Monitoring And Research Officer – Strengthening Newborn Respiratory Care Project

Location:
Accra
Ghana
POSITION TYPE: Full Time, Local Hire
DURATION: 18 Months (Renewable Subject to Funding and Performance)
LOCATION: Accra, Ghana (Note that Project HOPE will not be covering relocation expenses)
POSITION TITLE: Monitoring and Research Officer – Strengthening Newborn Respiratory Care Project
DIVISION: Global Health
REPORTS TO: Senior Strategic Information (SI) Advisor
Project HOPE is an international NGO with employees and volunteers who work around the globe, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 60-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients, provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up, and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.
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Background On The Activity
With support from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Project HOPE is implementing an 18-month activity to reduce preventable newborn deaths in Ghana by strengthening the capacity of district hospitals to Improve Newborn Respiratory Care in Accra.
The activity is implemented by Project HOPE in close partnership with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Ministry of Health (MoH), and builds directly on monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems, indicators, and CQI tools previously established under the Ghana Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) activity. All data collection will use existing government systems, principally the District Health Information Management System (DHIMS2), facility registers, and standardized monitoring tools, rather than introducing parallel systems.
Position Summary
Project HOPE seeks a Monitoring and Research Officer to lead monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) for the improving newborn respiratory care activity. The Monitoring and Research Officer combines two functions: (1) routine monitoring and evaluation — tracking the activity’s indicators through DHIMS2, facility registers, and standardized monitoring tools, and supporting baseline and endline data collection, data quality assurance, and CQI processes at the 10 participating district hospitals; and (2) research and learning — synthesizing implementation findings, documenting lessons learned and success stories, and supporting the activity’s learning network sessions and knowledge-sharing with GHS, MoH, and the Church.
The incumbent will work closely with the Activity Project Manager, facility-based mentors, biomedical engineers, and the broader IHP MEL team, and will report to the Senior Strategic Information Advisor. This is a program-level role with overall responsibility for Project HOPE’s research function, encompassing the research dimension of the activity as well as the program-wide knowledge and oversight typically carried by IHP’s drawing on tools and approaches developed under IHP
Key Responsibilities
Project HOPE seeks a Monitoring and Research Officer to lead monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) for the improving newborn respiratory care activity. The Monitoring and Research Officer combines two functions:

• routine monitoring and evaluation — tracking the activity’s indicators through DHIMS2, facility registers, and standardized monitoring tools, and supporting baseline and endline data collection, data quality assurance, and CQI processes at the 10 participating district hospitals; and
• research and learning — synthesizing implementation findings, documenting lessons learned and success stories, and supporting the activity’s learning network sessions and knowledge-sharing with GHS, MoH, and the Church.
  

The incumbent will work closely with the Activity Project Manager, facility-based mentors, biomedical engineers, and the broader IHP MEL team, and will report to the Senior Strategic Information Advisor. This is a program-level role with overall responsibility for Project HOPE’s research function, encompassing the research dimension of the activity as well as the program-wide knowledge and oversight typically carried by IHP’s drawing on tools and approaches developed under IHP.
Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred, in public health, demography, statistics, social sciences, health information management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, research, or knowledge management for health or development projects; experience with maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) programming strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with DHIMS2 or comparable health management information systems.
• Competence in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, including experience with tools such as Kobo Toolbox, Excel, SPSS, STATA, or similar.
• Experience conducting or supporting data quality assessments, supportive supervision, or continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities in health facilities.
• Experience documenting lessons learned, success stories, or other knowledge products for donor or government audiences.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills, with the ability to synthesize complex facility-level data into clear, actionable summaries.
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to coordinate effectively with facility staff, GHS/MoH counterparts, and the Project HOPE team.
• Fluent in English (written and oral); fluency in a local Ghanaian dialect is a plus.
• Willingness to travel regularly to district hospitals in the Greater Accra Region
  

Physical Demands Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form.
• Expect to travel locally within Ghana.
  

Work Environment

• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level.
• Project HOPE employees work in the global health field and may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship”.
  

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