• Analyzing patient population and community data and formatting it into reports for agencies and funders.

• Liaising with the Ministry of HIV and Health, national HIV/AIDS coalitions, le Conseil National de Lutte contre le SIDA (CNLS), and other organizations working on collecting national and international HIV/AIDS data and research.

Desired Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team and independently; strong interpersonal skills

• A degree and /or demonstrated skills in a related field such as public health, international studies, human rights, women’s studies, or computer science, statistics, database management, network administration, general IT

• Strong interest in global public health, East Africa, peace-building, women’s studies, and/or community-based development. Prior exposure to / experience in resource poor setting a plus.

• Willingness and desire to work in a resource-poor grassroots setting; this requires patience, flexibility, creativity, and a strong desire to engage with the community around you. It also requires the willingness to help out in areas beyond your specific responsibilities.

• Strong computer skills; proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, etc) a must; data management and computer programming skills, and ideally web design ability, highly desired in at least one fellow

• Strong skills in research and data analysis, including sufficient knowledge of statistics to help develop surveys and analyze patient population data and write reports for government agencies and funders

• Willingness and ability to teach staff and community health workers how to use the management system designed, noting that this may require teaching even the most basic computer skills

• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, listening, presentation, and facilitation), as well as strong interpersonal skills

• Openness to working with Quakers and other religious organizations; while FWA is not directly affiliated to the Quaker church in Burundi, our founders are Quaker and we maintain a close working relationship with many Quaker and other religious organizations

• Language skills: English proficiency and ability and comfort working in French (speaking, reading, writing), especially in inter-agency or government settings

Living Conditions

Fellows will live together in rented housing in Bujumbura and commute to Kamenge. Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of $400 per month from GHC, in addition to housing, flights to and from the fellowship, and a $1,500 completion award.